Insight Guides Insight Guide New Zealand is an indispensable guide to a land of epic scenery, thrilling outdoor experiences and fascinating cultural diversity, accompanied by stunning travel photography. Be inspired by our Best of New Zealand section highlighting unmissable sights and experiences and lavish Photo Features on adventure sports, exploring the national parks, and the Lord of the Rings phenomenon. With a longer and more in-depth history and culture section than its competitors, this travel guide provides an essential introduction to New Zealand’s Maori culture, settlement and colonization and contemporary politics and environmental issues. The informative text, written by regional experts, is a pleasure to read. A detailed Places section, with full-color maps, guides you around the regions that make up this breathtaking country, starting in the sophisticated city of Auckland and finishing up in the vast southern extremes of Southland, Fjordland and Stewart Island. A...