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JOURNEYS

A place stays the same. You don't.

Some places leave you with little more than the scenery. Others leave you with something you only begin to understand much later.

We write about the places we pass through — and the people we become after them.

JOURNEY INDEX

All journey series

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A red rose in Te Aroha DomainTe Aroha · WaikatoTe Aroha: The Town of LoveA king's breakfast, a former nuns' residence and a day unfolding beneath the mountain.Enter series →Te Aroha and surrounding farmland from Whakapipi LookoutTe Aroha · WaikatoTe Aroha: What Getting It Wrong Gave UsFrom a geyser in sunlight into cloud and darkness, a climb leaves an unexpected gift.Enter series →Tea fields, a pond and farmland beyond the terrace at Zealong Tea EstateZealong · WaikatoA Cup of Tea, Thirty Years in the Making1,500 plants. Only 130 survived. Then another thirteen years before there was tea to sell.Enter series →A jetty reaching into Hokianga HarbourHokianga · NorthlandHokianga: A Good Place to Grow Old AloneBefore we left, the children stacked a few small stones on a round rock and made their wishes. No one asked what anyone else had wished for.Enter series →A Cambridge street lined with autumn treesCambridge · WaikatoCambridge: Where Excellence Becomes OrdinaryAn autumn town of coffee, training grounds, schools and quiet order.Enter series →Blue water and palms on the Abel Tasman coastAbel Tasman · TasmanAbel Tasman: Where the Sea Walked Part of the WayThat morning, she was still worried she wouldn't make it. After 12.2 kilometres, she was already planning Day Three.Enter series →