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Jonathan Guildford and Matthew Littlewood16:52, May 26 2021 GEORGE EMPSON/SUPPLIED A foggy and frosty Wednesday morning in Tekapo. It has been a bitterly cold morning for many across the South Island as temperatures in several southern centres plummeted into the negatives, well below their overnight averages for autumn. According to MetService as of 7am on Wednesday, Tekapo had the lowest temperature at -8.2 degrees Celsius, Mosgiel was at -7C, Christchurch was -3C, Timaru -6C, Dunedin Airport -7.1C, Alexandra -6.8C, Invercargill -3C, Queenstown -4C and Westport was just over 3C. However, M...

A Queenstown Lakes District Council spokesman said ice was forming below the summit of the Crown Range, particularly on the Queenstown side. Roading crews had used significant amounts of grit on the Crown Range Rd, so motorists should slow down, take care and carry chains, he said. All other major roads around Queenstown and Wānaka remained opened, but there was a mix of wet and dry roads with light rain falling in some areas so motorists should expect winter conditions, the spokesman said. MetService Lower North Island forecast from Wednesday May 19. State Highway 94 (Te Anau to Milfor...

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...

Discover Taranaki’s Surf Highway 45 Keep a snowcapped Mt Taranaki on your left on a journey from New Plymouth to Hawera, and you can’t go wrong. Hopefully, the maunga’s perfect volcanic peak will be cloud-free as you negotiate Taranaki’s Surf Highway, taking time to detour down side roads to the skeletal remains of the SS Gairloch shipwreck just south of Ōakura, or the Cape Egmont Lighthouse at Pungarehu on Taranaki’s western-most point. Look forward to brisk westerlies and a winter Tasman swell rolling in all the way from Australia. Don’t miss Two of regional New Zealand’s ...