This week the Department of Conservation celebrates the 20th anniversary of the official opening of Stewart Island’s Rakiura Track as a Great Walk, the southern-most of New Zealand’s iconic walking ...

Stewart Island is hosting its own trail run challenge in an effort to bring more visitors to the island. The Rakiura Challenge is a 34-kilometre trail run set to take place on October 5. Runners will ...

Rakiura National Park is probably the only real tangible link to the rest of the country for Stewart Island, but for many it's a world away from New Zealand. In the only park outside of the New ...

I never thought I’d find myself backpacking around New Zealand, and I definitely never imagined hiking its forgotten third island. But before I knew it, I found myself driving to the bottom of the ...