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Depot restaurant, Auckland.

New Zealand

Trans-Tasman tastes

A new-wave movement has brought fine dining to Auckland, writes Simon Farell Green.

French Polynesia

A spiritual venture in Rangiroa

Rangiroa

Caroline Gladstone I'm off to find the spiritual side of Rangiroa, a coral atoll way out in the Tuamotu Archipelago.

Fiji

My way and the 'hi' way

Fiji

Julietta Jameson discovers there are no wrong turns on a newly-possible road trip around Viti Levu.

Flight test: Virgin Australia economy from Fiji

Virgin Australia economy class

Craig Platt The service to Fiji is no-frills — more like a domestic flight than an international one.

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Photo galleries

Photos

Dream getaways: over-water bungalows

Club Med Maldives

Does it get any better than staying in your own bungalow over a crystal clear lagoon? Here are some of our favourites around the world.

Under the lens

52 Suburbs: New York to New Zealand to Australia

Louise Hawson finishes her photographic odyssey to 52 suburbs around the world on the beach in Sydney, via New York and New Zealand.

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Travellers Tips

Room Service

Hotels preach to the converted

Liberty Hotel.

Converted hotels are catching on, according to virtualtourist.com, which has released a list of the world's best hotels in buildings once used for other purposes.

Flight test

Flight test: Air New Zealand

Air New Zealand safety announcement

Flight Test The safety video is as entertaining as it is informative and puts me in a good mood.

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Travel News

'Babies belong in the hold': Clarkson sparks controversy after airline tweet

Jeremy Clarkson with baby

JOLYON ATTWOOLL 12:24pm | TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson has prompted a strong reaction after suggesting that children should be stashed in the luggage hold during flights.

'Uncivilised' Chinese tourists harming country's reputation: official

10:51am | The dire manners and "uncivilised behaviour" of some Chinese tourists abroad are harming the country's image, said a top official who lamented their poor "quality and breeding".

Couple ends up on wrong continent after airline error

JOLYON ATTWOOLL 10:21am | US couple find themselves 11,000km away from their destination, on the wrong continent, after airline error.

Put another kipper in the pan

ROBERT UPE | Determined to lift visitor numbers to 40 million a year by 2020, the British are counting on us, writes Robert Upe.

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