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AUCKLAND

Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city, is poised between two large harbours and dotted with extinct volcanic cones.

bay of islands

Bay of Islands is a 3-hour drive or 35-minute flight north of Auckland, and encompasses 144 islands between Cape Brett and the Purerua peninsula

Coromandel

The HMS Coromandel dropped anchor here in 1820 to load kauri logs for the English navy, giving the area its name.

Hawke’s Bay

Hawke’s Bay is one of New Zealand’s leading food and wine regions. It is the country’s oldest winemaking region its leading producer of award winning red wines.

ROTARUA

Rotorua, located on North Island’s volcanic plateau, is the ancestral home of the Te Arawa people who settled in the area more than 600 years ago.

TAUPO

Beautiful Lake Taupo beside the town of Taupo is actually a huge volcano with a fiery history. According to Maori legend, the lake is the pulsating heart of Maui’s fish.

NAPIER

Napier Located in the Hawke’s Bay wine region, Napier is a coastal town renowned for its 1930s art deco architecture and Mediterranean…

CAMBRIDGE

Cambridge is a majestic tree-lined town in the heart of rural Waikato at the heart of New Zealand’s rural heartland.

WELLINGTON

Wellington, New Zealand’s capital city, is set on a magnificent harbour surrounded by hills and a rugged coastline.

TONGARIRO

Wellington, New Zealand’s capital city, is set on a magnificent harbour surrounded by hills and a rugged coastline.

North Island is rich both in Maori and European culture and history, and features dramatic landscapes and coastline and is home to about three-quarters of New Zealand’s population.

Auckland, the gateway is a vibrant cosmopolitan city built around two vast harbours. Highlights to the north include Cape Reinga at the northern tip, Ninety Mile Beach; magnificent native forests, home to the towering kauri tree and the Bay of Islands; an area of pristine islands and beaches where the peace treaty between the Maori and the European settlers was done.

Further south, are the rainforests and beaches of the Coromandel Peninsula, volcanic geysers and bubbling mud pools, Maori culture in Rotorua, award-winning vineyards in Hawke’s Bay and the Wairarapa and the capital city, Wellington, home to the fascinating national museum Te Papa and excellent dining and wildlife experiences.

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