On the walk up a short wilderness trail in a remote little Canterbury town it was clear we had uncovered one of New Zealand's most unique getaway. The look on Emma's face said it all. You know that look when someones expression just beams with disbelief; this was splendid isolation in complete privacy. As we approached our PurePod, we could not believe our next 24 hours would be spent in our own isolated...

The view is everything when you spend a night in a glass house in the bush and getting back to nature. THE SETTING There's a kingsize bed, a bar fridge, a couple of gas hobs and a tiny ensuite inside a glass studio unit, perched high on the hills above Little River. Purepods sits in a patch of native bush, is eco to the max, solar powered and atmospheric in a stripped bare kind of way. The floor is glass,...

View with a room, where are we? Little River PurePod, New Zealand. Why we love it? Is it a room?  Hard to say.  But it most certainly has a view, and in every direction - up, out and down.  Views are the point of this futuristic, freestanding glass box in a wraparound of sky and native New Zealand bush.  Nothing inside spoils the panorama, not carpet, curtains or ceiling.  Even the bedhead is glass....