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Waikato: Roughing it in luxury
Elisabeth Easther visits luxury wilderness lodge Poronui and discovers heaven on earth.
Five things to do in Abu Dhabi
This booming Emirate in the Middle East has a few places to put on your to-do list, writes Megan Singleton.
Winson Aldworth: Breath of fresh air in Queenstown
Beauty spot's locals must have seen it all when it comes to unusual tourist behaviour.
Winston Aldworth: How smartphones have changed our holidays
Where once a traveller would reach for their guidebook and camera, now the smartphone reigns supreme.
Winston Aldworth: Warning - Here there be monster waves
At what point should we butt into someone else's holiday and tell them to stay out of the surf?
Eveline Harvey: Woodchoppers, spare that perfect forest
Snowdon Forest doesn't have the same level of conservation protection as our national parks but that doesn't mean running…
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Winston Aldworth: Appeal of life on the waves
The travel trade in general has done pretty well in recent tough times and, within the industry, cruising shows remarkable growth.
Winston Aldworth: On reclining seats and retaliatory vomit
Last week's discussion on reclining seats aboard passenger planes hit a nerve, writes Travel Editor Winston Aldworth.
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Winston Aldworth: Sit back. Relax. But don't lean on me
An unscientific poll of 1000 fliers found that nine out of 10 respondents want reclining seats on planes banned, writes Winston Aldworth. The problem isn't that your seat reclines, it's that the seat of the ignorant b*****d…
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Winston Aldworth: A budget revolution for long-haul flights
Brace yourselves. Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary says he's keen to take his Europe-based budget carrier to the long-haul market. Speaking at the World Low Cost Airlines Congress in London last week, O'Leary said he would…
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Winston Aldworth: One small step for a jetlagged mouse...
Researchers at Oxford University are developing a pill that will alleviate the effects of jetlag.
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Winston Aldworth: Sport a reason to travel
It's a rare day that you find yourself in Stockholm and wish you were in Pukekohe.
Winston Aldworth: Kiddie crisis? Send for the flying nanny
Last week, I wrote about Scoot airline's plans for kid-free seating.
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Winston Aldworth: Kiddy-free class could be good for all passengers
According to my (child-free) colleague, budget airline Scoot, a subsidiary of Singapore Airlines, are on to a good thing.
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Winston Aldworth: Use gaffer tape to avoid drunken diversions
Stephanie Heizmann Auerbach might just have set a new high for inflight bad behaviour.
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Hamilton: It's a classic
Danielle Wright takes her family on a nostalgic trip back to 50s New Zealand at a vintage car museum in Hamilton.
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Travel books for kids
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Alex Robertson reviews two Lonely Planet titles aimed at the younger members of the family.
Madrid has suffered a slump in visitor numbers because someone forgot to put out the welcome mat.