The South Island’s West Coast is easily one of the best road trips in the world. Photo / BareKiwi This article was one of Herald Travel’s top stories of 2024.

The Empire is real-life West Coast. I wondered if Mr Savage could see the nude girlie calendar behind the bar. Past the pool table was the women's toilet with a sign that warned of a weight limit ...

While the Paparoa Track is the first new Great Walk in 25 years, it’s not as if the South Island is lacking in natural grandeur. On my drive to the West Coast, I could barely get through a ...

With rugged coastlines, black sand beaches, rainforests, glaciers and rivers running down from the high Southern Alps, the wild West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island is one of the country’s most ...