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The popularity of the Bay of Plenty region continues to soar as more people discover the region's irresistible mix of coastal lifestyle, and adventure activities and great dining experiences.
Must do's:
- Free admission - to Whitianga's inaugural Festival of Speed on the 10th and 11th of April.
- Have you always wanted to windsurf or sail? Let the internationally qualified instructors from Elements Watersports teach you how, any day of the week in Matua
- Glow worm kayaking in Tauranga and you'll be amazed. Daily departures to Mclarens Falls. Contact Tauranga i-SITE for details.
The best kept secrets:
- Stay at Waihi Beach Lodge located 150m from the beach. It is so central you can see the Bay of Plenty & the Coromandel from one location.
- Try the fish and chips from Bobby's Fish Market on the Tauranga Waterfront. Fresh from the boat daily, they are the best in the region! Takeaway or eat in.
- Go mountain biking at Summerhill Farm at the top of the Papamoa Hills with Adventure Bay of Plenty. You will be awestruck by the best views in the Bay!
Great food & wine:
- Don't miss French Friday's at Halo Restaurant in the Sebel Trinity Wharf Hotel. Great food, fantastic entertainment and cheap french bubbles! Fridays from 4pm
- You must taste the award winning macadamias from Cathedral Cove Macadamias on Lees Road.
- Mercury Bay Estate on Purangi Road at Cooks Beach are open for people to taste wines that are locally grown
Hot deals:
- Are you up for the Bay Summer Challenge? Do 10 fun activites while on summer holidays in the Bay of Plenty for only $200 per person! Ask at Tauranga i-SITE.
- Get a discount voucher to the Mount Maunganui Hot Salt Water Pools & free photos of your trip, when you book a tour with Adventure Bay of Plenty.
- Fly around iconic Mount Maunganui and take in the beautiful Tauranga harbour central business district with a friend. Only $40 each with Air Discovery!
Today:
- Fri 3 Sep 2010 - Sat 4 Sep 2010, 09:00am to 05:00pmTickle My Senses - Developed by TheNewDowse, Tickle My Senses encourages young visitors to experience art with all five senses.
Venue: Rotorua Museum of Art and History, Rotorua - Fri 3 Sep 2010 - Sat 4 Sep 2010, 09:00am to 05:00pmRotorua Wearable Creations 'n' Colour Awards 2010 - Presented by the Rotorua Creative Arts Trust, wonderful, sometimes weird, wearable art category winners go on show.
Venue: Rotorua Museum of Art and History, Rotorua - Fri 3 Sep 2010 - Sat 4 Sep 2010, 10:00am to 04:30pmReuben Paterson: Whakapapa - Get Down Upon Your Knees - Reuben Paterson's glittering, painted on canvas installation comes direct from the 6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT) in Brisbane, Australia.
Venue: Tauranga Art Gallery, Tauranga
This week:
- Sat 4 Sep 2010 - Sun 5 Sep 2010, 10:00am to 04:30pmHeather Straka: The Asian - The Asian is comprised of Straka’s original oil painting of a Shanghai poster-girl from the 1920-30s, along with 50 identical images of the same woman produced by 50 artists working in the Dafen Oil Painting Village in ...
Venue: Tauranga Art Gallery, Tauranga - Sat 4 Sep 10, 06:30pm - LateNZ Film Festival: The Insatiable Moon - Down and out in Ponsonby doesn’t have the ring about it that it had 30 years ago, but The Insatiable Moon makes a colourful dramatic plea for the continued existence of halfway houses in a part of the city better known ...
Venue: Rialto Cinema, Tauranga - Sat 4 Sep 10, 01:00pm - LatePat Hanly Floortalk By Hamish Keith - Hamish Keith is a writer, art curator, arts consultant and social commentator, who has been writing about and working with the arts in New Zealand for almost half a century.
Venue: Tauranga Art Gallery, Tauranga
This month:
- Mon 6 Sep 2010 - Tue 7 Sep 2010, 09:00am to 04:00pm2010 AIMS Games Squash Tournament - 7th annual New Zealand Community Trust AIM's National Sporting Championships.
Venue: Mt Maunganui Squash Club, Mt Maunganui - Sun 5 Sep 10, 02:00pm to 03:00pmNew Zealand Fashion Design - Angela Lassig - Angela Lassig, formerly Senior History Curator at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and the author of the 2010 landmark book New Zealand Fashion Design, will encapsulate developments in the fast-moving field of ...
Venue: Rotorua Museum of Art and History, Rotorua - Sun 5 Sep 10, 09:00am to 01:00pmFarmers Market - Come along to the farmers market in the Phoenix car park in Downtown the Mount every Sunday from 9am until 1pm.
Venue: Mt Maunganui, Bay of Plenty
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