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SELF DRIVE
New Zealand Self-Drive Holidays

New Zealand roads are typically uncrowded and as the coutry is small and easy to get around most people choose to travel by car or a combination of car, train and coach. If time is short air travel is another option.Read more »

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GROUP TOURS
New Zealand group tours

If you are looking for a New Zealand tour then look no further, as we offer a variety of options to suit all tastes.Read more »

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ACTIVITIES
- DIVING
- SAILING
- SURFING
- BIKING
- WALKING
- KAYAKING
- GOLF
- HORSE TREKS
- FOOD & WINE
- SNOWSPORTS
- CAVING
- ADVENTURE
REGIONS
New Zealand regions and activity planner

What New Zealand lacks in size it makes up for in its diversity.Read more »
- Bay of Islands
- Auckland
- Coromandel
- Rotorua
- Hawkes Bay
- Nelson
- Christchurch
- Akaroa
- Queenstown
- Dunedin
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Brent & Nigel - Owner operators

Brent Narbey and Nigel Williamson are the owners and hands-on operators of First Light Travel. They are seasoned travel professionals with genuine industry pedigree. They offer you the benefit of their local knowledge and years of experience. Read more »

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- North Island
- Auckland
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- Martinborough
- South Island
- Marlborough
- Nelson
- Canterbury
- Queenstown

FOOD AND WINE LOCATIONS

Queenstown and Central Otago region wines

Central Otago is New Zealand's highest and the world's most southerly wine region. Wines with altitude is the slogan of one winemaker. It is also New Zealand's only true continental climate with greater extremes of daily and seasonal temperatures than are found in any of the country's maritime regions.

Soil structures also vary dramatically from those of other regions with heavy deposits of mica and schists in silt loams.

A new, but aggressively expanding wine area, Central Otago is now New Zealand's seventh largest wine region. Pinot Noir is the dominant grape variety, a status that seems certain to be maintained if demand and accolades are any measure. Chardonnay ranks second with Sauvignon Blanc and Riesling a distant third and fourth.

The wines of Central Otago have a purity, intensity and vibrancy that seems totally appropriate to anyone who has visited the region and breathed the pure mountain air.