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New Zealand
New Zealand combines Māori cultural landscapes, volcanic and alpine systems, coastal towns and conservation areas across two main islands.
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From Stewart Island, take a short boat ride across Paterson Inlet to Ulva Island: rat-free since 1997, its rainforest paths are alive with saddleback, yellowhead and Stewart Island robins, birds now rare on the mainland.
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Best time to visit
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December to March suits many road and hiking routes; shoulder months are quieter but alpine weather and track access vary.
Travel tips
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- Plan the Cook Strait crossing between Wellington and Picton as part of your route: the ferry takes roughly three and a half hours, carries cars and campervans, and is the usual link between the North and South Islands.
- Between March and August, order Bluff oysters, harvested from the cold Foveaux Strait fishery centred on the southern town of Bluff, and eat them simply, freshly opened, as the season allows.
- Visit Milford Sound on a rainy day or just after one: the fiord, among the wettest inhabited places on earth, sprouts dozens of temporary waterfalls, some close to a thousand metres long.
- Near Pōrangahau in Hawke's Bay, a modest hill carries an 85-letter Māori name: the summit where Tamatea, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his kōauau flute to his loved one.
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Follow the rhythm of the place first, then shape the journey around the experiences that feel most like your own.
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