GO NZ: Best spots to see native birds in New Zealand Northland to Rakiura,
26 Apr, 2021 05:47 PM
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Cape Kidnappers Australasian Gannet colony boasts more than 20,000 of these beautiful birds. Photo / Supplied
Cape Kidnappers Australasian Gannet colony boasts more than 20,000 of these beautiful birds. Photo / Supplied
NZ Herald
By: Sarah Pollok
Even if you are not yet an avid bird-watcher, branch out and explore some of New Zealand s best avian opportunities, writes
Sarah Pollok
We New Zealanders are so enamoured with our native bird species that every October the most contentious news story across the country is which of our feathered friends is going to take top spot in Forest and Bird s annual Bird of the Year competition. The winner s worthiness is usually a divisive subject, mostly on the aptly named social media platform, Twitter.
Home is where the heartland is
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Operating for thirty years, Franz Josef Glacier Guides allows visitors to access remote terrain that would normally only be accessible to experience mountaineers.
Photo / Ngāi Tahu Tourism
In four decades as a travel writer and several more years as a living, breathing, wandering Kiwi, I’ve seen just about every square inch of Aotearoa. But it’s only in the past few months I’ve encountered two special places for the first time. By Ewan McDonald
They re at either end of the country – the impossibly beautiful white-sand beaches of Karikari Peninsula and the impossibly beautiful deep-green waters, forests and mountains of Te Wahi Pounamou, our World Heritage Area in the Deep South.