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Travel: Seven Things to Marvel at in New Zealand

Seven Things to Marvel at in New Zealand From natural beauty to fabulous food and unique local culture, this island country is pure magic The amazing waterbodies The deep blue of Lake Wakatipu; the ice-blue Waikato River With 4,25,000 km of rivers and streams, 4,000 lakes and over 200 underground aquifers at last…

Photo Feature: Kiwiland Calling!

All photographs by Sheila Kumar. Images are subject to copyright. The Southern Alps, freshly dusted with snow after Cyclone Gita. A symphony of colours. Big sky country. The Pacific Ocean in all its shimmering glory Lake Benmore at Omarama. The NZ troika: cows… . …bales…

Travel: Milford and Marlborough, the Sounds of New Zealand

Speechless in the Sounds A strong ice-tipped wind is blowing through the Fiordland in New Zealand`s South Island when I board the launch that is to take me through the Milford Sound. This is big sky country and the gigantic, chubby clouds moving at a rapid clip overhead makes for a most dramatic sight….

Feature: Gallipoli, The Scale of our War

Remembrance of war The Gallipoli exhibition at Wellington is a moving tribute to soldiers who died far away from home. On a recent trip to New Zealand, I happened to drop in at the Te Papa Museum in Wellington to watch the three-years-running mega crowd-puller Gallipoli: The Scale of Our War exhibition. I walked in…