På gång i Paihia, New Zealand under året

Mest folk — Bay of Islands Sailing Week, New Zealand summer holidays

• Festival

  Bay of Islands Sailing Week

  20–31 jan · vanligtvisSportevenemangTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Game fishing season (15 dec – 15 maj (vanligtvis)), New Zealand summer holidays (20 dec – 1 feb (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Waitangi Day, New Zealand summer holidays

• Helg

  Waitangi Day

  3–7 febNationell helgdagTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Game fishing season (15 dec – 15 maj (vanligtvis)), New Zealand summer holidays (20 dec – 1 feb (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — en av dess bästa vädermånader

• Helg

  Easter long weekend

  3–6 aprPåsk & stilla veckanTrångtBoka tidigtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Game fishing season (15 dec – 15 maj (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Easter long weekend, Anzac Day

• Helg

  Anzac Day

  25–27 aprNationell helgdagStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Easter long weekend (3–6 apr), Game fishing season (15 dec – 15 maj (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: Game fishing season (15 dec – 15 maj (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

• Säsong

  Quiet, wet winter

  1 jun – 31 augStängt mellan säsongernaStängningar

  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.

Mycket folk — Term 2 (July) break i New Zealand, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Quiet, wet winter (1 jun – 31 aug)

Lugnt — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Quiet, wet winter (1 jun – 31 aug)

Mycket folk — Term 3 (Sept/Oct) break i New Zealand, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Mycket folk — Term 3 (Sept/Oct) break i New Zealand, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

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  KOAST open art studios trail

  19–27 okt · vanligtvisKulturfestival

  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. Källa ↗

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

• Festival

  Bay of Islands A&P Show

  5–15 nov · vanligtvisStor 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. Källa ↗

Mest folk — New Zealand summer holidays, Christmas Day closures

• Säsong

  Game fishing season

  15 dec – 15 maj · vanligtvisBoka tidigt

  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.

• Helg

  New Zealand summer holidays

  20 dec – 1 feb · vanligtvisSkollovTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Christmas Day closures

  25–26 decJul & nyårStängningar

  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. Källa ↗