New Zealand

48 Hours in Auckland: The Perfect City Break Itinerary for First-Timers

When my daughter and I landed in Auckland last autumn, the air carried that particular Pacific crispness that signals you've arrived somewhere special—a city where nature and urban sophistication exist in perfect equilibrium. Having visited cricket-playing nations across the globe,...

Tale of Two Cities: Contrasting Nightlife in Braga and Palmerston North

If you'd told twenty-something tournament-hopping me that I'd one day be comparing the student nightlife scenes of a medieval Portuguese city and a university town in New Zealand's North Island, I would've laughed while adjusting my gaming headset. *Mais voilà!*...