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Events at Holland Gardens

• On Saturday (5 March), there will be a 90-minute guided walk through the 4.5 ha property starting at 10am. While inspecting the gardens, participants will hear about the property’s history and get details of some of the stand-out plants, planned winter projects and approaches to succession planting.

• On Sunday (6 March), a two-hour workshop from 2pm will focus on tips and techniques for seed saving. Participants are encouraged to bring their own seeds for an informal swap stall, and containers to carry seeds

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Visit Wanganui - Luxury Accommodation Aotea Motor Lodge

Visit Wanganui's top luxury accommodation - Aotea Motor Lodge. Just an couple of hours from Taranaki.

Aotea Motor Lodge facilities:

• Kitchens with tea, coffee and toast facilities and micorwaves
• Queen beds; superior comfort mattresses, triple sheeting and duvet covers changed on our guests departure
• Double spa, air conditioning, ensuite and high pressure showers in every apartment
• 5-channel Sky Digital TV with 32” LCD screen and video/DVD player
• FREE Broadband Internet
• Laundry and dry cleaning services
• Iron/ironing board
• Free local calls to landlines. “Actual cost” charging for cellphone, national or international calls
• Business services, including meeting rooms – ask us about our corporate room rates
• Cots and highchairs available

For more places to visit in NZ:

Taranaki NZ 
Wellington City 
Auckland New Zealand 
Dunedin NZ 
Christchurch NZ 
Hawkes Bay NZ 
Gisborne NZ 
Tauranga NZ 
Waikato NZ 
Wanganui City 
Queenstown NZ 

Enrol to Vote!

Local elections are coming up - Friday is the last day to enroll to be able to vote. The elections will be held on October 9, 2010 - by post.

Make a stand and choose the right leader to help the development of your city!

View Profiles of some of NZ's Local Candidates:

Wanganui Annette Main

Napier Michelle Pyke

Horowhenua Anne Hunt

Western Bay of Plenty Jane Nees

Christchurch City Brad Maxwell

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Pukeiti Gardens, Taranaki

We visited Pukeiti in the wrong season - autumn. Nevertheless, one can not fail to recognize the beauty of this established garden setting. It took us an hour and fifteen minutes to go around part of the area.

Pukeiti Gardens - Taranaki, New Zealand

Pukeiti is a 360 hectare rain forest property located between Mount Egmont/Taranaki and the scenic west coast, just south of New Plymouth.Established in 1951, these beautiful gardens are an easy walk along mostly grassed tracks.

Pukeiti is open all year round, except Christmas Day, and is a popular destination for tourists, visitors and locals, with free admittance for school children. Refreshments are available from the Gatehouse Cafe overlooking the gardens and include morning and afternoon teas and light lunches.

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Taranaki is a good 4 and a half hours from Auckland and 2 and half hours from Wanganui. Wanganui is another town where local and international tourists can marvel at spectacular gardens.

Taranaki Garden Festival

Open gardens in Spring!
Very beautiful gardens in Stratford and Taranaki region, New Zealand.

Some gardens, you can visit for free. Some you'd have to pay up to $10 per person!

The gardens are absolutely amazing!

Mt Taranaki

Mt Taranaki is a majestic view. However, it's not an easy climb. Tremendous care should be considered in climbing this mountain. Many have experienced an ill-fate. If you are interested in a mountain climbing adventure, make sure you are wearing the right gear. Join a club to ensure there are people to assist you when there is danger. Always keep a healthy presence of mind and condition your body before a climb.

Mt Taranaki

Mount Taranaki, Mount Egmont, or simply Taranaki is an active^[4][5] but quiescent stratovolcano in the Taranaki region on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island. Its official name is the equivocal Mount Taranaki or Mount Egmont.^[6] The 2518-metre-high mountain is one of the most symmetrical volcanic cones in the world. There is a secondary cone, Fanthams Peak (1966 m), on the south side. Because of its resemblance to Mount Fuji, Taranaki provided the backdrop for the movie The Last Samurai.

Volcanic activity

Taranaki is geologically young, having commenced activity approximately 135,000 years ago. The most recent volcanic activity was the production of a lava dome in the crater and its collapse down the side of the mountain in the 1850s or 1860s.^[7] Before that, a moderate ash eruption occurred about 1755, of the size of Ruapehu's activity in 1995/1996, and the last major eruption occurred around 1655. Recent research has shown that over the last 9000 years minor eruptions have occurred roughly every 90 years on average, with major eruptions every 500 years.

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