Insight Guides New Zealand (Travel Guide eBook)

Insight Guides

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Insight Guides: all your customers need to inspire every step of their journeys. An in-depth book, now with free app and eBook. Newly updated edition of Insight Guide New Zealand (with free app and eBook) is ideal for travellers seeking immersive cultural experiences
-In-depth on history and culture: travellers can enjoy special features on art and literature, flora, fauna and the environment and outdoor activities, all written by local experts
-Innovative extras = incredible value, and unique in the market. All Insight Guides to countries and regions come with a free eBook and regularly updated app, unlike comparable competitors' products
-High-production values - smart flexi-binding and first-rate, full-colour photography throughout
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Content overview:
-in-depth on history and culture
-invaluable maps, travel tips and practical information ensure effortless planning
-inspirational colour photography throughout
-inventive designthat makes for an engaging reading experience

Informations

• Publié par: Apa Publications
• Date de parution: 01 août 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781789192308
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 7 Mo

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How To Use This E-Book

Getting around the e-book
This Insight Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration for your visit to New Zealand, as well as comprehensive planning advice to make sure you have the best travel experience. The guide begins with our selection of Top Attractions, as well as our Editor’s Choice categories of activities and experiences. Detailed features on history, people and culture paint a vivid portrait of contemporary life in New Zealand. The extensive Places chapters give a complete guide to all the sights and areas worth visiting. The Travel Tips provide full information on getting around, activities from culture to shopping to sport, plus a wealth of practical information to help you plan your trip.
In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.
Maps
All key attractions and sights in New Zealand are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map] just tap this to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.
Images
You’ll find hundreds of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of New Zealand. Simply double-tap on an image to see it full-screen.
About Insight Guides
Insight Guides have more than 40 years’ experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.
Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.

© 2018 Apa Digital (CH) AG and Apa Publications (UK) Ltd




Table of Contents
New Zealand’s Top 10 Attractions
Editor’s Choice
Introduction: Aotearoa
The land
Decisive Dates
Arrival of the Maori
Voyages of discovery
Settlement and colonisation
A new nation
People
Contemporary art and literature
Ancient Maori art and society
Insight: Maori handicrafts
Music, theatre and film
Insight: Exploring Middle-earth
Cuisine
Wines
Flora, fauna and the environment
Outdoor activities
Insight: Thrillseekers’ paradise
Introduction: Places
Introduction: North Island
Auckland
Auckland’s surroundings
Northland
The Waikato
Coromandel and the Bay of Plenty
Rotorua and the Volcanic Plateau
Insight: Thermal wonders of Rotorua
Poverty Bay and Hawke’s Bay
Taranaki, Wanganui and Manawatu
Wellington
Introduction: South Island
Nelson and Marlborough
Christchurch
Canterbury
The West Coast
Insight: Exploring the national parks
Queenstown and Otago
Dunedin
Southland
Stewart Island
Travel Tips: Transport
Travel Tips: A–Z
Travel Tips: Further Reading


New Zealand’s Top 10 Attractions



Top Attraction 1



Glacier walking, Franz Josef or Fox Glacier. Explore stunning blue glacier ice and crevasses on a half- or full-day glacier walk, led by knowledgeable and safety-conscious guides. All the gear, including crampons, is provided. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 2



White Island, Bay of Plenty. See the pure, raw energy of nature at work on the world’s most accessible marine volcano. Hike across this unique lunar landscape pockmarked with fumaroles to view its colourful and ever-changing crater lake. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 3



Maori culture. New Zealand’s indigenous culture can be experienced by attending a traditional kapa haka (song-and-dance show) performed at venues nationwide; at a hangi feast; and on guided walking tours of local marae (open courtyards) and meeting houses. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 4



Waipoua Forest, Northland. Stroll through the vertiginous canopy of tangled foliage in this mighty Northland kauri forest, where sights such as New Zealand’s oldest living kauri tree – the mammoth Tane Mahuta – are, quite simply, unforgettable. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 5



River adventures, Queenstown. The South Island’s adventure-sport capital makes a fabulous base for getting out on the water. Speed along the Shotover River in a jet boat or experience some thrilling whitewater rafting. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 6



Thermal Wonderland, Rotorua. Visit Rotorua to see New Zealand’s most vibrant and colourful thermal parks such as Whakarewarewa, Hell’s Gate and Waimangu. Wai-O-Tapu has several highlights, including the Lady Knox Geyser, the bubbly ‘Champagne Pool’ and the brilliantly hued silica terraces. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 7



New Zealand food and wine, Hawke’s Bay and Marlborough. Tempt your taste buds with cuisine inspired by the freshest of locally gathered produce, perfectly matched to a selection of fine regional wines. For more information , click here .
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Top Attraction 8



Waitomo Glow-Worm Caves, the Waikato. Venture underground on a guided tour to see limestone stalactites and stalagmites. The highlight is an awe-inspiring boat ride through enormous caverns, radiantly lit by millions of tiny glow-worms. For more information, click here .
Robert Harding


Top Attraction 9



Adventure sports. Whether you like your adrenaline via bungee, surfboard, zorb, or with an ice pick, New Zealand has a variety of outdoor adventures sure to get your blood pumping. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 10



Rakiura National Park, Stewart Island. Discover this seldom-explored 170,000-hectare (420,000-acre) paradise of wondrous beauty – a dense wilderness of podocarp rainforest, granite peaks, freshwater wetlands and deserted beaches which are a refuge for New Zealand’s rarest birds. For more information, click here .
Robert Harding


Editor’s Choice




View of Mt. Taranaki from Cannington Road, New Plymouth.
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Must-see natural scenery

Bay of Islands, Northland. A rugged 800km (500-mile) coastline embracing 144 islands and steeped in history, where beauty knows no bounds. For more information, click here .
Aoraki Mount Cook National Park, Canterbury. Admire New Zealand’s highest mountain and the mighty Tasman Glacier in this vastly contrasting landscape of mountains and plains. For more information, click here .
Tongariro National Park. There’s plenty to do year-round – from hiking the acclaimed Tongariro Crossing, kayaking and mountain-biking during the summer months, to skiing in the winter. For more information, click here .
Abel Tasman National Park. Paradise on earth for campers, kayakers and hikers. The Coastal Track offers exceptional views. For more information, click here .
Milford Sound. Marvel at the sight of magnificent Milford Sound, then join a cruise or guided kayaking trip to see its thundering waterfalls and marine life. For more information, click here .
Fiordland National Park. Take a scenic flight over a pristine environment offering a wealth of truly breathtaking scenery. For more information, click here .



The bronze statue of Wairaka at the mouth of the Whakatane River, Bay of Plenty.
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Top arts experiences

Auckland Toi o Tamaki Art Gallery. Major historical collections and fine exhibitions of contemporary art from New Zealand and overseas. For more information, click here .
Bats Theatre, Wellington. A small and cosy venue, yet a leading New Zealand theatre that has the courage to experiment with lesser-known works. For more information, click here .
Te Papa Tongarewa – Museum of New Zealand. A great introduction to New Zealand and home to a fine collection of Maori artefacts and interactive displays. For more information, click here .
World of Wearable Art and Classic Cars Museum. Visit this Nelson museum to see the most outlandish garments in the world. For more information, click here .


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