Friday night fish and chips, it’s quite the New Zealand tradition. Popular for decades now, fish and chips surely is the staple kiwi takeaway meal. And travellers always seem keen to try this special cuisine, on a visit here.
Read MoreStewart Island/Rakiura - the island south of the South
New Zealand’s North and South Islands are the largest islands around here, but there’s a third in size, and that’s Stewart Island/Rakiura. It’s an island of delicious food treasures, thanks to the surrounding oceans - think crayfish, salmon, oysters, cod and muttonbird. And there’s quite a story to learn about the muttonbird, or tītī, also called the sooty shearwater….
Read MoreTurangi - a trout fishing capital, and a top-notch food offering
Sitting on the southern shore of vast Lake Taupō, in the middle of the North Island, is a tremendous little fishing town - the trout fishing capital of New Zealand, no less (or is that of the world….).
Welcome to Turangi, on the banks of the Tongariro River and part of the volcanic plateau. Head here for fish, of course, but there’s also a tremendous little treasure …..
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