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When travel blogger Kate Voyage isn’t scouring the globe for adventure, this Kiwi turns her attention to the home front. “Christchurch has all the big city conveniences,” she says, “but with fewer traffic jams.” After suffering devastating earthquakes over the past few years, Christchurch is finally on the rebound and it’s easy to see why. Here are a few of Kate’s favorite things about her home town.
The Radar: Travel Lately
Posted by Intelligent Travel on April 10, 2013 
The Radar: The top travel news, stories, trends, and ideas from across the web. Got Radar? Follow us on Twitter @NatGeoTraveler and tag your favorite travel stories with #NGTRadar. Check back on the blog each Wednesday for our Travel Lately roundup.
The Radar: Travel Lately
Posted by Intelligent Travel on February 20, 2013 
The Radar: The top travel news, stories, trends, and ideas from across the web. Got Radar? Follow us on Twitter @NatGeoTraveler and tag your favorite travel stories from the web #NGTRadar. Check back on the blog on Wednesdays for our Travel Lately roundup.
The Place: Christchurch, New Zealand
Posted by Intelligent Travel on February 18, 2013 
Two years ago, a series of massive earthquakes shook Christchurch, New Zealand, to its spine, folding its central business district into a cordoned-off red zone. But even as the historic gateway to the South Island readies for a years-long rebuild, a spirit of innovation is rising out of the rubble to shake things up for good.
National Geographic Traveler staff answer the question “If you could visit just ONE place in 2013, where would it be and why.” Check out what’s at the top of our travel to-do lists next year, then let us know where you would go for a chance to appear in an upcoming issue of Traveler magazine.
#FriFotos: Sit Down
Posted by Intelligent Travel on October 19, 2012 
Want to see one of your photos featured on our website or blog? Make it happen by uploading your favorite travel pics (don’t forget to add a caption!) to ngm.com/yourshot. Tag all your submissions #travelshot – then look for your photos in one of our My Shot galleries or on the Intelligent Travel blog.
I Heart My City: Charlotte’s Wellington, New Zealand
Posted by I Heart My City on December 21, 2011 
Kia Ora (Welcome!) to another Wednesday edition of I Heart My City. Today’s insider guide to Wellington, New Zealand comes from Intelligent Travel reader, Charlotte B., a Parisian expat who came to town on a holiday visa and never left. What does she love most about Wellington? Charlotte wrote, “It’s a city without being a…
The Radar: New Zealand’s Best Views, Free Seoul, Scotland’s Brochs
Posted by Giovanna Palatucci on August 8, 2011 
The Radar: Top travel news, stories, trends, and ideas from across the web. Got Radar? Follow us on Twitter @NatGeoTraveler and tag your favorite travel stories from the web #ngtradar. Check back the next day for our daily roundup.
The Radar: New Zealand’s Top Wine Regions, How to Avoid Being Pickpocketed, World Kite Festivals
Posted by Giovanna Palatucci on June 8, 2011 
There are more than 140 vineyards and 70 wineries in Hawke’s Bay one of New Zealand’s top wine regions. Discover ten more in Kiwi country with this guide. [Got Saga] Don’t lose your wallet the next time you travel. According to this Frommer’s story over 100 people in a major city may fall victim to…
When Traveling is for the Birds
Posted by Intelligent Travel on June 6, 2011 
By Contributing Blogger Cathy Healy Figueroa Mountain, CA – Thwarted by a damn mountain quail. Queeark, the male called to the female. Queeark she echoed. The quail were close, hunkered somewhere in the prickly foxtail. I was out birding with my friends Vicki and Dave Menzies near their Santa Barbara home. I met Vicki, a…
The Radar: Epic NZ Adventures, U.S. Fruit Festivals, Top Ecotourism Destinations
Posted by Giovanna Palatucci on April 14, 2011 
Get your thrill on in New Zealand where a sense of adventure seems to be imprinted into the locals’ DNA. Try one of these five epic adventures in New Zealand, like heli-hiking or canyon swinging, to really get your adrenalin pumping. [Go Backpacking]
Caravaning Kiwiland
Posted by Marilyn Terrell on March 22, 2011 Have you ever wondered what it would be like to rent a campervan and go exploring New Zealand’s spectacular scenery, stopping for the night wherever you like? The editors at National Geographic Traveler did, so we sent former researcher Carrie Miller off on an adventure on the South Island. We published her story in our…
Sydney’s Amusing Art
Posted by Karen Carmichael on March 17, 2011 Todd Fuller’s terracotta sculpture “A Day at the Beach” will be on display at the Art + Humour Me exhibition in Sydney from April 12 – May 7. Sydneysiders and visitors alike can get a taste of Australian humor at the third Art + Humour exhibition next month, hosted by Brenda May Gallery in Waterloo.…
Where’s Andrew? Photo Clue #24
Posted by Janelle Nanos on January 3, 2011 Welcome to a New Year and a new batch of clues from Andrew Evans, our digital nomad who is traveling through Australia and sending us daily photo clues. (Check out the Guardian’s blog post about his trip.) Now put your thinking hats on and do your best to figure out today’s clue. And click through…
For the Birds: Meet a Kiwi
Posted by Giovanna Palatucci on September 29, 2010 Christchurch, New Zealand was all shook up earlier this month during a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that hit the South Island in the early morning. Among the many survivors was a stubborn little kiwi chick who despite a power outage and shaking incubator, still managed to hatch. Keepers at Orana Wildlife Park have appropriately named the…
All Roads Film Festival Kicks Off
Posted by Marilyn Terrell on September 28, 2010 National Geographic’s annual All Roads Film Festival, which celebrates the music, film, and photography of indigenous and underrepresented minority cultures, will be hosted at our Washington, D.C. headquarters starting today, September 28 through October 3. Spanning subjects from Maori adolescence to Alaskan Yu’pik heritage, some 29 selected films represent an astounding 55-plus cultures and hail…
Strange Planet: Antarctica Nudists put Maryland’s Polar Bear Plungers to Shame
Posted by dbortz on July 2, 2010 Traveler intern Daniel Bortz thought diving into the Chesapeake Bay in the dead of winter took guts, until he heard of Antarctica’s exclusive club. In Baltimore, the Chesapeake Bay area marks a popular summer destination for tourists, sailors, and swimmers alike. Except one day of the year, hundreds line up along the shore to take…
Feathered Fridays: New Zealand’s Penguathalon
Posted by Jeannette Kimmel on May 15, 2009 What do you do when you live in a country home to nine of the world’s 16 species of penguins? Host a Penguathalon, of course! At Kelly Tarlton’s Antarctic Encounter (looks something like our SeaWorld) in Orakei, New Zealand, some 80 penguins partook in the world’s first Penguathalon, an event that allowed king and gentoo…
A Sip of New Zealand Cocktail Culture
Posted by Intelligent Travel on April 21, 2009 Grant Martin raises a glass to the charming class of cocktail mixers who don’t phone it in on a Monday night. There isn’t much to do on a Monday night in Wellington, New Zealand. As many travelers know, socializing is an important part of any cross-country trip – meeting new locals, absorbing culture and evolving…
Penguin Places
Posted by Andrew Evans on March 6, 2009 IT Contributor Andrew Evans offers an all-inclusive guide to all things penguin. Penguins are never passé. Be they marching or tapping their happy feet toward another sequel, the little black and white birds are still very much in everybody’s minds and hearts. I also imagine that kids who play with plastic penguins in their Happy…
New Zealand’s “Park in the Sky”
Posted by Jeannette Kimmel on February 10, 2009 The Church of the Good Shepherd at Lake Tekapo, New Zealand. Photo: Neil Gardner The diverse New Zealand landscape is among the most beautiful in the world: pristine beaches, rolling green fields, awesome mountains. But residents in Tekapo aren’t so much concerned with what surrounds them on the ground, they’re much more interested in preserving…
Jenss Family Travels: Aussie Escapes
Posted by Rainer Jenss on February 4, 2009 Rainer Jenss and his family are currently on an around-the-world journey, and they’re blogging about their experiences for us at Intelligent Travel. Keep up with the Jensses by bookmarking their posts, and follow the boys’ Global Bros blog at National Geographic Kids. The Jenss family holiday season extends a week or two beyond the traditional…
Jenss Family Travels: Sydney Celebration
Posted by Rainer Jenss on January 29, 2009 Rainer Jenss and his family are currently on an around-the-world journey, and they’re blogging about their experiences for us at Intelligent Travel. Keep up with the Jensses by bookmarking their posts, and follow the boys’ Global Bros blog at National Geographic Kids. As a New Yorker, I’ve never gone down to Times Square to ring…
Jenss Family Travels: Tasmania’s Present and Past
Posted by Rainer Jenss on January 23, 2009 Rainer Jenss and his family are currently on an around-the-world journey, and they’re blogging about their experiences for us at Intelligent Travel. Keep up with the Jensses by bookmarking their posts, and follow the boys’ Global Bros blog at National Geographic Kids. I do concede that I am not a travel writer, so fluently articulating…
Jenss Family Travels: Terrific Tassie
Posted by Rainer Jenss on January 16, 2009 Rainer Jenss and his family are currently on an around-the-world journey, and they’re blogging about their experiences for us at Intelligent Travel. Keep up with the Jensses by bookmarking their posts, and follow the boys’ Global Bros blog at National Geographic Kids. Ask most Americans what they know about Tasmania, and I’m guessing the Tasmanian…
