Passing panorama: New Zealand’s glory from a train window

Thirty years after the TranzAlpine was launched, Susan Grossman boards one of the world’s most scenic trains at Christchurch, before completing her trip on North Island’s Northern Explorer

The lure of Ohau, New Zealand

This tiny South Island resort has just one lift, but the snow in August and September is brilliant – and, if you pick your week, it can feel like your own private mountain

DJ Carl Cox on Nins Bin seafood caravan, New Zealandn,

By a lonely beach on the South Island’s east coast, this retro caravan sells the freshest crayfish – ready to be gulped down with chips and lungfuls of sea air