| Throughout New Zealand | | | | |
| | | | Kaikoura- for whale watching and swimming |
| Buy the Lord of the Rings location guide, | | | | with dolphins |
| and do some hunting out of familiar scenes | | | | |
| from the LOTR trilogy.North Island | | | | 4 day hike, Banks Peninsula - East Coast, |
| | | | South Island |
| Cape Reinga and 90 Mile Beach | | | | |
| | | | Moeraki Boulders - East Coast, South Island |
| Swim with the dolphins in Paihia, Bay of | | | | for unusual round boulders |
| Islands | | | | |
| | | | Christchurch- Arts Centre |
| Vertigo Climb, Auckland Skytower - beyond | | | | |
| the observation decks, and wear an orange | | | | Akaroa- for a bit of French New Zealand |
| suit to do it. | | | | history |
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| Take a ferry or kayak from Mission Bay, | | | | Dunedin- for historic homes, albatross, |
| Auckland to Rangitoto Island & climb to the | | | | yellow eyed penguins and seal colonies |
| top. | | | | |
| | | | Oamaru- for Old Oamaru Stone buildings and |
| Waiheke Island - only 35 mins by ferry from | | | | Penguin watching |
| Auckland, for some great wineries, maybe | | | | |
| spend the night. | | | | Pancake Rocks and blowholes- Punakaiki, |
| | | | upper West Coast, South Island |
| Raglan- & catch some wild surf. | | | | |
| | | | Mount Cook - South Island |
| Waitomo Haggas Honking Holes and tubing the | | | | |
| glow-worm caves | | | | Fox and Franz Josef Glaciers- West Coast, |
| | | | South Island |
| Kayak from Whitianga to Cathedral Cove - | | | | |
| then go to Hot Water beach and dig your hole | | | | While looking at the glaciers in the Fox |
| in the sand | | | | Franz Josef area take a cruise out to Lake |
| | | | Matheson first thing in the morning to take |
| Drive from Opotiki to Gisborne then around | | | | some amazing photos of the reflection of |
| the East Cape and back to Opotiki | | | | Mount Cook in the water |
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| Hawkes Bay- wineries, East Coast, North | | | | Wanaka- a relaxing place in Central Otago |
| Island | | | | |
| | | | Arrowtown- an old Central Otago Goldfields |
| Whakatane- Take a scenic flight over White | | | | town with an old Chinese village, 20 minutes |
| Island, an active volcano. | | | | from Queenstown |
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| Rotorua - to see the geysers, thermal | | | | Queenstown- for adventure activities and |
| activity and smell, visit Te Whakawerwera for | | | | party atmosphere |
| your Maori cultural experience. | | | | |
| | | | Pipeline Bungy Jump in Queenstown |
| Drive out to Lake Tarawera near Rotorua- | | | | |
| check out the Blue and Green lakes on the way | | | | Drive from Queenstown to Glenorchy- have a |
| | | | beer at the Glenorchy pub, after stopping and |
| Taupo- Tandem Skydive 12,000ft | | | | taking plenty of photos whilst on the drive |
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| Craters of the moon outside of Taupo | | | | Queenstown- wineries |
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| Tongariro Crossing- one of the best one-day | | | | 5 day trek of Routeburn/Greenstone Track |
| walks in the world, stunning scenery with | | | | |
| volcanoes | | | | Walk Milford Track- one of the Worlds best. |
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| Walk up Mount Taranaki- West Coast, North | | | | Milford Sound and Fiordland National Park- |
| Island | | | | lower West Coast, South Island |
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| Watch the sun rise at Te Araroa - the | | | | Doubtful Sound in the Fiordland National |
| eastern most place in NZ | | | | Park- swim with dolphins |
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| Martinborough- wineries- bottom East Coast, | | | | The Catlins- for nature East Coast, South |
| North Island | | | | Island |
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| Te Papa Museum in Wellington- you could | | | | Stewart Island- for nature bottom South |
| spend all day here learning about NZ / Maori | | | | IslandOnce you have done all these things you |
| -cultureSouth Island | | | | will have had a great look around beautiful |
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| Abel Tasman- for relaxing walking and | | | | |
| kayaking around the National Park | | | | New Zealand AtoZ provides useful New Zealand |
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| Walk the Queen Charlotte Track, Marlborough | | | | list of all New Zealand car, motorhome and |
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| Marlborough- wineries, top East Coast, South | | | | |
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