northland

One of our themes over the last few years has been flexibility. Typically, the individuals at the top end of the travel market are used to flexibility in their day to day existence. Meanwhile luxury tourism in New Zealand delivers a high quality but inflexible product. At the lower end of the scale are the "luxury packages" with set itineraries, set activities, set lengths etc. These find...
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Well, not quite. Like many things, they seem similar on the surface but once one gets below the surface they're all different. Consider these different beaches we have used (and yes, most of them were deserted): - a beach in the far north where the top quad bike ride in the country takes people up 300ft sand dunes. Remote and wild. - a beach on a private island for a full-on Maori waka...
> english/news/12/a-beach-is-a-beach-right/

Any analysis of this country's regions will be either academic or subjective. This one is subjective and open to constant improvement. Keeping abreast of everything wonderful and new which makes its appearance is impossible. It's a particularly enjoyable part of our job, but time - sadly - is not unlimited. Please also bear in mind this is not a guidebook. Northland This is the area...
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Hone runs a superb Maori re-enactment tourism business in Northland. This is just becoming recognised by mainstream operators and we wish him well. However, for the last 5 years or so we have been working with Hone in putting together special Maori days for clients throughout Northland and now also further afield. We have ambushed clients in the bush, attacked them by waka (canoe), sat...
> english/guides/8/hone-mihaka/

Patrick conveyed to me how much he appreciated the superb service you extended while in the North.
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