Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Hawke's Bay
Combine dining in the vineyard restaurants of Hawke's Bay with exploring farmers markets and roadside
stalls in this fertile and productive region. (
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Wine Regions
Martinborough
A small-but-sweet wine region a day-trip from Wellington: easy cycling and easy-drinking pinot noir.
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Waiheke Island
Auckland's favourite weekend playground has a hot, dry microclimate: perfect for Bordeaux-style reds
and rosés. (
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Hawke's Bay
One of NZ's oldest established wine areas is still one of the country's best. Combine history and wine
tasting at the Mission Estate winery. (
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Matakana
From NZ's oldest wine areas to one of its newest. Around an area north of Auckland, Matakana combines an
expanding boutique vineyard scene, brilliant beaches, and a great weekly farmers market. (
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Markets
Otara Market
Multicultural and edgy, Auckland's Saturday morning Otara Market brims with buskers, arts and crafts,
fashions and food. The city's Polynesian community is prominent. (
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River Traders Market
Whanganui's riverside market is a Saturday-morning fixture: up to 100 stalls, with a particularly
good farmers market (
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Harbourside Market
Wellington's obligatory fruit and veg pit stop, complemented by fancy artisan produce in the ad-
jacent City Market. (
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La Cigale
The profound French influence of this weekend Auckland farmers market is joined by a tasty array of other
stalls to reflect the increasingly cosmopolitan population of Auckland. Three nights a week the space is converted to
house a quirkily informal bistro. (
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Extreme Activities
SkyWalk & SkyJump, Auckland Sky Tower
New Zealand's adrenaline-pumping extreme scene permeates even
downtown Auckland. (
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Waitomo black-water rafting
Don a wetsuit, a life vest and a helmet with a torch attached, and rampage along an un-
derground river. (
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Zorbing
Go on - you've always wanted to bounce down a Rotorua hillside ensconced in a giant inflatable globe. And
no, it's not true there's a secret office in Wellington dreaming up new extreme sports. (
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Skydiving
Old school thrills maybe, in the land of weird and wonderful activities, but skydiving above Taupo is one of
the world's best spots to leap from a perfectly safe aircraft. (
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Festivals