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Getty More people are being vaccinated everyday and travel is already top of mind. Suddenly, the whole world feels in reach again, even if travel restrictions haven’t quite been lifted yet. Most travel experts expect travel to re-open incrementally rather than all at once. We’ll see some countries loosening restrictions early on and others late to follow. At your destination, attractions and local protocols will change in phases, too. Remember, even if you’re vaccinated, not everyone else will be when you arrive at your destination. Some travelers already know exactly where they want to...

50 Spectacular Places To Visit Post-Pandemic Becky Pokora, Forbes FacebookTwitterEmail 50 Spectacular Places To Visit Post-PandemicGetty More people are being vaccinated everyday and travel is already top of mind. Suddenly, the whole world feels in reach again, even if travel restrictions haven’t quite been lifted yet. Most travel experts expect travel to re-open incrementally rather than all at once. We’ll see some countries loosening restrictions early on and others late to follow. At your destination, attractions and local protocols will change in phases, too. Remember, even if you’...

RNZ Judge Michael Mika leading the manuhiri on to Waiwhetū Marae. Photo: Dominic Godfrey / RNZ Pacific The New Zealand city of Lower Hutt has become the first outside Auckland with a Pasifika resident District Court judge. The selection of Michael Alaifatu Mika, a Samoan New Zealander, is being hailed as the vanguard of diversity and representation, the embodiment of Te Ao Mārama – a reflection of the changing judicial needs of a multicultural Aotearoa. At a powhiri at Waiwhetū Marae, Judge Mika described taking up the new role as a homecoming. The 53-year-old grew up in Kairangi – t...