BROOK SABIN
From $80 helicopter trips to $123 ski plane adventures, some big specials are being offered for Kiwi tourists over the summer break.
There are those of us likely to heed Tourism New Zealand’s calls to do something new this summer. And there are those of us who plan to holiday in places we know are sure bets. The summer holidays roll around once a year after all, and no one wants to wind up somewhere that looks good on paper (and in heavily edited digital images) but in reality is a dump. If you have someone to vouch for a place though, going boldly where you’ve never gone before isn’t such an issue. Which is why we asked the Stuff Travel Neighbourly community to tell us about the summer holiday spots that have kept them coming back for years, if not decades.