New Zealand holidays

The most cosmopolitan of New Zealand’s cities, one fifth of Auckland’s one million inhabitants are of Polynesian descent.

From the lofty Southern Alps to the broad Canterbury Plains and the country’s most English of cities, Christchurch, this diverse region is one of contrasts.

With an abundance of natural wonders that includes excellent wildlife viewing, the South Island’s southern tip can also lay claim interesting architecture in the elegant city of Dunedin.

The gateway to South Island, this is a region of sunshine, wine, arts and crafts and stunning nature encompassing an area of superlative natural beauty including Abel Tasman.

Stretching 350km north from Auckland, Northland is New Zealand’s only sub-tropical region with an above average sunshine record and glorious beaches.

This region includes both the most travelled and least visited parts of New Zealand incorporating the Coromandel, the Bay of Plenty, Eastland and Hawke’s Bay.

In the geographic heart of NZ’s North Island, the immensely varied landscapes of this acclaimed region take in farmlands, snow-capped volcanoes, geothermal fields and vast lakes.

This picturesque southern corner of New Zealand has achieved almost legendary status for its superb scenery and range of adrenaline-charged activities.

Wellington is New Zealand’s vibrant capital city and is renowned for its arts and culture and varied culinary experiences and is perfectly complemented the vineyards of Wairarapa.

The South Island’s West Coast is wild and rugged, often wet, yet immensely beautiful.

Taranaki is the North Island’s ‘nose’, a peninsula that juts out into the wild Tasman Sea. From its broad, flat plain, used mostly for dairy farming rises the majestic volcanic cone of Mt. Taranaki.