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North IslandThe North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. Several important cities are in the North Island, notably New Zealand’s largest city, Auckland, and Wellington, the capital, located at the southern extremity of the island. Around 76% of New Zealand’s population lives in the North Island. Maori mythology says that the North and South Islands of New Zealand came from the time of Maui, who was a demigod. The story goes that he and his brothers were fishing from their canoe (the South Island) when he caught a great fish and pulled it from the sea. While he was not looking his brothers fought over the fish and chopped it up. This great fish became the North Island and thus the Maori name for the North Island is Te Ika a Maui (The Fish of Maui). The mountains and valleys are said to have been formed as a result of Maui’s brothers’ hacking at the fish. Historical Note: On some 19th Century maps, the North Island also went by the name New Munster. The island is the world’s 14th-largest island. A grammatical note: New Zealanders refer to the main islands with a definite article, as “the North Island” and “the South Island”, like “the North Sea” and “the Western World”, but unlike “Rangitoto Island” or “West Point”. Maps, headings or tables and adjectival expressions use “North Island”, whereas “the North Island” is used after a preposition or before or after a verb, e.g. “my mother lives in the North Island”, “the North Island is smaller than the South Island”, or “I’m visiting the North Island”.
Internationally recognised as one of the hottest travel destinations on the globe, New Zealand offers premier luxury accommodation. Stylish and sophisticated mountain retreats, and hunting and fishing lodges are scattered throughout the country’s two main islands, providing the perfect luxury vacation. Visitors are warmly welcomed into sanctuaries of peace and tranquillity located in the exotic [...]
Golf Vacations
Here is a place where the glorious pleasure of a round of golf is intensified by some of the most magnificent scenery in the world. It doesn’t matter whether you’re playing on a private, public or resort golf course in the North or South Island, east or west - the views might change but [...]
Scuba diving in New Zealand offers something for everyone. New Zealand has literally hundreds of scuba diving sites with over 15,000 km of coast line and numerous lakes and rivers. Many of these sites are world class. Coastal waters teem with colourful, fascinating sea life and the usually clear waters make for excellent viewing. The [...]
New Zealand’s first-ever location for experiencing the profoundly relaxing and revitalising effects of Ayurveda. Here, you can release the pressures of the world, and allow our caring and experienced team to guide you through techniques and therapies that are being acknowledged worldwide as positively life-changing and beneficial to health and wellbeing; promoting longer, younger living [...]
Newzealand-Family Vacations
Queenstown- the adventure capital of New Zealand, rating internationally as one of the world’s top destinations. This bold and vibrant town is famous for bringing extreme sport and the novice together in a safe and stunning environment. Add to this the world-class restaurants and cafes, live music and year round shows and events [...]
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