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Top 11 national parks in New Zealand Lonely Planet Editors 28 April 2021 New Zeland is a stunning country with no shortage of national parks © Breathing Images / Getty Images New Zealand offers boundless opportunities to scramble up scree, spot wildlife in the wild, and lose yourself in some outdoors that truly deserves the epithet “great”. Whether it's the rainforest-shaded shores of Lake Waikaremoana, the recently opened Paparoa Track, or the cloud-nudging uplands of the Tongariro Alpine Crossing, hikers (and everyone else) will always find their happy place. Here's New ...

The life of Queenstown artist Peter Beadle 28 Apr, 2021 07:43 PM 3 minutes to read The late Peter Beadle. Photo / Mountain Scene Other One of Queenstown's most highly-regarded artists is being remembered as a "Renaissance man", a lover of a good debate, an armchair philosopher and the holder of an irreverent sense of humour. Peter Beadle died aged 87 at Lakes District Hospital in February, having been diagnosed with dementia late in life. But his family says he never lost his appreciation of art and the beauty of his surrounds. Read More Born in Invercargill in 1933, Peter had an identical tw...

Freezing temperatures: Coldest morning of year for Mackenzie District 27 Apr, 2021 07:31 PM 2 minutes to read Aoraki Mount Cook shown from a webcam at Glentanner Park. Photo / Glentanner Park Centre Digital producer, Christchurch, NZ Heralddevon.bolger@nzme.co.nz Much of the country has awoken to a chill this morning as winter looms closer. The Mackenzie District has experienced its coldest temperatures of the year so far. Twizel takes out the top spot for the coolest place with -7C followed by Lake Tekapo and Burkes Pass on -5C at 6am. Read More Advertisement Mackenzie Country Weather NZ for...

MONIQUE FORD/Stuff A tent set up by police protecting the scene was visible on Sunday. On Monday, Wellington City Council spokesman Richard MacLean said council representatives had spoken to the residents in the direct vicinity of the crime scene, with a tenant drop-in office expected to be set up on site from Tuesday. Councillors were expected to receive a written briefing on Monday afternoon. Several police officers, including forensic specialists, were combing over the scene on Sunday afternoon. A long-term neighbour of the victim said there had been “lots of problems” at the flat...

A police forensic team arrive at the Central Park apartment complex, where a woman was found dead. Pink chalk ovals can be seen in a stairwell foyer at a Wellington City Council-run apartment complex where a woman was found dead, as the agency embarks on an immediate review, citing the safety and wellbeing of tenants as its priority. Dressed in a grey tear-resistant gown and sporting bare feet, a 42-year-old man – granted name suppression by Justice of the Peace Allan Sainsbury on Monday morning – made a brief appearance at Hutt Valley District Court, charged with the woman’s murder o...