På gång i Rotorua, New Zealand under året

Mest folk — New Zealand summer holidays, Summer holidays i New Zealand

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: New Zealand summer holidays (20 dec – 1 feb (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Tarawera Ultra-Trail, New Zealand summer holidays

• Festival

  Tarawera Ultra-Trail

  8–20 feb · vanligtvisSportevenemangTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: New Zealand summer holidays (20 dec – 1 feb (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Crankworx Rotorua

• Festival

  Crankworx Rotorua

  5–20 mar · vanligtvisSportevenemangTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

• 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 ↗

Mest folk — Easter long weekend, Anzac Day

• Festival

  Rotorua Marathon

  2 majSportevenemangTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

• 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)

Mycket folk — Rotorua Marathon

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: Rotorua Marathon (2 maj)

Mycket folk — Matariki, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Säsong

  Steam on cold mornings

  1 jun – 31 aug

  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.

• Helg

  Matariki

  20 jun – 15 jul · vanligtvisStor festivalStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Matariki, Term 2 (July) break i New Zealand

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Steam on cold mornings (1 jun – 31 aug), Matariki (20 jun – 15 jul (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Steam on cold mornings (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.

Mest folk — Trout season opens, Term 3 (Sept/Oct) break i New Zealand

• Öppning

  Trout season opens

  1–10 oktTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge

• Festival

  Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge

  28 novSportevenemangTrångtStängningarBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Mest folk — New Zealand summer holidays, Christmas Day closures

• Helg

  New Zealand summer holidays

  20 dec – 1 feb · vanligtvisSkollovTrångt

  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. 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 ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge (28 nov)