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Spotlight walk: Plunging into Magori Legend

If there's one thing the Maori love more than a tall tale, it's a good laugh. Legend has it most of the Maori place names told to the 18th-century English land registrars were completely fictitious, and hilariously rude.

Feature: Coast of Contrasts

Spectacular views, unique wildlife, challenging terrain and beautiful historic villages - for me, coastal trails are a walking experience that's hard to top.

City walk: Plymouth Ahoy!

For 500 years every hero and villain who put to sea flying an English flag has walked the streets of Plymouth. Here, scoundrels have fled from justice, and religious dissenters from persecution; at West Pier Charles Darwin joined the Beagle and James Cook sailed for undiscovered continents.