Things to See and Do in North Island
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Recommended Attractions in North Island
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- Jan 23, 2007: ... farm for a gorgeous strawberry ice cream and then to Te Mata Peak for some stunning views of the region. In the evening ...
- Sep 26, 2006: ... a family friend Audrey.
We had lunch at the Mission Estates Winery and drove up to Te Mata Peak. Alovely trip for 3 nights.
- Aug 2, 2004: ... where I tried several different types!! Next we went up to Te Mata Peak. This involved a drive up a very steep hill, but the ...
- Dec 10, 2008: ... CBF'd. So here's a list of things i was gonna see... *Te Mata Peak *Marine Parade *Iron Pot and Cool-Cat icecream ...
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- Mar 18, 2005: ... I went walking! The Lonely Planet had recommended a track to the Huka Falls which was only about 3-4 hours there and back, ...
- Jan 18, 2006: ... Huka Falls. Now we have been burned by these so called New Zealand Falls so we didn't hike this one but rather drove out to ...
- Apr 30, 2007: ... water fall, before finally deciding to turn around. Huka Falls is where New Zealand's largest river, the Waikato is slammed ...
- Feb 1, 2006: ... use of our tent and his new sleeping bag.
Actually camping in New Zealand is probably one of the best ways to see the ...
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- Jan 3, 2006: ... writing a quick blurb about going to the Hamilton Gardens .... wonderful! Beautious!! Stupendous!!
The gardens are not ...
- Jun 26, 2007: ... to Hamilton the next day. There we visited the Hamilton Gardens which were really beautiful. There is a huge ...
- Dec 11, 2007: Hamilton Gardens, RiverWalk
- Jun 11, 2005: ... after a pretty hectic two days post match, we chugged into Hamilton, ticketless for the NZ Maori match...
The last few days ...
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- Apr 24, 2007: ... in a great location in Palmy'.
Now, I fully understand that 'Palmerston North' is a pretty big mouthful. But 'Palmy'? ...
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- Apr 8, 2005: ... could do that though, I had the small matter of visiting New Zealand's most active volcano to look forward to. Whakaari, or ...
- Dec 26, 2005: ... by opening the debate of whether pavlova is an Australian or New Zealand invention).
On Boxing Day we decided to be a bit ...
- Feb 13, 2007: ... up on the small waves
I arrived into Ohope Beach 7km east of Whakatane and into quintessential Kiwi holiday territory. ...
- Sep 13, 2007: ... I headed back to my room, grabbed my car and headed out to Ohope Beach, which was the other side of the head. It was a ...
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- Mar 10, 2005: ... and a guy from California. We chatted for a while about New Zealand and compared skydive stories! Obviously my bungy jump ...
- Jun 23, 2005: ... field next to the campervan. We then drove 60km to Wanganui and stopped by the river for breakfast. We saw a couple of birds ...
- Feb 11, 2009: ... Waldspaziergang. Dann fahren wir weiter nach
Wanganui und von von dort nehmen wir die sogenannte River Road, die
fuer etwa ...
- Mar 19, 2009: ... weiter in Richtung Tongariro Nationalpark. Hierbei nutzte ich die sehr schoene Scenic Route Entlang des Wanganui River,
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- Jan 16, 2006: ... start of our trip though, and afterwards we proceeded to Ninety Mile Beach via some huge sand dunes. We'd brought a couple ...
- Jan 7, 2006: ... cream, followed by a burger and chips that we ate at Ninety Mile Beach. Everything was going great as we made our way back to ...
- May 29, 2008: la la
- May 23, 2006: ... , but tomorrow we're taking a coach tour to Cape Reinga (northern tip) via Ninety Mile Beach, which should be quite unique!
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- Jan 21, 2006: ... their way to the Orange Stage to see Fat Freddy's Drop, New Zealand's biggest band. It was like being in the moshpit, such ...
- Jan 17, 2004: ... and set off for the coast to coast walk across Auckland.
The Auckland Isthmus is New Zealand's narrowest neck of land, ...
- Aug 22, 2007: ... months today.
Kiwi news now and the New Zealand government has agreed to the filming of parliamentary sessions ...
- Jan 30, 2008: ... up with our January news. Our original plan was to leave New Zealand after Christmas but we are chuffed we decided to stay ...
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- Mar 13, 2005: ... up once we got inside. This place is known as the 'Museum of New Zealand' and it is such a huge place that dominates the ...
- Oct 13, 2003: ... happy van". About mid morning we headed into town to the Museum Of New Zealand - Te Papa Tongarewa (Our Place). It is a huge ...
- Oct 5, 2004: ... hadn't had time for yesterday, the mouthful that is: 'Museum of Wellington, City and Sea', it's title being bigger than the ...
- Jan 28, 2005: ... offer means we're in a quality apartment right in the centre of Wellington, but the car had to be parked about 500m away and ...
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- Nov 22, 2008: ... have lunch and dinner at the coolest joint in town, the Thirsty Weta (which happened to be virtually the only place in town ...
- Nov 11, 2008: ... Potted Pigeon or something like that. Eventually we found the Thirsty Weta bar and eatery and decided that must be the ...
- Feb 9, 2009: ... we would grab something to eat in the local pub/restaurant called The Thirsty Weta (for those who don't know what a Weta is, ...
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- Jan 17, 2006: ... drove to the next thermal field (what for it) the Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland. It was basically Hell's Gate on a larger ...
- Oct 12, 2003: ... the van we motivated ourselves to take a trip to Wai-O-Tapu "thermal wonderland". More bubbling mud and sulphurous pools but ...
- Nov 8, 2005: ... We packed up camp and headed down to Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland, supposedly the most spectacular of the many thermal ...
- May 28, 2006: ... run out of water fortunately.
Drove further north to Wai-o-Tapu Thermal 'Wonderland' where we first start off at the Lady ...
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- Jan 13, 2007: ... rain and sunshine. We are able to explore New Plymouth's world-renown Pukekura Park with its lakes lined with native trees. ...
- May 28, 2009: ... to time for a moment. Later on in New Plymouth I had a stroll in 100 year old Pukekura park. The night I spent in nearby ...
- Oct 18, 2007: ... Kapnog, near Mt Taranaki (formerly called Mt Egbert). Slept New Plymouth, then the next day saw the mountain (it had ...
- Sep 23, 2009: ... , with wednesday my flight to wellington where i return to new plymouth. Can't wait :) I'v done 3 half days of work this week ...
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