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| Cass: Colourful character right on track |
| Sixty-three years ago when Rita Angus did her famous picture of Cass Railway Station - voted a few years ago as New Zealand's greatest painting - she depicted a small figure sitting on the platform, dwarfed by the surrounding mountains,... |
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Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:00 p.m. |
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| England: Height of success |
| There was a time when I was convinced Birmingham was the most glamorous city in the universe. The year was 1984. I was 14 and obsessed with Duran Duran. The walls of my bedroom were smothered with pages ripped out of Smash Hits ... |
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Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:02 a.m. |
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| England: An Oxford wonderland |
| Never underestimate the benefits of tedium. Nearly 150 years ago, three little girls got so bored on a slow upstream row along the Thames from Oxford to a summer picnic that Charles Lutwidge Dodgson made up a story to amuse them on... |
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Published: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00 a.m. |
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| Northland: Float on |
| Unless you're lucky enough to be on a six-star cruise ship, staying overnight on a boat can often involve a lot of ducking under low doorways, squeezing into tiny shower cubicles and peering through murky portholes. Boats aren't exactly... |
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Published: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:15 p.m. |
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| Ask Lonely Planet: Easter in the Andes |
| My partner (who lives in the UK) and I are planning to meet up somewhere in South America for a fortnight over the Easter break this year. We're in our late 20s/early 30s, on a budget, and want a mix of outdoor and cultural activities,... |
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Published: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00 a.m. |
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| A playground right on our doorstep |
| What a fantastic asset the Hauraki Gulf is. And how lucky we are to have it on the doorstep of our biggest city. But what a pity we don't make more use of its marvellous recreational potential.Just think: 4000sq km of (reasonably)... |
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Published: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00 a.m. |
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