It isn’t easy being an industrial spy. Only five minutes on the job and already I had been collared by a determined young assistant with a...

In an ideal world, this title would introduce an entry about viewing Fagradalsfjall, that spectacular volcano in Iceland, which is still eru...

My last overseas trip, way, way back in early 2020, was to LA for a big announcement by Viking about their expansion into exploration ships...

On this rather cold, damp morning I visited Shamarra Alpacas , across the harbour near Wainui. They've got about 170 on the farm, which ...

No need to worry about not having a long lens when you go Hector-hunting with Akaroa Dolphins . Out on a two-hour cruise on their fancy new ...

This morning I filled in an odd gap in my personal history - I visited Willowbank Nature Reserve , which opened three years before I left Ch...

  Since I’m in Akaroa, famously (and, touristically-speaking, helpfully) French-founded, it’s the Tricouleur at half-mast today, to mark the...