OPINION The New Zealand landscape lends itself to an epic road trip, but is a 2-year-old toddler going to conform to the happy-go-lucky nature of a roadie? Anna Sarjeant braves two days in a Volkswagen campervan to find out. Three years ago, I was on the cusp of a nagging victory. I’d spent months wearing my partner down into agreeing we should buy a secondhand campervan and spend every weekend over summer exploring NZ.

He was so close to giving in, I could taste the freedom. My next objective was to add a dog to the equation..