New Zealand
New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a South Pacific nation of two main islands famed for dramatic landscapes—glaciers, fiords, volcanoes, beaches and alpine lakes—woven with Māori culture. It's the kind of place where you can surf and ski on the same day.
Cities & regions
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Queenstown is the self-proclaimed 'Adventure Capital of the World' — a resort town on the shores of glacial Lake Wakatipu in New Zealand's South Island, surr…
Open guideRotorua is New Zealand's geothermal and Maori cultural capital — a small city on the shores of Lake Rotorua in the Bay of Plenty region of the North Island.…
Open guideLake Tekapo (Te Takapō in Māori) is a vivid turquoise glacial lake in the heart of New Zealand's South Island Mackenzie Basin, renowned globally for its extr…
Open guideA pristine lake town in the Southern Alps of New Zealand's South Island — the quieter, less-developed sibling to nearby Queenstown. Wanaka sits at the edge o…
Open guideNew Zealand's oldest city (founded 1850) and second-largest after Auckland; located on the Canterbury Plains on the South Island, flanked by the Pacific Ocea…
Open guideAuckland is New Zealand's largest city (1.7 million people, 40% foreign-born, one of the world's most multicultural cities) and the country's economic hub. K…
Open guideWellington, New Zealand's compact capital city, sits at the southern tip of the North Island where it faces Cook Strait. Nicknamed 'Windy Welly' and 'the Coo…
Open guideTe Anau is a small lakeside town of around 3,000 residents on the shores of Lake Te Anau — South Island's largest lake — bordering Fiordland National Park. I…
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