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best-known walking track, the 34- mile Milford Track. Back in Te Anau a trip across the
lake takes visitors to the fascinating Te Ana-au Caves, home to thousands of glow worms. Thirteen days by road, ferry and rail and from Auckland to Te Anau. I for one will be back for a longer visit.
What’s new Airlines: Air New Zealand’s
(
Airnewzealand.co.uk) Premium Economy
Above, clockwise from left: Biking past Queenstown’s Remarkables; A Kea, world’s largest parrot; Christchurch; A seaplane in Auckland’s MOTAT and a vineyard’s autumn colours
Class has again taken top honours at the 2013 Skytrax World Airline Awards, picking up Best Premium Economy Class, Best Premium Economy Seat and Best Premium Economy Onboard Catering onboard its Boeing 777-300 fl eet. Tour Operators: Anzcro (anzcro.
co.uk) has released its new New Zealand Book with new product including Freedom Walking on the Milford Track (six days/fi ve nights). AAT Kings (
aatkings.com) 2013/14
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New Zealand Guided Tours brochure features 17 superior First Choice and lower-cost Best Buys guided tours of eight to 21 days, covering both North and South Islands and with four new
continues with the opening in May of the 171-room/suite Rendezvous Hotel just one block from Cathedral Square (
rendezvoushotels.com/Christchurch) to be followed in September by the nearby 150-room Novotel
Guided Expeditions. There are also new four- to seven-day short breaks. Hotels: In its fi rst year of operation on Waiheke island, a 35-minute ferry ride off the Auckland coast, is the Oyster Inn (
theoysterinn.co.nz) restaurant and hotel in the heart of Oneroa Village. Three stylish rooms with extra-large king beds, under- fl oor heating, iPod docks, LCD TVs and Aesop toiletries are from NZ$280. The renaissance of Christchurch
CAMPER CONTENTMENT BY ALAN ORBELL The camper van HQ at Christchurch Airport was packed with vehicles large and small and we wondered, with the merest hint of trepidation, which size would be ours. A video showed how all the many services worked and then we were shown to our Britz vehicle; mid-size and certainly not at all daunting. At our first overnight stop,
our confidence evaporated a little when we discovered there was no sweet old-fashioned handbook, just to double check. But, once parked up and plugged into water and electricity, either it came flooding back, was blindingly obvious or worked after just a little trial and error. Whichever, it was certainly a fun evening. We cooked a meal, washed the dishes, skipped the TV, saved a shower for the morning, made up the beds and slept like babes.
IAN TRAFFORD
CHRIS MCLENNAN
TOURISM NEW ZEALAND
ALAN ORBELL, BMI PUBLISHING. LTD
DAVID SWANSON
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