nz north island where to spend new years
Aug 31, 2016, 8:00 pm
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nz north island where to spend new years
any advice about where on north island to spend new years with kids?
choices we have it down to are auckland,wellington and new plymouth(festival of lights) any advice appreciated.
thanks
choices we have it down to are auckland,wellington and new plymouth(festival of lights) any advice appreciated.
thanks
Aug 31, 2016, 8:08 pm
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Depends on your plans and style of entertaining yourselves. AKL will have more large parties (if that's your scene, doubtful with kids), but Wellington is a more beautiful city if you're looking for a more relaxed affair. OTOH, New Year's breakfast at the Langham Hotel in Auckland would be hog heaven for child or grown-up me.
Sep 3, 2016, 12:41 am
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Depends on your plans and style of entertaining yourselves. AKL will have more large parties (if that's your scene, doubtful with kids), but Wellington is a more beautiful city if you're looking for a more relaxed affair. OTOH, New Year's breakfast at the Langham Hotel in Auckland would be hog heaven for child or grown-up me.
Approximately 2/3rd of the population leaves town for these 2 weeks, mostly hitting the East Coast beach towns.
Sep 4, 2016, 8:25 pm
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And the traffic back to Auckland on 01 Jan will be sloooow
Sep 5, 2016, 12:06 am
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i have looked at the prices and it does it look crazy-also if theres a ot of people we would prefer to avoid..where else would be good near auckland ??would whangarei or somewhere near there be good??
and one more question - would new years eve in welly be good for kids?firework displays etc..
thanks
and one more question - would new years eve in welly be good for kids?firework displays etc..
thanks
Sep 5, 2016, 4:00 pm
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I spent NYE this past year in Auckland. As others have mentioned, it is a popular time for folks to be out of town (getting restaurant reservations was challenging). However, there was still a decent crowd at the bottom of SkyCity (where we were staying) for the concert/party/countdown. We ended up going to SkyCity's all you can eat/drink (only for 3 hours on the drinking, though) affair - pretty toned-down, but still think kids (particularly younger ones) would be a bit out of place.