- 66
- Episodes
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2026
- First episode
About New Zealand Travel Podcast with Aroha Ngata
This podcast follows a single resident as she travels New Zealand over time. The terrain is predominately mountainous, with large coastal plains, and the climate carries sharp regional contrasts. Travelling here is shaped by the land itself: two main islands, a capital at Wellington, and more than three quarters of the population living on the North Island. Her range moves from Auckland's urban sprawl to the Southern Alps, from Rotorua's geothermal fields to the Catlins' wild southern coast. She settles in one place long enough to learn its rhythms, then moves somewhere connected to it, as a resident would rather than as a visitor ticking off sights. Across the year, seasons change noticeably on both islands, and the host returns to places she has already visited, noticing what has shifted. A landscape seen in summer and again in winter reveals different textures. The show builds an intimate geography from repeated visits and small discoveries. It is a slow way of knowing New Zealand, place by place. Aroha Ngata lives in New Zealand and stays for two years, moving between cities, coastlines and smaller towns on a route that follows the seasons. Not a week-long visit — Aroha is there in every kind of weather, working out where to eat on an ordinary Tuesday, which train to take, what a festival actually feels like from the pavement. A new episode arrives every day. Each one is short and specific: one neighbourhood, one journey, one meal, one museum worth the detour — with the practical detail that matters. What it costs. When it closes. Whether the queue is worth it. What to do when it rains. Every episode carries a full transcript and chapter markers. ☕ Enjoying the show? These episodes are free and stay that way because listeners chip in — if a coffee's worth it, support the journey: buymeacoffee.com/paris2tokyo (https://buymeacoffee.com/paris2tokyo) Part of Paris2Tokyo — one show for each of the world's hundred most-visited countries. Made for travelers, wherever you are going next. #NewZealand #NewZealandTravel #Oceania #Wellington #TravelPodcast #Travel #Paris2Tokyo https://www.paris2tokyo.com/podcasts/new-zealand/ (https://www.paris2tokyo.com/podcasts/new-zealand/)
- Publisher
- Aroha Ngata
- Category
- education · society & culture · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 1 Aug 2026
- Latest episode
- 19 Oct 2026
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19 Oct 2026
Wellington Heritage Festival and the Waterfront Trail
18 Oct 2026
Wellington Jazz Festival and the Bee in the City
17 Oct 2026
Wellington Jazz, Spring Wind and Ferry Plans
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