Travel writing portfolio

I write about New Zealand (mostly) as well as outdoor adventures, hiking, van life, and solo female travel.

My writing has been published online and in print, in local and international publications.

Take a look at some of my recent stories here.

National Geographic Travel

• Here’s why hut hiking is the best way to see New Zealand

AFAR

• How one tetraplegic paraglider is changing adventure travel in New Zealand

The Guardian

• I didn’t plan to retrace my mother’s travels, but my footsteps followed hers around the world

Wine Enthusiast

• Cyclone Gabrielle floods New Zealand’s vineyards

Conde Nast Traveler

• The rich Maori history connected to Auckland’s ancestral volcanoes

• The best new things to do in New Zealand’s North and South Islands

Travel + Leisure

• I travelled solo around New Zealand in a campervan. Here’s my best advice

Viator

• Visiting Queenstown for the first time? Here’s what to see and do

• 7 must-see Queenstown neighbourhoods and how to visit

Fodors

• This popular tourist activity is sending climate change into overdrive

Insider

• I tried van life and only lasted 2 months. Here are the 9 most disappointing things about life on the road

• I’m a New Zealand local who explored my grocery store’s ‘American’ section. Here’s what it’s actually like

North & South

• Rising Star - a profile of Victoria Campbell

• A quiet place - a story on natural quiet

TimeOut

• The 53 best cities in the world 2022

• 33 coolest streets in the world

• 51 coolest neighbourhoods in the world right now

Atlas Obscura

• Under New Zealand’s dark skies, insects recover and human’s reconnect with a lost view

• The mystery of New Zealand’s Tamil Bell

These stories were republished to Wired:

• In New Zealand, people (and moths) rediscover dark skies

And The Big Think:

• The mystery of New Zealand’s Tamil Bell, an archaeological “UFO”

New Zealand Herald

• I tried working remotely while travelling in my van

• I spent months travelling New Zealand in my van - these are my favourite spots

• Five unique weekend destinations from Auckland

• Where to find astonishingly blue water in New Zealand

Pix: The Drop

• New Zealand’s grape growers are flocking to sheep

Stuff Travel

• I quit my full time job to become a digital nomad. Here’s what it’s really like

I ALSO WRITE TRAVEL CONTENT FOR BRANDS

In addition to my travel journalism, I write travel content for brands like Tourism New Zealand, Jucy, and more.

I also publish my travel writing here, on my own website.

If you’re looking for a freelance travel content writer, feel free to get in touch.