Hinterland's Latest News - April 2025
After a hectic summer cruise season we can now update you on some of the upcoming day tips and multi-day tours we are planning for the next 12 months.
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WoW 2025 is on!
After sell out shows in 2024, 2023 and 2022 we expect this years to be the same, so book ASAP.
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Day 1 we depart Tauranga by coach to our first night in Pamerston North, with sights on the way.
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Day 2 we head to the Wairarapa for lunch and shopping in Greytown, and on to Wellington with a stop in Featherston.
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Day 3 we spend seeing the best of the city's sights before the WoW show in the evening.
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Day 4 we board the Northern Explorer train to Hamilton, then a coach transfer home.
Priscilla - Queen of the Desert - the musical
Auckland - 20th & 27th September
Don’t miss this magical & dazzling extravaganza! Based on the Academy Award®-winning film, Priscilla is the heart warming, uplifting adventure where three friends who hop onboard a battered old bus looking for love and friendship, end up finding much more than they could have ever dreamed of.
With a dazzling array of outrageous costumes and a hit parade of dancefloor favourites, this wildly fresh and funny musical is a journey that will warm your heart and delight with memories of fun and frivolity! Tickets from $220pp.
Taranaki Garden Fest
Join our 2025 trip for 5 days and 4 nights. Departs 2nd November.
Join our new tour itinerary to one of New Zealand's iconic garden festivals, the Taranaki Garden Festival.... This world renowned event showcases stunning public and private gardens of New Plymouth and the Taranaki region. We go direct to New Plymouth on day one so we have 3 full days to explore all the gardens plus see some extra sights in the area.
New Plymouth Festival of Lights 2026
We are booked in for another Lights Festival trip in January.
This is must see event for garden lovers and should not be missed. Join our small group tour for 4 days as we travel south and west through stunning rural scenery to New Plymouth. With private visits to many of the top gardens that feature in the Taranaki Garden Festival out time will be well utilised, - with the headline act our evening visits to view the light displays at Pukekura Park. Plenty of time to see other local sights, the city or just relax at our city central hotel.
Great Barrier Island
Another trip is planned for 2025.
Fly direct to Great Barrier from Tauranga for a great short break on this amazing island. Visit stunning beaches, kauri forests, wildlife reserves, bushwalks and much more… Just 40 minutes by plane from Tauranga, Great Barrier Island is a unique and much less visited part of New Zealand. We spend 3 nights on the island, getting to know the locals and enjoying the un-spoilt scenery, which is teeming with birdlife and covered in native bush. Our local guide will take us to all of the best spots so we can really enjoy this 'one of a kind' getaway.
