Road trips: World's best holiday driving routes

If you’re wanting to explore the real New Zealand, it’s hard to beat a good roadie. Whether you're following one of the 10 themed highways, taking a tiki tour or tackling the epic journey from Cape Reinga to Bluff, adventure is to be found around pretty much every corner (or hairpin bend).

New Zealand's rugged slice of Greece

Secrets of the Central North Island

Scotland's 'Route 66' is a victim of its own success

The North Coast 500 has been a huge success but it's brought some remote Highland communities to breaking point.

This is the South Island's most underrated town

In a small town you'll find European-style streets, incredible food and some of our rarest penguins.

Inside New Zealand's craziest toilet

Welcome to Cromwell's number two attraction. These bathrooms allow you to create music with your, well, waste.

Easy excitement in New Zealand's adventure capital

Matakana's Sculptureum is an art gallery like no other

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Including the oldest and most photographed navigational towers in the country.

West Coast road trip stuns with wild beauty

Flooding put mid-Canterbury out of reach but the substitute West Coast road trip delivered - in sunshine and rainbows.

The ultimate EV test: A 100-day roadie around New Zealand

This wasn't some glamorous electric-powered holiday around New Zealand; it involved roadside diarrhoea, a road that floats and a near-serious accident.

Social media lied to me, van life is tough

By the time I rolled into the parking lot to drop off the van, I was in worse shape than when I had picked it up in the first place.

Should the South Island road trip be an annual event?

A new VW campervan and a road trip exploring some of the South Island's hidden and not so hidden gems turns leaves Braden Fastier hankering for more.

Exploring Ōpononi's celebration of Kupe

Take a look inside the $9.6 million centre honouring the master explorer and discoverer of Aotearoa.

New Zealand's rugged slice of Greece

This is a place sculpted by some of our wildest weather and promises spectacular scenery.

Secrets of the Central North Island

From hidden hot springs to secret glowworm canyons, here are the best hidden gems in the Central North Island.

Scotland's 'Route 66' is a victim of its own success

The North Coast 500 has been a huge success but it's brought some remote Highland communities to breaking point.

This is the South Island's most underrated town

In a small town you'll find European-style streets, incredible food and some of our rarest penguins.

Inside New Zealand's craziest toilet

Welcome to Cromwell's number two attraction. These bathrooms allow you to create music with your, well, waste.

Easy excitement in New Zealand's adventure capital

You don't have to get physical to enjoy all of Queenstown’s thrills.

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