NZ TRAVEL TIPS
Do visitors need a passport or visa to enter New Zealand?
All visitors to New Zealand must carry a passport that is valid for at least three months from the date when they intend to leave New Zealand. Visas are not required for most visitors who are staying less than three months, including Australia, America, Austria, Canada, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, The Netherlands, Singapore, Switzerland and the UAE. United Kingdom visitors are able to holiday for six months without requiring a visa. However, it is always best to check requirements on the New Zealand Immigration Service website. For stays longer than three months, a Visitor's Visa maybe required.
How safe is New Zealand? Are there dangerous animals?
New Zealand is considered one of the safest destinations in the world. Problems can generally be avoided by using common sense. New Zealanders are welcoming and happy to help visitors. There is just one poisonous spider very rarely seen, and no dangerous animals. However, please treat water sports with respect and on patrolled beaches, always swim between the flags. New Zealand sun is strong and basic summer precautions include wearing a hat, covering up during the hottest part of the day and applying a strong sunscreen.
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Famous for its wine, arts and laid-back atmosphere, Waiheke Island offers hundreds
of safe, sheltered beaches and rocky coves - perfect for swimming and snorkelling
- only 30-minutes by ferry from Auckland’s CBD.
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Waiheke Island has long been a yachtie’s paradise, and many boats pull into its
sheltered bays and deep inlets to anchor at night, including Bernard Rhodes and
his son, Andrew -who offer sailing trips aboard Flying Carpet: an ocean-going, bi-plane-rigged
catamaran. Sailing on the Flying Carpet is a relaxed affair: most guests relax and
enjoy the scenery, but keen sailors are welcome to help trim the sails.
Whilst Waiheke’s nature trails, art trails, shady olive groves, sculpture gardens
and range of modern eateries are tempting, it’s the island’s vineyards that provide
the greatest drawcard.
At the Tuscan-style villa of Stonyridge, Norton, a sizeable black Labrador wearing
a collar saying: “Do not feed me,” greets visitors. A heavy wooden doorway
leads to the winery’s café overlooking grapevines and olive trees. Wide doors open
to a sunny, sheltered courtyard cobbled with stones and shells; leafy vines twist
around pergola poles, and Boston ivy creeps up the adobe walls. The food is superb,
the wine outstanding (this is the home of NZ’s most sought-after red), and the setting
stylish yet casual, with a relaxed Mediterranean country atmosphere.
This vineyard, along with Goldwater Estate, was the first to plant grapes on Waiheke
Island, and when both proved successful, many others followed suit. Today there’s
a wide range to visit including Kennedy Point Vineyard, which produces delicious
Sauvignon Blanc (best teamed with an antipasto platter and sampled on its shady
pohutukawa-fringed decks); Te Whau Vineyard with its extensive wine list and spectacular
views of Auckland city from Te Whau Point; and Onetangi Vineyard, next to Stonyridge,
where you can also sample locally brewed Baroona beer.
There’s also a wealth of popular cafés and vineyard restaurants including the Mudbrick
Café, a popular haunt for visiting Aucklanders with its stunning city views, and
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