Below you'll find insider tips on getting the best from New Zealand, from hints on finding a home to reviews of the hottest restaurants in town.
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Spectator Sports
For a small nation, New Zealand holds a surprising number of international titles across a range of team and individual sports. Winning is matter of national pride (beating Australia at... read more
Cricket
From December to March, the thwack of leather on willow resonates at sports grounds across the country. The national men’s team is the Black Caps and, while they’re not as dizzyingly... read more
Horse Racing
“They’re racing!” Almost every day of the week, the race commentator’s call sets hearts aflutter as sleek thoroughbreds bounce from the starting gates. Horse racing has long been part of... read more
Motorsports
If you like the great outdoors, laced with a whiff of exhaust fumes and the roar of finely tuned engines, you’ll find plenty to get excited about, whether it’s the roar of V8 motors... read more
Netball
Take one stadium on a cold winter’s night, add a few thousand screaming fans (mostly female), two teams of tall, athletic women and a game that’s fast, physical and uncompromising and... read more
Rugby League
For many years, rugby league in New Zealand languished in the shadow of rugby union and there was fierce rivalry between the two. You were either a die-hard league supporter or a... read more
Rugby Union
It’s entirely fitting that the passionate Maori war challenge, known as the haka, is inexorably linked to rugby, because no other sport raises the collective kiwi blood pressure quite as... read more
Tennis
It’s been a long time since New Zealanders have been able to claim a player competing at the highest international level, but that doesn’t stop them coming out in droves to play and watch... read more
