Tales straight from the trail

Welcome to our NZ Country Trails Blog - where we write short stories about the people who list their activities on our website. There we...

Cyclone damage: In a very personal way, Sally Officer and Simon Bennett know the value of protecting the environment having suffered, as...

Following in the footsteps of her forefathers Beverley Forrester for many years farmed the green undulating hills of the family’s sheep...

Shaun Monk is the kind of person that personifies the "great outdoors" of the NZ countryside, one that you meet when catching a breath on...

Nestled among the rolling green hills of the Waipara Gorge in the Hurunui district, North Canterbury lies Karetu Downs, a 2000ha sheep...

My journey starts at Blenheim at the beginning of State Highway 6 which takes me inland toward the West Coast of the South Island...