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By Geraldine Fitzgerald

The one restaurant From wild-shot venison carpaccio to lamb backstrap to the best French onion soup this side of the Champs Elysees, Bistro Gentil brings a gallic touch to the fresh seasonal produce of Central Otago. Alongside the French hit parade – aged beef with dauphine potatoes and café de Paris butter, duck confit and pommes frites, crème brulee, pongy cheeses – you'll also get to taste some of the lovely pinot noirs and chardonnays of the Central Otago wine region. See bistrogentil.co.nz The one winery Dipping down to wet its feet in the waters of Lake Wānaka with the peaks ...

THE ONE TOUR Wanaka has plenty of stories to tell and the rugged Land Rovers of Ridgeline Adventures can take you on a spirited journey along farm tracks that wind high into the tussock-grass hills above Lake Wanaka. Along the way, you'll get the inside story on Wanaka's transformation from Maori settlement to pioneering sheep town to ski mecca, and what happened when Shania Twain came to town and snapped up one of New Zealand's iconic sheep stations. See ridgelinenz.com THE ONE RESTAURANT From wild-shot venison carpaccio to lamb backstrap to the best French onion soup this side of the Champs...

Wanaka's Blue Pools: invigorating and inspiring 25 Feb, 2021 02:46 AM 5 minutes to read Wanaka's Blue Pools. Photo / Getty NZ Herald By: Kirsty Gordge Faced with the pure beauty of Otago's mountain-fed Blue Pools, there's only one way to go, writes Kirsty Gordge Imagine this: standing on a wooden swing bridge in a remote landscape, breathing fresh mountain air, overlooking a still pool of water so blue you think you can see the bottom — if only you gape a little longer. Are you in Samoa, at the Upolu ocean trench? Antarctica, perhaps? Or maybe at a cenote in Mexico? No. You're one hour fro...

Stuff While the auditor-general probes the way tourism aid was handled, not all operators want the money they were offered. Parliament’s environmental watchdog says the tourism industry has been carried and cosseted for too long, while its impact on the environment has been largely ignored. In a new report released yesterday, Simon Upton says it’s time for real action, not more marketing spin and hollow talk about “sustainability”. Mike White investigates how tourism has become a problem area, despite being a crucial part of New Zealand’s economy. Poor Simon Upton. Just three mont...