The New Zealand Motor Caravan Association (NZMCA) is taking a local body to the High Court in a bid to protect the rights of its members to freedom camp.

A country filled with natural beauty and relaxed village life, Vietnam has some of the best islands and beaches in all of Southeast Asia.

Combined with its delicious cuisine, it’s no wonder Kiwis are flocking there in search of adventure.

A summer holiday somewhere on the Coromandel with breakfast and parking included is what most travellers want this summer, according to a survey of 7000 New Zealanders by Travelbug (travelbug.co.nz), Trade Me’s travel website.

Auckland has once again beaten Sydney, Bora Bora, The Whitsunday Islands and Fiji's Yasawa Islands to take out the title for Australasia’s top destination in the 2012 World Travel Awards.

Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development (ATEED) is delighted that Auckland has been rated as having the country’s top two visitor experiences in Lonely Planet’s latest New Zealand travel guide.

Blanket Bay continues to retain its international ranking as New Zealand’s top lodge with prestigious USA-based Hideaways International naming Blanket Bay the Number 1 lodge in New Zealand, and Number 6 in the world, within its annual 2012 Readers Survey.

For the first time in five years hotel prices have risen across all of the regions surveyed in the Hotels.com Hotel Price Index (HPI), despite continued political and economic instability across Europe and the US.

New Zealand travellers can now fly all the way direct from Auckland to Amsterdam by superjumbo with the extension of Emirates' A380 route network to the Netherlands overnight.

On the back of Air New Zealand's announcement that they will be lowering the pricing on their flexi plus fares for the Auckland to Wellington, Auckland to Christchurch and Christchurch to Wellington routes, Flight Centre, New Zealand's largest travel retailer, predicts a rise in domestic travel.<

Air New Zealand is slashing fares on domestic trunk routes for the second time in nine months, as it launches an extra 6,000 seats a week into the market over the coming year.