Was ist los in Paihia, Neuseeland – übers Jahr

Hochbetrieb – Bay of Islands Sailing Week, New Zealand summer holidays

• Festival

  Bay of Islands Sailing Week

  20.–31. Jan. · meistSporteventVollFrüh buchen

  A keelboat regatta out of Opua at the end of January, when the summer breeze is reliable and every mooring in the bay is taken. The parties ashore are half the entry list's reason for coming. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Game fishing season (15. Dez. – 15. Mai (meist)), New Zealand summer holidays (20. Dez. – 1. Feb. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Waitangi Day, New Zealand summer holidays

• Feiertag

  Waitangi Day

  3.–7. Feb.NationalfeiertagVoll

  The national day is commemorated at the treaty grounds up the road, with the dawn service, waka on the water and a few days of politics and speeches. The town is full and so are the roads in. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Game fishing season (15. Dez. – 15. Mai (meist)), New Zealand summer holidays (20. Dez. – 1. Feb. (meist))

Viel los – einer der Monate mit dem besten Wetter

• Feiertag

  Easter long weekend

  3.–6. Apr.Ostern & KarwocheVollFrüh buchenSchließungen

  Good Friday and Easter Monday are public holidays, and on Good Friday and Easter Sunday most shops must stay shut unless local rules or a tourist-area exemption let them open. New Zealanders make it a long weekend away, so motels, holiday parks and campsites fill. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Game fishing season (15. Dez. – 15. Mai (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Easter long weekend, Anzac Day

• Feiertag

  Anzac Day

  25.–27. Apr.NationalfeiertagSchließungen

  25 April remembers those who served in war. Dawn services are held at memorials in towns across the country, and by law most shops stay closed until 1 pm. When it falls on a weekend the public holiday moves to the Monday. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Easter long weekend (3.–6. Apr.), Game fishing season (15. Dez. – 15. Mai (meist))

Zwischensaison – ein gewöhnlicher Monat

Im Mai beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Game fishing season (15. Dez. – 15. Mai (meist))

Ruhig – Schulferien in 3 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen, einer der Monate mit dem schlechtesten Wetter

• Saison

  Quiet, wet winter

  1. Juni – 31. Aug.SaisonpauseSchließungen

  Winter in the Bay is mild and wet, the cruise ships stop coming and a good share of the waterfront operators shorten their hours. The islands are yours, on the days it is not blowing.

Viel los – Term 2 (July) break in Neuseeland, Schulferien in 3 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

Im Juli beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Quiet, wet winter (1. Juni – 31. Aug.)

Ruhig – Schulferien in 2 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen, einer der Monate mit dem schlechtesten Wetter

Im August beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Quiet, wet winter (1. Juni – 31. Aug.)

Viel los – Term 3 (Sept/Oct) break in Neuseeland, Schulferien in 2 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

Im September beginnt nichts Neues.

Viel los – Term 3 (Sept/Oct) break in Neuseeland, Schulferien in 2 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

• Festival

  KOAST open art studios trail

  19.–27. Okt. · meistKunstfestival

  Over Labour Weekend, artists around Kerikeri, twenty minutes north, and across the wider bay open their studios and galleries. Buy the trail guide, follow the flags and meet potters, carvers and painters where they work. Quelle ↗

Zwischensaison – ein gewöhnlicher Monat

• Festival

  Bay of Islands A&P Show

  5.–15. Nov. · meistGroßes Festival

  New Zealand's oldest agricultural show, first held in 1842, takes over the grounds behind the Waimate North Mission House, half an hour inland, for a Saturday of livestock classes, a local food and wine tent and farming families from across the north. Quelle ↗

Hochbetrieb – New Zealand summer holidays, Christmas Day closures

• Saison

  Game fishing season

  15. Dez. – 15. Mai · meistFrüh buchen

  Striped marlin are off the coast from about December to May, best from February to April, and the game boats and their tower spotters are the reason the Opua wharf looks the way it does.

• Feiertag

  New Zealand summer holidays

  20. Dez. – 1. Feb. · meistSchulferienVollFrüh buchen

  Auckland comes north for three hours and stays for a fortnight, so the motels double their rates and the ferry to Russell queues. Book the boat trips before you arrive. Quelle ↗

• Feiertag

  Christmas Day closures

  25.–26. Dez.Weihnachten & NeujahrSchließungen

  Christmas Day is one of the few days most shops must close by law, and many cafes, restaurants and tours shut too. Boxing Day is a public holiday as well, when shops reopen for the sales and the roads fill with families heading off on summer holiday. Quelle ↗