{"id":613138,"date":"2026-09-27T06:50:45","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T06:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/613138\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T06:50:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T06:50:45","slug":"the-coolest-and-quirkiest-nz-region-has-just-been-named-one-of-the-worlds-best-places-to-visit-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/613138\/","title":{"rendered":"The \u2018coolest\u2019 and \u2018quirkiest\u2019 NZ region has just been named one of the world\u2019s best places to visit &#8211; Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivgFBVV95cUxOY0hlakszbTFXcmJFc2NxREJoaC0zYmV6MDNsbmxBT21QbEM3NWpUczgxMFh2NW5OZDdVNVJVb1VYVzFWV3NkZ0R5ZzlwUk1TOGUtaTBvRGhGb1BZdjRnOFVQcHlKNkRYbnQzd0Q4YmRHYW1WSkQySzN2b0NPQkt6cU9wOGdwMmxkS1dCYUZzQkNUNEV1YUhzRzFvZ09LV09FMlpUSnFRSlRmSDNocjd5bVRTVC1STFlxYVo5aFZR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The \u2018coolest\u2019 and \u2018quirkiest\u2019 NZ region has just been named one of the world\u2019s best places to visit<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuAJBVV95cUxOTkpuX2lGZEE5RVQ5ZVgyZklPYUhVU0ozS0Z4THR1djhobjdzREZKaTk4RHo1dzdvNXNvTlhDVkRZX0lYaEZjbm9RdEZJVjBPTVllckMtODQ1dDBpc3NwMGszaHY2VnQ5a01CTzI0TU1EVHJVZF85MWQ0c0F0d0ppdHBHQjcwc0xiLVFrMTJCTVc1dHZjNXVqTEI5LXBaNnRkVkVtTFRBNDhLd1pCeFdWTGlaZzEzcTdtd0s3Rk5LazJOYmRGRVFXbEtkVmE0NVZhdWhDa0Z5Y3FwRDl1LXVBZXU1Z0U4aFFqTWFGMUQ5cndiM0VUSlJNWDl2M3RiZUZjOUs5ZW82TjlUMTNaUzZwWnNhQ3NKNnB2TXBTRDU0RUxLaEl2Z0V6TnRTODA3ZkRnSzdTLXp2RHM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">One-eyed penguin wins Penguin of the Year 2026<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxOWTBtNW1VTkZYZmk0TkFyb21xaVFENDVXZ2sycTFtczYyWklVQXl0WUpLamJkZGkzMTRQbDJNMUZiU2VYdlJDTzNXZVNCclhhQk1HTkpHWmY1eVhreXpaUGJ2czBmQm41RmROTkt5Q3VpZWVkMmE1RWtoVEtoVVVaMEZIRTJVQldxZk9GR0ExQVc2bk1PVGJNdy1nTlZCLXMtUGkzVg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Waitaki a stand out in Lonely Planet travel top picks<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ODT<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinAFBVV95cUxPcmJFSlBVbVJPTWFlYmF6dmY1Q0FyRDloWkNYZ2JwX0k1VzdEam5tTngzYjFIQ2VmeWU2MnBReURPbDBXVjMydVlneHpfUUUyYXJOWTJHUEl1LVpRUE5kWU5JYk9jU2s2Sjk1b2JRRWlsWXRCMmxuZGw3a2RWT05wSkY4NkR0VVlMWnMyclFhNE43eVBiOWVkRmU3bEo?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Which NZ destinations have made the Lonely Planet 2027 list?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RNZ<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi0AFBVV95cUxOMjRZRHl0YnRKVnY4TlFyTHZ5dVh1XzZ1TEk4Xzh4TkczV3FrSEF3MF9DbnFwNkQ0NGdmdGc2MVgya0hlQUFKNkRMbFl6SUhoT3FiNm9oR19jcjl5MXY3ek8xLUl5Z0NTTy04SVFobndXTFdfUW11bm9TNFVHYVIzVEtzdGVobHJGb3AxWVFXWmZuUmFSMkxlc1pIeFU1M1FWVkl5YkN2SmZoWG92RXVqdU5rQXk1MGpRMlVMajU2M3FwSFBkbjluUTBBMDJuX0VJ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;The secret&#8217;s out&#8217;: The only two NZ destinations to make Lonely Planet&#8217;s 2027 list<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The \u2018coolest\u2019 and \u2018quirkiest\u2019 NZ region has just been named one of the world\u2019s best places to visit&nbsp;&nbsp;StuffOne-eyed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":613139,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[156,111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-613138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=613138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/613139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=613138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=613138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=613138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}