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100,000 vouchers up for grabs – Aucklanders, register now
* Aucklanders can register now until 25 February 2022 for the chance to receive one of 100,000 vouchers.
* Once registered, entrants will have the...
Tourism-linked businesses oppose showing cold shoulder to budget travellers
By Tess Brunton, RNZ Otago/Southland reporter
Queenstown businesses want New Zealand to attract high value tourists, but not at the expense of those on a...
Gone to Goa
Everything goes in Goa.
By Mel Fernandez, Travel Editor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqTFQaLfAxw
PANJIM, Goa – Brazilian-type fiestas with dancing and revelry that carry on till early dawn and three-hour...
Filipino chef serves kindness for elders
By Queenie Lee Tanjay
Romelyn Fernandez Garde is the first Filipino executive chef in Rotorua, thriving in the trade for over 20 years. She is a proud...
The taste of Pampanga in Auckland
#FILIPINO FOOD ENTREPRENEURS
Nostalgia for HomeCooked food drives expansion plans
By Mel Fernandez
AUCKLAND – Last year, in the shadow of an unpredictable pandemic and encountering an...
Matakana Beckons.
BUCKET LIST DESTINATION JUST A SHORT HOP AWAY.
By Mel Fernandez
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HczawJJotRE&t=92s
Video credit: GreVie Diaries (Greg Godin)
MATAKANA – Here’s a side trip that should be at...
Once were headhunters
Head-hunting is now outlawed in Borneo but it was once the test of manhood. Journey to the longhouses of Malaysian Borneo.
By Mel Fernandez
Photo Credit:...
Quarantine Free Travel with Australia suspended
Photo credit: Dan Freeman
AUCKLAND - Quarantine Free Travel from all Australian states and territories to New Zealand is being suspended as the Covid situation...
Flores de Mayo Festival Blossoms in Aotearoa
By Ricky Matthew
Cover photo: The Santacruzan Pageant in the Philippines by Luigi Bertello
AUCKLAND – The Flores de Mayo Festival is an annual celebration that...
More fun awaits in the Philippines
Tourism Philippines
By Mel Fernandez, Travel Editor www.travelgalore.nz
Photo credit: PNA. Baguio market during the good old pre-Covid era.
AUCKLAND - Several Southeast Asian countries are gearing...
