The Great Indoors

No need to be stuck indoors during winter! Below are some of New Zealand 's' heritage sights, and many other "Great Indoor" outings researched & compiled by us to make the most of the wintry weather.

Choose a day trip or a weekend away!

A Day Trip

A day Trip to the Wairarapa - there are so many things to see and do..

Café Trends

This is just one of many places to dine in for lunch. A great lunch menu available. Right next-door is "Living Trends" - various garden plants, furniture and garden statues, can be purchased at direct prices.

SH2 - Greytown.
Phone: 06 304 8550

Kaitoke Country Gardens

Visit: www.kaitokecountrygardens.co.nz
Phone 04 526 6639

Fell Museum

Take a 10min - 2hr tour and view the magnificently restored NZR Fell Locomotive H199 , the engine which received the prestigious A & G Price Award for the best locomotive restoration for 1990.

Go back in time and see a 20 minute video of the Rimutaka locomotive era.

Fax: 06 308 9343
email:fell.loco.museum@xtra.co.nz

The sophisticated and uniqueness of Martinborough - Choose to visit some of the following:

Absolutely Positively Fabulous: Paintings, sculpture, furniture, pottery and ornaments by local artists

Phone: 06 306 9557 (Closed Monday in winter)

Wine Centre: A boutique winery where you may enjoy some wine tasting and lunch from a great lunch menu & cheese board.

Phone: 06 306 9040
website: www.martinboroughwinecentre.co.nz

Akrotiri Estate:

Enjoy this Mediterranean experience only five minutes from the Square in Martinborough. A lovely garden of Irises & Roses. Olive oil tasting available. Purchases can be made from the different jam and olive nuts - produced from the gardens and orchards.

Phone: 06 306 9891 Fax: 06 306 9896

Martinborough Brewing company: Just established in 2002 the Brewing company is a great place to go after your visit to the various places in the Wairarapa Take a seat inside and enjoy a lovely cold beer. Food available for purchase

Phone: 06 306 8310

Paua Shell Factory & Shop: Take a free factory tour to see Paua, Pink Mussel & Mother of Pearl shells being crafted as well as an informative video on the life of the Paua. Choose from a wide range of exquisite quality jewellery, gifts, ornaments and NZ Souvenirs in the treasure trove of the shop.

Light lunch, morning and afternoon teas available for large groups by arrangement.

54 Kent St, Carterton, Wairarapa
Phn: 06 379 6777 Fax: 06 379 6775
Email: Rosie@pauashell.co.nz

Cobblestones Museum: (established in 1969)

169 Main St, Greytown
Phone: 06 304 9687

Visit the Wairarapa Regional Early Settler museum. View the Colonial Cottage, Wairarapas first public hospital erected in Greytown in 1875 and other historic buildings of the Wairarapa

Picture - Mangapakeha School, opened 1902

Weekend Away

NZ Rugby Museum: Founded in 1968 the most comprehensive collection of Rugby mementos anywhere - caps, jerseys, trophies, autographed balls, badges, photographs, blazers, ties - from wherever the game is played, from 1870 right up to the present day.

87 Cuba St, Palmerston North
Phone: 06 385 6947

Ohakea Wing, Air Force Museum: This museum outlines the story of the 4000 people who lived at RNZAF Ohakea, NZ's only Operational Strike Base.

As you move through the Exhibition Hall, experience a fascinating tour from the wartime pride of Ohakeas squadrons serving overseas, the frustrations of those who served at home, to the jet era and beyond.

State Highway 1, between Bulls & Sanson
Phone: 06 351 5020
Fax: 06 351 5020

Tawhiti Museum: Widely acclaimed as the best private museum in the country, Tawhiti portrays a visual history of South Taranaki life, from early Maori to the present day, using life-size people and models, in carefully constructed authentic settings with special sound and light effects.

During Winter (June-Aug) - Open Sundays only
Ohangai Rd, Hawera, TARANAKI ~ Phone: 06 278 6837
website - www.yellow.co.nz/site/tawhitimuseum