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With peace, beauty and convenience, why not live year round at Invercargill's Beach Road Holiday Park? With Kiwis embracing domestic travel during the pandemic and interest rates at record lows, holiday homes are in hot demand, real estate agents say. But with New Zealand house prices surging, setting record median prices for four months in a row, many are looking outside traditional holiday hot spots for their baches and cribs. Destination Great Lake Taupo/Supplied Omori, by the Kuratau River on the southern shores of Lake Taupo, is an up-and-coming destination with holiday home buyers, M...

GO NZ: Michelle Langstone's Nelson summer getaway 11 Jan, 2021 05:15 PM 4 minutes to read A summer hike should always end with an icecream. Photo / Getty Images NZ Herald By: Michelle Langstone Michelle Langstone heads to the centre of New Zealand, where 'it feels as if the sun is on you, no matter where you go' I don't know if you plan your activities around icecream but I do, particularly when in Nelson, one of my favourite places in Aotearoa. I organise Nelson visits around at least two, preferably three stops for real fruit icecream, made with berries grown in the Nelson area. It's the r...

Rowdy Aucklanders trigger nearly 300,000 noise complaints to Auckland Council 1 Jan, 2021 07:50 AM 6 minutes to read Rowdy Aucklanders have sparked nearly 300,000 noise complaints in just five years, and ratepayers have forked out millions of dollars to keep the peace. But figures released to the Herald show it's not just noisy humans making a racket - tens of thousands of complaints were logged about barking dogs. The council has served more than 37,000 Excessive Noise Direction (END) notices since 2016. They require residents to reduce noise to a reasonable level immediate...

Tourist numbers drop at New Zealand walking tracks Tourist numbers drop at New Zealand walking tracks Thu, 31 Dec 2020, 3:36PM Visitor numbers are down 52 per cent for the Hooker Valley Track in the Aoraki National Park. Photo / 123RF Tourist numbers drop at New Zealand walking tracks Thu, 31 Dec 2020, 3:36PM Some of New Zealand's most popular walking tracks have had a huge decline in visitor numbers. Data from the Department of Conservation compared visitor numbers over September and October this year to the same time last year. Milford...

Hobsonville Point Jump on a 40-minute ferry to Hobsonville Point on a weekend morning and get there in time to pick up some treats for brunch from the farmers’ market (8.30am-2pm Friday to Sunday). Take your coffee and pastries for a walk around the 4km coastal loop, enjoying the art along the way, and then while away the afternoon at Little Creatures Brewery. The trip across is $10.50 for adults and $6 for kids. Amy Baker/Stuff Hop over to Hobsonville Point for a day and explore the new suburb's bustling waterside walkways and cafes. Northcote Northcote Point wharf will reopen on Jan...