A sensory overload awaits you in New Zealand. From vibrant wines and fusion cuisine to thermal pools, native fibres and limitless adventures.
Taste
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New Zealand's cuisine is a rich tapestry of flavours and textures that give rise to a sense of pure gastronomic delight. Sourced fresh from oceans and rivers to fertile plains and pastures, an eclectic abundance of taste experiences await. Hand picked fruits and vegetables nurtured by sun, rain and air combine to form freshly prepared dishes served with a diversity that is reflective of the land.
Vines are warmed by the strong, clear sunlight during the day, while cooled at night by the evening breezes. The growing season is long, meaning a slow ripening period producing the vibrant varietal flavours that make New Zealand wines so distinctive. Delight your senses with peach, grapefruit, hazelnut, citrus, gooseberry, passionfruit, plum, cherry and spicy flavours to name but a few.
Touch
A tumbling pebble echoes across a stream of consciousness awakening a multitude of senses. Landscapes, carved by wind and the fall of water, adorned with splendour and lush with life, beckon, evoking a sense of touch.
New Zealand is a land of textures, from lush green grass to icy glaciers and crystal clear waters. Wheat and grains sprout forth from fertile soils, woollen products adorn the cat walks of the world, Maori carvings tell of an ancient heritage and thermal waters calm and heal the body.
Boiling mud splutters and gases hiss - relics of a volcanic past. Nor-west winds paint white arches in the sky while waves crash into sandy beaches. Wherever your travels take you around our country you'll want to reach out and touch it all, hoping to take a little bit of its majesty home with you.
Balance
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A rush of adrenaline evokes a sense of thrill both pure and true. As the sun retreats below the rim of the horizon and trails across the curling waves, new passage ways are forged into the land's vast natural halls and chambers, creating places of exploration beneath the seas, above the skies or somewhere in between.
It is this remarkable natural landscape that makes New Zealand an adventurer's paradise. Mountains rise vertically from valley floors providing countless hiking, climbing and skiing opportunities. Fishing, golf, mountain biking, kayaking, rafting, parapenting, bungy jumping, diving and swimming are but a few of the adventures you can experience in this diverse land of plenty.
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| DISCOVER WINE AND FOOD |
Learn where New Zealand's wine regions are and why our wines taste the way they do. Explore culinary delights and familiarise yourself with ways of experiencing our wine and food for yourself.
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| GOURMET'S GARDEN |
Take a tour with three expert guides and discover the flavours of New Zealand's cuisine, fine wines and stunning scenery. From Auckland's fresh cuisine to Marlborough's vineyards.
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| THERMAL ACTIVITY |
Immerse yourself in New Zealand's thermal areas. Find out where you can bathe in thermal mineral pools and admire the kaleidoscope of colours.
Photo credit: Rob Suisted
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| SIGHTS & ACTIVITIES |
Learn more about the activities and attractions that you can participate in and around New Zealand. From adrenaline pumping action to scenic wonders.
Photo credit: Shotover Canyon Swing
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