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TRAVEL EDITOR I would never normally tell you to put this magazine down when you’ve only just started reading, but I feel it’s my duty to give you a stern warning before you go any further. Reader, if you don’t have a very hearty snack next to you right now, you’re really going to regret it. I’ve spent this week in a constant state of hunger. I’m craving crayfish from Kaikōura and clams from Cloudy Bay; feijoas from a backyard tree and stonefruit from the South Island. I want to spend an afternoon in a Waiheke winery, and experience an evening at Monique Fiso’s fine-dining restaurant Hiakai. I want flat whites and eggs benedict for breakfast, and fish and chips and L&P at the beach for dinner. Basically, I’m feeling greedy, and it’s all because of the wonderful stories from our writers in this week’s magazine. Food and drink has become a vital part of any holiday or short-break and in New Zealand, we’re truly spoilt for choice. Whether you’re heading north, south, east or west for your next Kiwi getaway, there is something delicious waiting there for you, and you’re likely to find inspiration in these 36 pages. Over lockdown, many of us discovered how comforting food could be — the incessant Instagram photos of sourdough starters and elaborate home-cooked dinners certainly proved that. But now we have the freedom to travel New Zealand, it is time to let someone else clear our plates and nourish our souls. We really do deserve it.
stephanie.holmes@nzherald.co.nz
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A LIFE IN TRAVEL
THE TASTE OF AOTEAROA Staying local is no hardship for gourmet travellers GRAPE ESCAPES What to do in New Zealand’s great wine regions TIKI TOUR Top tips from chefs, food writers and producers AMAZING GRAZING Jesse Mulligan’s A to Z of Kiwi food and drink INSIDER ITINERARIES Expert recommendations for city break dining MOVEABLE FEAST Plan ahead for these delicious events GOLDEN DAZE Simon Wilson’s Aotearoa adventures
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Jono Pryor What are your favourite memories from childhood family holidays in NZ? Travelling to Rangiora, North Canterbury to see my cousins on their farm. I have no place being on a farm. There is no part of me that is practical enough to be of any use to anyone on a farm. Where is your favourite offthe-beaten-track spot to get away from it all? We go to my in-laws at Whangamatā. I wouldn’t say it was “off the beaten track” but it’s an idyllic place to get my pasty white thighs out over the summer months. Whenever we are there it feels like the NZ of old — you spend time swimming, rabbiting on to the neighbours about nothing, and everyone leaves their doors unlocked. Which is a great piece of intel for any burglars reading this magazine . . . If you were heading on a family getaway now, where would you go and why? Taupō Bay, Northland. We went to a friend’s wedding there, and it was the most majestic thing we have seen. And coming from
someone who has seen immediately after you have sat in traffic for Beyonce live in concert, hours on the Southern Motorway. that is really saying If you could choose one ultimate, Listen to Jono something. luxury, dream holiday in NZ, & Ben, weekdays What are your best tips for a where would you go? from successful family holiday? James Cameron’s farm in the 6am-10am on Don’t forget to pack your bags. Wairarapa. Which goes against The Hits Make sure you pack way too everything I said at the beginning much stuff, and when you get to of this. Also I’m not entirely sure your destination talk about how you if James is open to having low-rent packed way too much stuff. broadcasters at his property, but the What’s your dream NZ road trip? offer is there if you’re reading this James . . . There is nothing like the feeling of driving For more New Zealand holiday ideas, go to newzealand.com/dosomethingnew to the Coromandel. In particular the part
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