O que acontece em Paihia, Nova Zelândia, ao longo do ano

Lotação máxima — Bay of Islands Sailing Week, New Zealand summer holidays

• Festival

  Bay of Islands Sailing Week

  20–31 Jan · normalmenteEvento esportivoLotadoReserve cedo

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Game fishing season (15 Dez – 15 Mai (normalmente)), New Zealand summer holidays (20 Dez – 1 Fev (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Waitangi Day, New Zealand summer holidays

• Feriado

  Waitangi Day

  3–7 FevFeriado nacionalLotado

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Game fishing season (15 Dez – 15 Mai (normalmente)), New Zealand summer holidays (20 Dez – 1 Fev (normalmente))

Movimentado — um dos melhores meses em clima

• Feriado

  Easter long weekend

  3–6 AbrPáscoa e Semana SantaLotadoReserve cedoFechamentos

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Game fishing season (15 Dez – 15 Mai (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Easter long weekend, Anzac Day

• Feriado

  Anzac Day

  25–27 AbrFeriado nacionalFechamentos

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: Easter long weekend (3–6 Abr), Game fishing season (15 Dez – 15 Mai (normalmente))

Meia-estação — um mês comum

Nada novo começa em maio.

Ainda em andamento: Game fishing season (15 Dez – 15 Mai (normalmente))

Tranquilo — férias escolares em 3 dos países que mais mandam visitantes, um dos piores meses em clima

• Temporada

  Quiet, wet winter

  1 Jun – 31 AgoFechamento de baixa temporadaFechamentos

  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.

Movimentado — Term 2 (July) break em Nova Zelândia, férias escolares em 3 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

Nada novo começa em julho.

Ainda em andamento: Quiet, wet winter (1 Jun – 31 Ago)

Tranquilo — férias escolares em 2 dos países que mais mandam visitantes, um dos piores meses em clima

Nada novo começa em agosto.

Ainda em andamento: Quiet, wet winter (1 Jun – 31 Ago)

Movimentado — Term 3 (Sept/Oct) break em Nova Zelândia, férias escolares em 2 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

Nada novo começa em setembro.

Movimentado — Term 3 (Sept/Oct) break em Nova Zelândia, férias escolares em 2 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

• Festival

  KOAST open art studios trail

  19–27 Out · normalmenteFestival de artes

  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. Fonte ↗

Meia-estação — um mês comum

• Festival

  Bay of Islands A&P Show

  5–15 Nov · normalmenteGrande 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. Fonte ↗

Lotação máxima — New Zealand summer holidays, Christmas Day closures

• Temporada

  Game fishing season

  15 Dez – 15 Mai · normalmenteReserve cedo

  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.

• Feriado

  New Zealand summer holidays

  20 Dez – 1 Fev · normalmenteFérias escolaresLotadoReserve cedo

  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. Fonte ↗

• Feriado

  Christmas Day closures

  25–26 DezNatal e Ano-NovoFechamentos

  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. Fonte ↗