Travel has become more of an aspiration than an expectation. How do we find some place within easy reach, but feel as though we’ve left the frenetic world behind? 

Taranaki has an enormous variety to offer in the way of outdoor adventure and there's plenty for culture vultures too.

Lindy Davis escapes overly congested Auckland for the wide open spaces of the Waitaki Valley.

Times are changing – an awareness of the negative impact of livestock farming on the environment means more people are looking to take a plant-based approach to eating. 

Going off-grid in the Waikato helps this English family live a healthier, wilder life.

Kombucha Craze - the famed fermented tea has truly gone mainstream. 

Blue-footed boobies and lava lizards, giant tortoises and sea lions - Lindy Davis enjoys her close encounter with the unique wildlife of these remote islands.

Lindy Davis talks to Northland beekeepers and discovers a growing export industry facing some big challenges.

Growing up in a traditional Muslim household, former British Army Major Rabia Siddique has seen too much violence in the name of religion. She decided from the outset she wanted to be an agent for change. 

There’s a certain wildness you’re unlikely to encounter outside of the West coast of New Zealand and much of it stems from its rich and colourful history.

Lindy Davis discovers several hidden gems in the far north and deep south of the country.

Lindy Davis looks at the creative talent behind the Sculpture Northland exhibition.

A Northland retreat is in harmony with nature.

The eco-packaging heroes who are tackling the plastic problem, and how you can too.

When Gemma Sisia founded a school in Tanzania 10 years ago she dreamed of making a difference in just one person's life. Now more than 1600 students are receiving an education thanks to her vision and ongoing dedication.  

Hope and healing comes in unlikely forms. When a fall left Sydney mum Sam Bloom paraplegic it was a magpie that saved her and her family.

Whangarei Quarry Gardens: blending stunning subtropical gardens with creative sculptural art is without doubt a winning combination.

Angeleen Lewers is a Kamo- based entrepreneur whose healthy raw cakes have caught the eye of Air New Zealand. She talks to Lindy Davis. 

Nature has a way of bringing you back to your senses and Stewart Island is the perfect place to recalibrate.

Lindy Davis takes a trip down memory lane on the Twin Coast Cycle Trail.

Best-selling author and nomadic adventurer Miriam Lancewood talks to Lindy Davis about her upcoming pursuit - an epic female wilderness expedition through New Zealand's South Island. 

One man's idea has developed into a global operation saving thousands of lives each year, all with a humble bar of soap.

It takes a vivid imagination to visualise a pair of red Tesla fender earrings or a canary-yellow Ferrari cuff, but CRASH jewellery is all about converting recycled metals into stunning pieces of artwork

Discover the cycling tour that takes in top Marlborough vineyards, rugged high country and New Zealand’s largest working farm. 

After more than 50 years as a global leader in the cocaine trade, Colombian farmers are turning to a new drug of choice: cacao.

It’s over 65 years since the liberation of Nazi death camps in Eastern Europe, but it’s a period of history that a lifetime cannot erase. Lindy Davis takes part in the March of the Living, a walk from Auschwitz to Birkenau, to remember those who fell during one of the most horrendous periods in modern history.