Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Paihia, Nieuw-Zeeland

Topdrukte — Bay of Islands Sailing Week, New Zealand summer holidays

• Festival

  Bay of Islands Sailing Week

  20–31 jan · meestalSportevenementDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Game fishing season (15 dec – 15 mei (meestal)), New Zealand summer holidays (20 dec – 1 feb (meestal))

Topdrukte — Waitangi Day, New Zealand summer holidays

• Feestdag

  Waitangi Day

  3–7 febNationale feestdagDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Game fishing season (15 dec – 15 mei (meestal)), New Zealand summer holidays (20 dec – 1 feb (meestal))

Druk — een van de beste maanden qua weer

• Feestdag

  Easter long weekend

  3–6 aprPasen & Goede WeekDrukBoek vroegSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Game fishing season (15 dec – 15 mei (meestal))

Topdrukte — Easter long weekend, Anzac Day

• Feestdag

  Anzac Day

  25–27 aprNationale feestdagSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Easter long weekend (3–6 apr), Game fishing season (15 dec – 15 mei (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

In mei begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Game fishing season (15 dec – 15 mei (meestal))

Rustig — schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

• Seizoen

  Quiet, wet winter

  1 jun – 31 augSeizoensluitingSluitingen

  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.

Druk — Term 2 (July) break in Nieuw-Zeeland, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

In juli begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Quiet, wet winter (1 jun – 31 aug)

Rustig — schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen, een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

In augustus begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Quiet, wet winter (1 jun – 31 aug)

Druk — Term 3 (Sept/Oct) break in Nieuw-Zeeland, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

In september begint er niets nieuws.

Druk — Term 3 (Sept/Oct) break in Nieuw-Zeeland, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  KOAST open art studios trail

  19–27 okt · meestalKunstenfestival

  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. Bron ↗

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

• Festival

  Bay of Islands A&P Show

  5–15 nov · meestalGroot 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. Bron ↗

Topdrukte — New Zealand summer holidays, Christmas Day closures

• Seizoen

  Game fishing season

  15 dec – 15 mei · meestalBoek vroeg

  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.

• Feestdag

  New Zealand summer holidays

  20 dec – 1 feb · meestalSchoolvakantiesDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Christmas Day closures

  25–26 decKerst & nieuwjaarSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗