Place a group of strangers on a bus and mix well.

The Māori fight for equality is not something that is consigned to the history books.

Short of time? Here's what to fill your time with in Wellington.

I embarked on the Tongariro Alpine Crossing in the same way you might walk into a patio door, or a pothole - completely unawares.

Tradition in Norway is not a ‘back in my day…’ story told by an aging relative over an open fire. It isn’t limited to the yellowing pages of history books or encased in the glass exhibit boxes of museums.  Rather than exiled to the past tense, Norwegian traditions are alive and kicking.

Student Travel Writer finalist Shona Jackson gets off the beaten track in rural Norway.

Student Travel Writer 2015 finalist Shona Louise Jackson visits the Norwegian capital of Oslo. 

Love them or loathe them, Kendall, 19, and Kylie, 17, are defining a new phase of popular culture. They're evocative of the new-wave instagirl, an emergent strand of celebrity anchoring its roots through social media and filtered selfies. With a ready-made audience of tweenagers and reality obsessives, their 30-piece capsule collaboration was certainly no absent-minded thought on the part of Topshop.

'A Mustang.' My voice shakes a little. It's crazy, irrational and dizzyingly impulsive. The attendant at Alamo car rental raises his eyebrows nervously behind the desk. It’s one o’clock in the morning, our flight to Buffalo, New York has just landed and I have a feeling we look more dishevelled than we feel.