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

Lotação máxima — New Zealand summer holidays, Summer holidays em Nova Zelândia

Nada novo começa em janeiro.

Ainda em andamento: New Zealand summer holidays (20 Dez – 1 Fev (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Tarawera Ultra-Trail, New Zealand summer holidays

• Festival

  Tarawera Ultra-Trail

  8–20 Fev · normalmenteEvento esportivoLotado

  The country's biggest trail race, run through the forest and around the lakes in February, with distances up to a hundred miles and a start line in the middle of town. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: New Zealand summer holidays (20 Dez – 1 Fev (normalmente))

Movimentado — Crankworx Rotorua

• Festival

  Crankworx Rotorua

  5–20 Mar · normalmenteEvento esportivoLotadoReserve cedo

  Five days of mountain biking on Mount Ngongotaha: slopestyle, downhill and a lot of people in the forest. The town's accommodation goes months ahead for it. Fonte ↗

• 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 ↗

Lotação máxima — Easter long weekend, Anzac Day

• Festival

  Rotorua Marathon

  2 MaiEvento esportivoLotadoFechamentos

  One of New Zealand's oldest marathons, a lap of Lake Rotorua starting and finishing at Government Gardens, usually on a Saturday at the turn of April into May, with shorter races alongside. Lakeside roads close for the day. Fonte ↗

• 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)

Movimentado — Rotorua Marathon

Nada novo começa em maio.

Ainda em andamento: Rotorua Marathon (2 Mai)

Movimentado — Matariki, férias escolares em 3 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

• Temporada

  Steam on cold mornings

  1 Jun – 31 Ago

  Every vent, drain and lakeside pool in the city steams on a cold winter morning, and the geothermal parks look twice as active as they do in February. Get there when they open.

• Feriado

  Matariki

  20 Jun – 15 Jul · normalmenteGrande festivalFechamentos

  The Māori new year is a public holiday on a date that moves with the star cluster's rise, and Te Arawa mark it here with dawn ceremonies, lights and hāngī. Shops keep the holiday. Fonte ↗

Lotação máxima — Matariki, Term 2 (July) break em Nova Zelândia

Nada novo começa em julho.

Ainda em andamento: Steam on cold mornings (1 Jun – 31 Ago), Matariki (20 Jun – 15 Jul (normalmente))

Meia-estação — férias escolares em 2 dos países que mais mandam visitantes, um mês comum

Nada novo começa em agosto.

Ainda em andamento: Steam on cold mornings (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.

Lotação máxima — Trout season opens, Term 3 (Sept/Oct) break em Nova Zelândia

• Abertura

  Trout season opens

  1–10 OutLotado

  The lakes open to fishing on 1 October and the boat ramps are busy at first light, though Rotoiti, Ōkataina and Tarawera hold their boat opening until the Saturday after. Fonte ↗

Movimentado — Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge

• Festival

  Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge

  28 NovEvento esportivoLotadoFechamentosReserve cedo

  Thousands ride the 160 km loop of Lake Taupo on the last Saturday of November, about an hour south of Rotorua; Taupo beds sell out, so riders and supporters spill into Rotorua and the lake road closes in sections. Fonte ↗

Lotação máxima — New Zealand summer holidays, Christmas Day closures

• Feriado

  New Zealand summer holidays

  20 Dez – 1 Fev · normalmenteFérias escolaresLotado

  Families from Auckland and the Waikato fill the motels and the luge queue over the holidays, and the lakes turn into a boating carnival. Book the thermal parks for early in the day. 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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge (28 Nov)