REAL New Zealand Festival events
The REAL New Zealand Festival is a nationwide celebration of New Zealand arts, heritage, culture, entertainment, business, food and wine, which will run from 9 September - 23 October 2011 to complement the Rugby World Cup schedule.
With 85,000 international visitors in the country, Rugby World Cup will showcase New Zealand to a global audience of discerning travellers - and, away from the rugby field, it’s Kiwi food and wine that’s likely to attract the most sustained interest.
Rugby World Cup 2011 will be a chance to experience and relive New Zealand’s rich rugby heritage with a series of REAL New Zealand Festival nostalgic exhibitions and events surrounding the tournament.
Classic Kiwi icons will get the WOW treatment when the wonderfully quirky World of WearableArt Awards Show steps out in Wellington for the 2011 season.
A team of All Blacks rugby legends will play a feature match against some famous old French rivals in Queenstown this September in a clash of the "classics" to celebrate New Zealand’s rugby heritage.
Auckland's on 'Cloud' nine, Wellington’s launching a waka, Nelson’s taking a long Italian lunch, Bluff’s reserving the juiciest oysters, Westland’s celebrating whitebait, and wineries all over New Zealand are dusting off their vintage best.
Rugby World Cup visitors will leave New Zealand with two words - kia ora - firmly embedded in their vocabulary, if the Māori culture-rich region of Rotorua has its way.
New Zealand has been named as number two of the top nine destinations for 2011 by global broadcasting network CNN - coming in just behind New York.
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