Hello, neighbours!

With a Trans-Tasman travel bubble in full swing, Michael Donaldson plots a week-long road trip across New Zealand’s North Island before finishing with a South Island surprise.

New Zealand Top 50: 1. Tara Iti

New Zealand’s Top 50 Golf Courses

Golf Digest’s inaugural ranking of the best courses across the ditch shines the spotlight on New Zealand’s international classics as well as its time-honoured gems.

New Zealand: Nobody does it better

When it opened in 1993, Millbrook Resort was a bit of a novelty. A deer farm had been transformed into a thoroughly modern golf course. The farm’s homestead was converted into a restaurant complemented by luxurious lodgings, all in a spectacular alpine location just outside Queenstown. The resort golf phenomenon had finally come to New Zealand.

Tara Iti Golf Club

Tara Iti: No. 1 Contender

Could Tara Iti Golf Club actually be New Zealand’s best golf course just seven months after opening? Evin Priest visited Tom Doak’s latest coastal masterpiece, two hours north of Auckland at Mangawhai, to see what all the fuss is about.

Terrace Downs Resort

Living The High Life

Perched on the edge of the Rakaia River in New Zealand’s oxygen-rich high country, Terrace Downs Resort dishes up world-class play-and-stay golf in one of the world’s most spectacular and largely underrated regions.