Live chat: Adventurer Tim Cope
From how to survive harsh conditions to what boiled pigeon tastes like, Tim is here to answer all your adventure travel questions.
Guide to Mongolia
Man who rode a horse through history
Are airline seats shrinking?
Has the legroom in economy-class airline seating really declined in recent years?
Week 2: Win a Europe trip
It's the perfect time for a UK/Europe getaway. Take our easy Ireland quiz and be in to win a trip for two to Paris!
The cycle of life
If you want to tour a new city and become part of its fabric for the day - take to two wheels.
Rats to romance
Simon Day redefines romance on the Cape Brett Track, then views mummified rats in Russell.
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SubscribeVanguard of love
An alpine rainforest, rare penguin colonies and glacier-cut mountains.
Shake, rattle and stroll
Napier gives Bridget Jones a lot of history and a little bump.
Countdown on for World Cup
Southland's one track mind
Almost time to drop the pilot
Control of New Zealand's air space is radically changing - for the better.
Year on the road 'surreal'
He left it all behind, now Dave Monk and family review their time travelling into the unknown.
OE prevented uni burnout
Sail the Mediterranean
Best passport in the world
The Kiwi passport has been ranked as one of the best in the world for travellers.
20 reasons to visit Fremantle
From sailing and fishing to arts festivals and boutique pale ales, this is the best on offer in Fremantle.
Aussie hipster havens
Australia's hottest hoods, where there's enough to savour for a weekend away or a short break.
There's the quick and the sled
Aussie mozzie alert
Remote-controlled tourists
Deploy your own remote-controlled tourist to explore Melbourne's laneways.
Running with the pack
It's not every day you lock eyes with a wolf that stares at you from the shade of a nearby tree.
Dirndls and brass
Everyone from Pippa Middleton to the world's tourists are donning drindls in celebration of Oktoberfest.
A beautifully alien landscape
Gaudi's Barcelona cathedral
Slip into local life in Vienna
A hip hotel in Vienna is offering tourists the chance to become "locals".
USA summer changed me
Three months of hard work in the hottest USA summer in years changed me completely.
Breaking Bad makes good
Love for the gritty drama triggered a tourism surge in Albuquerque and has helped businesses.
Keep your underwear on
High Roller biggest of them all
Pining for Oregon
Driving the north-west coast of United States whets the appetite.
At one with the elephants
Living unworked and untethered in this green bowl of the mountains is reviving their spirit.
Belly of the beast
It can appal and sicken, literally. But for most who visit it India can cast a lifetime spell.
World's largest cave open
A steppe back in time
Kabul with a splash
After the body search, it's easy to forget that fun is happening in ultra-conservative Afghanistan
It's just the two of us
Shop, spa, eat, see and do - there's a world of ideas for a mother and daughter getaway.
Taste of travel competition
Alongside the sights and sounds, tastes and aromas embed themselves in your holiday memories.
London diners go wild
Romantic memories in taste
Crispy, crunchy Cannoli
The perfect treat after seven hours of walking the beautiful historical streets of Rome.
Sea Princess welcomed into Auckland
The first cruise liner to use Auckland's refurbished Shed 10 as a passenger terminal docked this morning.
Melting moments
As the ice melts in the Arctic, new bitter-sweet frontiers for travel emerge.
Royal delivery
Ships in the night
Here comes the fun
From onboard skydiving simulators to fresh destinations in faraway places, here is what is new in the world of cruising.
The best snow report ever
"Mother Nature may try and take away our snow, but she'll never take away our FREEDOM!"
Confessions of a lapsed skier
Lapsed skier Steve Kilgallon has a religious experience on the slopes of Turoa skifield.
World's top ski lodges
Riding through trees
Family star
Don't hesitate to take the kids to a laid-back winter wonderland ski resort in British Columbia.
Snap. Share. Win!
Take a snap that represents what you love most about Europe, upload it, share it, and the photo with the most votes will win a $10,000 European holiday.
Fast-forming leukemia took young boy's life
Damaging winds hit Wellington, Canterbury
Madeleine McCann: Events 'changed'
Weta, mice, maggots found in food
Contactless credit cards trouble for some
Man in court over sex assaults
Empire games are making a mockery of the NPC
'Today's the day' armed man told partner
Choose to avoid retirement poverty
Weta, mice, maggots found in food
Letting go of my frozen embryo
Milk price hike linked to big payout
One careful owner; 3 million miles on clock
Fast-forming leukemia took young boy's life
Four new, two erased down south
