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'overwhelming diverse scenery', 'friendly warm people'
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guided tours and activities rather expensive
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Jewel of the South Seas.
35 Reviews If you want to shop or just look around in Auckland go to Queen Street. It is the major commercial area of Auckland CBD. It is a quite long street from the Upper Queen Street beginning at Newtown Road...
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7 Reviews and 432 Opinions The rooms and hotel in general were nicer than expected, and service was good. While this hotel may...
154 Reviews Update 26 November 2011 Having lost his stage - Cathedral Square - in the February earthquake, the Wizard had been out of action for many months. But now this Christchurch icon has regained his...
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Copthorne Hotel Commodore Christchurch Airport
6 Reviews and 291 Opinions Prior to the earthquakes, I have always stayed in town at some renowned hotel chains. When I was...
Skyline Gondola and Restaurant
46 Reviews my favorite activity..there are so many trails to explore, either by foot or biking. My favorite is "Skippers road" in the "skippers canyon" of course. It's easy to get to, for info ask people from...
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1 Review and 169 Opinions Within stroling distance from the main town. Welcoming and homely. A warm cozey room admist the cold...
21 Reviews This is not to missed, fun for all the family, fast or slow it's up to you with beginner, medium and fast tracks! Take the Gondola up the top of the moutain which has panoramic views and enjoy riding...
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13 Reviews If you have no car or are not into hiking or just too short of breath to make a longish uphill walk, put the Mt. Victoria Lookout on your Things to do list of a weekday. Strangely enough, the Metlink...
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13 Reviews There are a lot of coastal wineries next to Cape Kidnappers, Elephant Hill, Clearview, Te Awanga Estate, and Beach House Winery. There's a good range from modest to not so, we had a fantastic day...
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9 Reviews On the way back to town, the boat allowed a few of the insane passengers to venture into the freezing cold water to ride a net. Sorry folks, but I?m from a tropical country so I gave this a miss. The...
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10 Reviews Every Saturday morning 8.00am - 1.00pm, the Island holds a community market at the RSA in Ostend. Lots of gifts, arts and crafts, second-hand goods, and even entertainment, organic produce, books,...
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4 Reviews You won't miss Castle Hill. About an hour out from Christchurch, along a fairly straight stretch of road, the weird rock formations of Castle Hill attract a more or less permanent huddle of...
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8 Reviews There are also other routes for those that are afraid of heights which avoid the steep drops.. If you follow the 4x4 track it will also take you to the top, it is a steep climb but you miss the...
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Waitakere Range Regional Park.
12 Reviews Piha Beach is situated at the end of Piha Road going through dense native bush. Suddenly the road winds down to the coast. There are wonderful views over Piha Beach, divided through the huge 100...
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16 Reviews When visiting the Bay of Islands area we had to make at least one cruise to see at least a couple of the 144 islands. We decided to make the "Cape Brett Hole-in-the-Rock Cruise" with Fullers, leaving...
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The big "to-do" on New Zealand vacations is to enjoy its stunning, pristine and diverse nature. Take a guided tour of Franz Joseph Glacier in Westland National Park, discover beautiful marine life off the coast of Kaikoura, visit historic Bay of Islands in Auckland (one of the world's most expensive cities), experience the geothermal wonder of Hell's Gate in Rotorua, or indulge in New Zealand's favorite compulsive pastime going bungy jumping just about anywhere.

Overall our trip was OK and that's what you want with a plane trip . The service was OK ( not outstanding ) but OK. Some flight attendants seemed friendly but...
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