Danny de Hek

Glacier Country is a very special part of New Zealand that has World Heritage Area status. Fox Glacier and Franz Josef Glacier are two charming villages (24 km apart) set amongst some of New Zealand's most spectacular scenery.

Lake Wanaka is an inspiring place of beauty and tranquillity in the midst of a distinctive glacier-shaped landscape. The peaceful town of Wanaka on its southern shoreline generates a huge amount of energy on the ski slopes.

This bustling lifestyle city sits alongside its twin sister, Mount Maunganui in nature’s unspoiled Bay of Plenty - ‘The Coast with the Most’. The Bay was well named by Captain Cook for its fertile land and friendly inhabitants and these attributes are still evident today.

New Zealand’s premier visitor destination is a geothermal wonderland exceeding the wildest imaginings of the mind. Rotorua city and its environs have an astounding range of weird ecosystems, volcanoes, hot springs, mud pools, geysers, forests, lakes and wetlands.

New Zealand’s Scottish city of the south is a delightful university centre with well preserved heritage buildings and a lively social, arts and music scene. Dunedin’s fine Victorian and Edwardian buildings are spread around the city’s Octagon.

The peaceful lakeside hamlet of Te Anau is the gateway to Fiordland National Park and Milford and Doubtful Sounds. This quintessential clean, green Kiwi town is widely known as ‘The Walking Capital of New Zealand’.

New Zealand’s southernmost city offers true hospitality and old-fashioned southern comfort to visitors. Invercargill has a Scottish heritage like Dunedin and fine Victorian buildings line its wide boulevards.

Hamilton, New Zealand’s largest inland city, is just a 1½ hour trip down State Highway 1 from Auckland. The city is the commercial centre of the rich Waikato dairy farming and thoroughbred horse breeding region.

The nation’s capital resides among green hills on a stunning deepwater harbour on the windswept edge of Cook Strait. The harbour-side site is so compact and intimate that Wellington could well be described as a ‘village with skyscrapers’.

New Zealand’s largest city is a vibrant, modern, international centre set in a stunning environment of glistening harbours, lush rainforest, islands, volcanoes, sheltered bays and surf beaches.

Paihia is the commercial hub of the sparkling Bay of Islands - New Zealand’s finest maritime park. This picturesque town is a fascinating blend of history, culture, scenery, adventure and the gateway to 50 romantic islands in the sun.

Northland’s provincial capital and its only city was known as ‘Cherished Harbour’ to the Maori. Today it is a commercial hub on the popular Northland circle touring route - the Twin Coast Discovery Highway.