Cultural Wonders and Local Cuisine: A 10-Day North Island Road Trip From Auckland to Wellington This 10 day North Island itinerary takes you from Auckland to Wellington through some of Aotearoa New Zealand’s richest cultural regions. You will explore Māori culture in Rotorua, taste your way around Hawke’s Bay and see the country’s founding documents
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8 Day South Island Itinerary: Marlborough to Wānaka
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Vibrant Adventures and Unexpected Thrills: An 8-Day South Island Road Trip From Marlborough to Wānaka This 8 day South Island itinerary starts at the top of the island and ends in Queenstown and Wānaka. It links Marlborough, Nelson Tasman, Christchurch, the West Coast and Queenstown. Along the way you will paddle to a blockbuster film
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Best Holiday Parks in New Zealand: Our Top 10 Picks If you want to see Aotearoa without overspending, holiday parks in New Zealand are scattered along its coasts, lakes, and glacier valleys, and they are hard to beat. They put you in the middle of the scenery, offer everything from tent sites to self-contained cabins,
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10 Day South Island Itinerary: Culture, Wine & Stargazing
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Cultural Wonders and Local Cuisine: A 10-Day South Island Road Trip from Christchurch to Dunedin This 10 day South Island itinerary runs from Christchurch to Dunedin, with a long stop in the mountains and wine country in between. It is a self-drive trip built around manaakitanga, the Māori word for a deep expression of hospitality.
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New Zealand Adventure Itinerary: 23 Days of Big Thrills
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Vibrant Adventures and Unexpected Thrills: A 23-Day New Zealand Road Trip From Top to Toe This New Zealand adventure itinerary takes you from the top of the North Island to the bottom of the South in 23 days. It is a self-drive trip with a ferry crossing in the middle. Along the way you will
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10 Day New Zealand Itinerary: Stars, Wellness & Cuisine
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10 Day New Zealand Itinerary: Stars, Wellness and Cuisine Imagine soaking in a spring-fed bathtub while the Milky Way spills across the sky. Then imagine doing it again the next night, after a candlelit dinner in a glasshouse, in an entirely different corner of the country. That is the idea behind this 10 day New
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3 Week New Zealand Itinerary: Culture, Food & Wild Places
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3 Week New Zealand Itinerary: Culture, Food & Wild Places This 3 week New Zealand itinerary takes you from Auckland to Stewart Island in 23 days, so it runs just over three weeks. You fly between some regions and drive through others. Along the way you will meet Māori culture, taste regional food and wine,
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Over the Moon Dairy: A Visitor’s Guide to Putaruru’s Cheese Factory Stop five on the New Zealand cheese trail sits beside State Highway 1 in the South Waikato. Over the Moon Dairy says it makes the widest range of specialty cheese in the country, from cow, goat, sheep and buffalo milk. Better still, it welcomes
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Barrys Bay Cheese: A Visitor’s Guide to Akaroa’s Historic Cheese Factory Barrys Bay Cheese has been making cheese on Banks Peninsula since 1895, which makes it one of the oldest names on the New Zealand cheese trail. The factory sits beside the Christchurch to Akaroa road, so you can stop for a taste on the
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Il Casaro Auckland: A Taste of Puglia on the North Shore Our journey along New Zealand’s cheese trail started in the far north with Mahoe Cheese in Kerikeri. The next stop takes us to Auckland’s North Shore and a very different kind of cheesemaker. At Il Casaro, an Italian master cheesemaker turns New Zealand milk