Christchurch
New Zealand
Keeping calm, carrying on
Two years after the devastating earthquake, Julietta Jameson visits Christchurch and finds innovation and hope abound.
Attractions
Tickets, please!
An astonishing line-up of new attractions awaits globetrotters in 2013, as Belinda Jackson and Julietta Jameson discover in their round-up of the best.
New Zealand
Rhapsody in green
From the grand estate of Otahuna Lodge, Julietta Jameson views the heritage gardens of the Canterbury region.
Insider
Plucky Christchurch is open for business
Travel Insider The South Island's largest city is putting the destruction of last year's earthquake behind it.
Photo galleries
World's greatest drives
The highway is a grand canvas, a drive-in screen for our own epics, especially on these five great excursions.
Travellers Tips
Tips
A wide berth, but how long until we return?
Jane E. Fraser As Queensland and New Zealand urge travellers to return, tourism bosses and experts reveal what a recovery will really take in disaster-hit regions.
Tripologist
Leisurely spin of New Zealand's South Island
Tripologist My partner and I are planning two weeks on the South Island of New Zealand. Can you suggest a relaxing driving itinerary that allows us to stay a couple of days each in a few interesting places?
