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New Zealand s tiny towns are home to some of our best hidden gems, from an emerald lake, to cliffs that look like they re from the moon.
You’ve finished the book you got for Christmas, and you don t feel like going for yet another walk or bike ride. What else is there to do? Plenty. Small holiday towns are packed full of fun events, from classic markets and festivals to slightly more oddball offerings, like cardboard boat races and cherry stone spitting championships. We’ve scoured the country from top to bottom in search of some good old-fashioned fun – here are the quirky events you should be checking out.
Stone spitters to be pitted against one another in contest
22 Dec, 2020 01:45 AM
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Three-time national cherry stone spitting champion Aaron Collins, of Dunedin, with his biggest supporters ahead of last year s competition. Collins would lose his title to Facundo Minaberrigaray, of Argentina. Photo / Marion Low
Otago Daily Times
By: John Gibb
This may be one of the only events in New Zealand where spitting is perfectly acceptable and expected.
Cromwell s fifth annual Cherry Festival and National Cherry Stone Spitting Championships will be held on Sunday on the McNulty Lawn in the Cromwell Heritage Precinct.
Cromwell and Districts Promotion Group (CDPG) marketing and communications manager Marion Low said the quirky annual festival was always a hit with locals and visitors and was a great way to enjoy the warm Central Otago sunshine.
Mike Yardley: Summer Gold in Cromwell
Mike Yardley: Summer Gold in Cromwell Sat, 12 Dec 2020, 12:33PM
Awakening to the first glint of sunrise over Lake Dunstan and the sound of gently lapping water around my boatshed-style villa, is my idea of idyllic summer holiday bliss. Strung around the shoreline of Lake Dunstan at Pisa Moorings, Heritage Collection Lake Resort Cromwell is a head-turning boutique property, perfectly proportioned with a purpose-built marina. Hugging the lake’s edge, the elegant over-water villas are architecturally designed with a striking boatshed theme that breath easily with the lustrous setting. Light and shadow playfully bathe the spectacular, bronzed landscape where chiselled hillsides frame Lake Dunstan’s revitalising, blue splendour. The resort features its own waterway access to the lake, with moorings available by the accommodation, if you’re floating in! If you’re sizing up a blissed-out romantic escape, a one bedroom spa
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