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Great Outdoors in Pacific

New Zealand

Boots are made for walking

David Whitley ventures skywards in the hunt for the best day walks across the ditch.

World

Step into the line of fire

Louise Southerden lives dangerously on a series of tours for vulcanologists and other lovers of lava.

New Zealand

The roar of the wild

Ben Groundwater Ben Groundwater channels his inner Bear Grylls on a challenging survival trek in Queenstown.

New Zealand

A night with the kiwis

Rachel Dixon meets the passionate residents restoring the remote Stewart and Ulva islands to their pre-human state.

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Travellers Tips

Group tours

Adventures for groupies

Great life experiences in far-flung destinations are in reach like never before, writes Belinda Jackson.

Map of Pacific

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Travel News

Brisbane courthouses to become five-star hotel

9:31am | Lawyers and criminals have made way for luxury and concierges at a prime real estate spot in Brisbane's CBD.

Party at the festival without a ticket? Yes, you Cannes

5:23pm | Inside the Cannes temple of film-making, moguls meet movie stars and buyers and sellers wrangle over what we will be watching on the big screen a few months from now. But almost as compelling is the scene outside the Palais des Festivals.

World's first video call from Everest summit 'illegal'

2:50pm | A British mountaineer's interview with the BBC on his smartphone from the top of Mount Everest has stirred controversy with the Nepalese government calling the broadcast "illegal", officials said Monday.

United Airlines resumes Dreamliner flights

11:12am | United Airlines resumed Boeing 787 Dreamliner flights Monday after the advanced plane was globally grounded four months ago due to overheated battery incidents.

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