Hinterland's Latest News - November 2025
After a busy 2024/2025 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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Eden Park Stadium & Garden day tour
26th January 2026
Join our day trip to Auckland to visit a very well know sporting icon - Eden Park Stadium, followed with a High Tea lunch at a lesser know location close by.
First we will experience a behind the schemes 90 minute tour of New Zealand's most well know sporting venue - Eden Park.
Then a short drive takes us to our lunch venue at the less well know Eden Garden - here we will enjoy a sumptuous lunch and have time to view this amazing garden, set right in the heart of Auckland
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 2026.
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.
The Rocky Horror Show - the musical
Auckland - 7th & 8th March 2026
Get ready, New Zealand – the world’s sexiest and most outrageous musical is back, and it’s bigger, bolder, and brasher than ever!
After 15 years away, The Rocky Horror Show is making its long-awaited return, direct from the UK and starring a phenomenal West End cast.
This isn’t just a musical – it’s a wild, glitter-soaked party! So dust off your corset, strap on your heels, and get ready to Time Warp like it’s 1973. It’s the kind of night where you can dress up, shout out, let loose, and unapologetically be your fabulous self.
WoW 2026 is on!
After sell out shows in 2025, 2024, 2023 and 2022 we expect the 2026 event 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.
