…Info "it!" Bay of Islands Food and Wine Festival Location: Village Green, 60 Marsden Rd, Paihia, Bay of Islands Date: Saturday 6 October, 11am – 6pm Headline act Fly My Pretties will lead a day of music and entertainment. This festival is in its 9th year in the Bay of Islands and just keeps on…
…walking along tracks starting from Waitomo Village. * Rabbit Shearing – Yes, you read it right, not sheep but rabbit shearing. In Waitomo you can also visit the local angora rabbit shearing shed for free shearing shows. These long-haired rabbits are German in origin and it's the only place in the…
…Monaco Mid-Winter Marathon, Nelson, 22nd June Start Monaco Domain (Point Road, Nelson) and follow the cycleway out to RabbitIsland, loop RabbitIsland and return total distance 42.2km. Individuals or 2 person teams. All runners and walkers welcome. No entry fee but a donation…
…pace when you saddle up for a horse trek whether it be across the volcanic plateau in the central North Island, along the sandy beaches of Pakiri, through the grasslands of the South Island's high country or around old gold mining settlements of the Otago mountain basins. Most New Zealand horse trek…
…North Island you'll find long sandy beaches perfect for swimming, surfing and sunbathing. The North Island's west coast has dark sandy beaches, with sand heavy in iron. The north of the South Island has some beautiful sandy beaches, while the coastline around the rest of the South Island tends to…
…been discovered as herbs useful in festival salads and beverages. They have chopped into rotten logs, dug into mother earth, skinned possums and rabbits, raided birds' nests stealthily, lifted garden leaves at night by torchlight, retrieved offal, set pots in dark creeks, dropped hooks offshore and…