2025 World of Wearable Art® (WOW) Show:

We are transferred from our home anywhere in the greater Auckland, Tauranga or Christchurch areas and taken to the airport to join our short flight to Wellington.  On arrival we are met by our coach and driver and transferred to our 4-star central Hotel—Novotel Wellington.  The remainder of the day is at leisure.

Enjoy an early dinner at the hotel before the highlight of our stay in Wellington.  We are transferred to the TSB Bank Arena where will enjoy a non-stop two-hour spectacular Wearable Art Show!!

We have secured Platinum tickets to ensure great views of the show and have included a complimentary souvenir programme. What a night t0 remember!!!!

We have left today free for you to enjoy the sights and sounds of this lovely city.    A visit to Te Papa & The Dominion Museum is a must !  Perhaps a visit to the many other museums & galleries, a free tour of Parliament Buildings, or take a cable car ride to the Botanical Garden.  There is so much to see and do !

Dinner tonight is at the hotel.           

After our buffet breakfast we join our coach for a wonderful day spent in the scenic Wairarapa. We’ll enjoy some time in historic Greytown with its carefully restored Victorian buildings and top-notch shops.  Time for some retail therapy here before on to  Martinborough, a quirky little village with a majestic square at its heart.  The  Martinborough Hotel takes pride of place at the entrance to the square. Developer Edmund Buckeridge described it in 1882 as “one of the finest hostelries ever  erected in any inland town in New Zealand”.  We enjoy a light lunch in Martinborough before returning to Wellington late afternoon.

Enjoy dinner at the hotel tonight.

Another delicious buffet breakfast awaits us this morning and then time to enjoy some personal sightseeing or shopping.

We will be asked to check out this morning but luggage will be stored at the hotel.  We are transferred to the  airport in time for our homeward flight. On arrival at our homeport we will be met and taken back to our home  addresses in the greater Auckland, Tauranga or Christchurch  areas.

OPTION: Return to Auckland by Train $50.00 per person supplement

*Return to Auckland via the Northern Explorer Train  $40.00 supplement.

Experience the North Island’s  extraordinary range of scenery in one    journey, the Northern Explorer takes you through rolling green farmland and virgin bush, past quaint country towns and along rocky coasts.  The journey through Tongariro National Park, with its three spectacular volcanic mountains –  Tongariro, Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu—is a highlight, a place of extremes and  surprises, where snow-blanketed fields, ancient lava flows and dense beech forests can be seen side by side.

Train departs Wellington at 7.55 a.m.

Arrives Auckland at 6.50 p.m.

We will still transfer you  from the train station and take you back to your home address in Auckland (within a 25K radius).