#Lion: The Round the World Race With Lion New Zealand
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The first few chapters of Lion talking about the Blakes delivering the boat from New Zealand to England with baby Sarah-Jane onboard are so adorable. They made her a swing in the cabin and she got to see the Galapagos tortoises and swim in the Panama Canal! And Peter and Pippa dressed up to give her a (very gentle) line-crossing ceremony!
And then as an adult she got to sail on Lion again and do the Sydney-Hobart and that’s how she met her husband!
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29th June >> Mass Readings (Europe, Africa, New Zealand, Australia & Canada)
Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles
or
Monday, Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time.
Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles
(Liturgical Colour: Red)
First Reading
Acts of the Apostles 12:1-11
'Now I know the Lord really did save me from Herod'
King Herod started persecuting certain members of the Church. He beheaded James the brother of John, and when he saw that this pleased the Jews he decided to arrest Peter as well. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread, and he put Peter in prison, assigning four squads of four soldiers each to guard him in turns. Herod meant to try Peter in public after the end of Passover week. All the time Peter was under guard the Church prayed to God for him unremittingly.
On the night before Herod was to try him, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, fastened with double chains, while guards kept watch at the main entrance to the prison. Then suddenly the angel of the Lord stood there, and the cell was filled with light. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him. ‘Get up!’ he said ‘Hurry!’ – and the chains fell from his hands. The angel then said, ‘Put on your belt and sandals.’ After he had done this, the angel next said, ‘Wrap your cloak round you and follow me.’ Peter followed him, but had no idea that what the angel did was all happening in reality; he thought he was seeing a vision. They passed through two guard posts one after the other, and reached the iron gate leading to the city. This opened of its own accord; they went through it and had walked the whole length of one street when suddenly the angel left him. It was only then that Peter came to himself. ‘Now I know it is all true’ he said. ‘The Lord really did send his angel and has saved me from Herod and from all that the Jewish people were so certain would happen to me.’
The Word of the Lord
R/ Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 33(34):2-9
R/ From all my terrors the Lord set me free.
or
R/ The angel of the Lord rescues those who revere him.
I will bless the Lord at all times,
his praise always on my lips;
in the Lord my soul shall make its boast.
The humble shall hear and be glad.
R/ From all my terrors the Lord set me free.
or
R/ The angel of the Lord rescues those who revere him.
Glorify the Lord with me.
Together let us praise his name.
I sought the Lord and he answered me;
from all my terrors he set me free.
R/ From all my terrors the Lord set me free.
or
R/ The angel of the Lord rescues those who revere him.
Look towards him and be radiant;
let your faces not be abashed.
This poor man called, the Lord heard him
and rescued him from all his distress.
R/ From all my terrors the Lord set me free.
or
R/ The angel of the Lord rescues those who revere him.
The angel of the Lord is encamped
around those who revere him, to rescue them.
Taste and see that the Lord is good.
He is happy who seeks refuge in him.
R/ From all my terrors the Lord set me free.
or
R/ The angel of the Lord rescues those who revere him.
Second Reading
2 Timothy 4:6-8,17-18
All there is to come now is the crown of righteousness reserved for me
My life is already being poured away as a libation, and the time has come for me to be gone. I have fought the good fight to the end; I have run the race to the finish; I have kept the faith; all there is to come now is the crown of righteousness reserved for me, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that Day; and not only to me but to all those who have longed for his Appearing.
The Lord stood by me and gave me power, so that through me the whole message might be proclaimed for all the pagans to hear; and so I was rescued from the lion’s mouth. The Lord will rescue me from all evil attempts on me, and bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
The Word of the Lord
R/ Thanks be to God.
Gospel Acclamation
Matthew 16:18
Alleluia, alleluia!
You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church.
And the gates of the underworld can never hold out against it.
Alleluia!
Gospel
Matthew 16:13-19
You are Peter and on this rock I will build my Church
When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi he put this question to his disciples, ‘Who do people say the Son of Man is?’ And they said, ‘Some say he is John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.’ ‘But you,’ he said ‘who do you say I am?’ Then Simon Peter spoke up, ‘You are the Christ,’ he said ‘the Son of the living God.’ Jesus replied, ‘Simon son of Jonah, you are a happy man! Because it was not flesh and blood that revealed this to you but my Father in heaven. So I now say to you: You are Peter and on this rock I will build my Church. And the gates of the underworld can never hold out against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven: whatever you bind on earth shall be considered bound in heaven; whatever you loose on earth shall be considered loosed in heaven.’
The Gospel of the Lord
R/ Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
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Monday, Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time
(Liturgical Colour: Green)
First Reading
Amos 2:6-10,13-16
Because of your crimes I will crush you into the ground
The Lord says this:
For the three crimes, the four crimes, of Israel
I have made my decree and will not relent:
because they have sold the virtuous man for silver
and the poor man for a pair of sandals,
because they trample on the heads of ordinary people
and push the poor out of their path,
because father and son have both resorted to the same girl,
profaning my holy name,
because they stretch themselves out by the side of every altar
on clothes acquired as pledges,
and drink the wine of the people they have fined
in the house of their god...
Yet it was I who overthrew the Amorites when they attacked,
men tall as cedars and strong as oaks,
I who destroyed them,
both fruit above ground
and root below.
It was I who brought you out of the land of Egypt
and for forty years led you through the wilderness
to take possession of the Amorite’s country.
See then how I am going to crush you into the ground
as the threshing-sledge crushes when clogged by straw;
flight will not save even the swift,
the strong man will find his strength useless,
the mighty man will be powerless to save himself.
The bowman will not stand his ground,
the fast runner will not escape,
the horseman will not save himself,
the bravest warriors will run away naked that day.
It is the Lord who speaks.
The Word of the Lord
R/ Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 49(50):16-23
R/ Mark this, you who never think of God.
‘How can you recite my commandments
and take my covenant on your lips,
you who despise my law
and throw my words to the winds?
R/ Mark this, you who never think of God.
‘You who see a thief and go with him;
who throw in your lot with adulterers,
who unbridle your mouth for evil
and whose tongue is plotting crime.
R/ Mark this, you who never think of God.
‘You who sit and malign your brother
and slander your own mother’s son.
You do this, and should I keep silence?
Do you think that I am like you?
R/ Mark this, you who never think of God.
‘Mark this, you who never think of God,
lest I seize you and you cannot escape;
a sacrifice of thanksgiving honours me
and I will show God’s salvation to the upright.’
R/ Mark this, you who never think of God.
Gospel Acclamation
John 8:12
Alleluia, alleluia!
I am the light of the world, says the Lord;
anyone who follows me will have the light of life.
Alleluia!
Or:
Psalm 94:8
Alleluia, alleluia!
Harden not your hearts today,
but listen to the voice of the Lord.
Alleluia!
Gospel
Matthew 8:18-22
The Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head
When Jesus saw the great crowds all about him he gave orders to leave for the other side. One of the scribes then came up and said to him, ‘Master, I will follow you wherever you go.’ Jesus replied, ‘Foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.’
Another man, one of his disciples, said to him, ‘Sir, let me go and bury my father first.’ But Jesus replied, ‘Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their dead.’
The Gospel of the Lord
R/ Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
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'Very different' - Coaches and players on how the URC differs from Super Rugby
4:28am, 30 September 2021 After the wake-up call of the first week the sharp learning curve the South African teams are on in the United Rugby Championship will steepen even further as the second round looks set to throw several of the varied challenges at them that make the new competition unique.ADVERTISEMENTThe Cell C Sharks will be the first South African team to play a URC game on a synthetic pitch as they travel to Glasgow to face the Glasgow Warriors on the Scotstoun 4G artificial surface on Saturday. The previous night the Vodacom Bulls, if the weather forecasts have it correct, are going to get a foretaste of what to expect later in the competition during the northern winter when they play in Galway, and it is going to be even tougher for the Stormers in Limerick 24 hours later.Winds of 30 kilometres per hour and rain are expected for the Bulls game, while there is an 80% chance of rain and winds occasionally gusting beyond 65km/hour at the time of the Thomond Park clash between the Stormers and home team Munster.
So there will have to be a game adjustment for those teams in addition to whatever else they absorbed and have internalised from their defeats to in the opening round of competition. And for the one successful SA team from the opening round, the Emirates Lions, there’s going to be a necessary tweak to game strategy as they move from Italy to the different challenge they will face playing in Wales as they face up to Scarlets on Friday night.Wing Yaw Penxe has played on the 4G surface before when he played PRO14 for the Southern Kings and says that he and his teammates are heading for a different experience to what they are used to when they play in Glasgow. But he says he is looking forward to the challenge posed by a quicker surface and therefore a quicker game.“The ball does travel quite a bit faster, and if it goes to ground won’t stick like on grass,” said Penxe. “Us as players will have to run a bit more and the game will be a bit faster as well. The ball really races when you let it bounce.”The pitch though isn’t the only variation to what they are used to that the Sharks can look forward to. They are also going to be playing for the first time against the more racy, high tempo Scottish playing style that they will also encounter when they play against Edinburgh later in the competition.ADVERTISEMENT“The two Scottish teams will bring a style that will be distinctively different from what we will experience playing against the other teams as they have been influenced by Scotland coach Gregor Townsend, who was of course attack coach of the British and Irish Lions,” said Sharks defence coach John McFarland.McFarland worked with Heyneke Meyer at both the Springboks and before that the Bulls, so he has experience of international rugby and Super Rugby. He reckons that being a defence coach in the URC is as challenging as it is in Super Rugby.“There’s not really much difference to be honest. If the opposition get into your 22 they will maul you and come at you around the corner, so you must not give the opposition penalties that will allow them to get into your 22,” said McFarland.Needless to say, after the Sharks conceded 17 penalties to just six in last week’s heavy defeat to Munster in Limerick, McFarland doesn’t have to think too hard about what his team needs to rectify. It’s all about discipline.ADVERTISEMENT“There were 12 entries into our 22 last week, all of them were from penalties, and Munster didn’t get into our 22 any other way,” he said.The Stormers’ defence coach Norman Laker isn’t as experienced or well traveled as McFarland is, but he has coached at Super Rugby level and doesn’t have much doubt that being an attack coach in URC will be more challenging than it is in the former competition.“It is very different. If you play against the five New Zealand franchises you know what you are going to get, they are going to be physical and throw the ball around a lot,” says Laker."When Eddie and I met, which was probably a month before the announcement…"– The soon-to-be 31-year-old Lions pick was left out of Jones' England squad for this week's camp #England #Saracens #Lionshttps://t.co/fPdY2gtH8t— RugbyPass (@RugbyPass) September 30, 2021“If you make a mistake, they make you pay, and it is the same with the Australian teams. The two countries play similar styles. So if you are on a four game tour, you can prep for pretty much the same playing style in all four games. In the URC there is much more variation.“Benetton, who we played in the first week, are a physical team who have changed a bit because of their coaching, now we go to Munster who have world class players and a different style with South African and Australian (Stephen Larkham) influence in their coaching staff. Then we go to Edinburgh, who will throw the Scottish style of playing at us. Then we close off at Newport against the Dragons and that will be our first exposure to Welsh rugby.”For the Stormers’ centre Ruhan Nel the challenge of playing against such varied and different styles and influences each week is exciting but also for him not entirely new as it is reminiscent of what he faced in his days as a key member of the successful Springbok Sevens team.“These are the games you want to play, you want to experience what it is like to play against the Ireland style and then the next week you are playing against a Scottish team, and it reminds me a lot of Sevens,” said Nel. “In Sevens you can play against England in one game and then in the next against Fiji. You’ve got to be adaptable and adjust quickly, and it will be the same in this competition.”Credit: URCSA
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China Airlines to Launch Flights Between Taipei and Cebu, Philippines
China Airlines has unveiled plans to launch
flights between Taipei (Taoyuan)
and Cebu, Philippines.
Scheduled to commence on 29 March 2020, China
Airline will operate the route with six flights per week using
Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
Cebu will be China Airlines' second destination in Philippines after Manila to
receive regular scheduled services as part of the airline's
long-term push to expand its network in Southeast Asia.
Flights will depart every Monday,
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Flight CI705 is scheduled to leave Taipei
at 07:40 and
arrive at 10:35 local time.
Flight CI706 is timed to leave Cebu at 11:35 and arrive back in Taipei (Taoyuan) at 14:30.
Cebu is
the second largest city in Philippines and is surrounded by 166
islands and a rich marine ecology. Its pristine beauty
has made it an extremely popular international diving and holiday destination.
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32 years after racing in the Whitbread round-the-world challenge, Lion New Zealand is getting a new lease of life… http://ift.tt/2sm8pR5
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Top 20 Best Things to Do in North Island of New Zealand – I am Aileen
New Zealand is a coveted vacation spot by many and within the two most important landmasses that comprise it, it’s no information that the South Island (Te Waipounamu) sometimes steals a lot of the vacationers’ consideration — nevertheless, there are a number of superb issues to do in North Island (Te Ika-a-Māui) that everybody ought to NOT miss out on too!
Actually, aside from the standard elegant mixture of forests and mountains, the North Island is very recognized for its wild surf seashores (notably on the west coast and Coromandel Peninsula), geothermal exercise (as per Taupo and Rotorua’s wonders), cultural focus (provided that the Māori are primarily concentrated there), and LOTR origin (consider the well-known Hobbiton and Weta Workshop).
Clearly, there are an array of spectacular actions you could verify off of your bucket record right here. Actually, to make it an entire lot simpler for you, I’ve listed under the highest must-do’s and must-see’s on your New Zealand journey within the North Island! The most effective half…? You are able to do most of those epic actions if you happen to be a part of a street journey journey with Wild Kiwi!
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The place to Keep in North Island?
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Issues to Do in North Island
#1 – Have some ocean enjoyable
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Pristine seashores, legendary surf, and rugged cliffs — North Island’s shoreline is the right place to chill out or catch some waves!
Auckland: Known as because the “Metropolis of Sails”, you shouldn’t go away this hub with out exploring its coast and close by islands — from the famed Rangitoto Volcano to the plush Waiheke Island. In any other case, you’ll be able to frolic across the black sand seashores of Karekare and Muriwai, after which pop over to Piha to surf and discover Lion Rock. For those who’re fairly in search of a crusing expertise, you are able to do a harbour cruise tour or higher but, get a style of what it’s wish to yacht race in a single the world’s most prestigirous crusing regata.
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Bay of Islands: With over 140 subtropical islands in its enclave, this can be a nice vacation spot in the summertime because it is filled with hidden seashores and nice terrains. Begin your journey from the ocean port of Russells which is the primary everlasting European settlement in New Zealand as you discover historic buildings and promenades. Afterwards, a number of the issues you will need to see on this group of islands are Urupukapuka Island and Rainbow Warrior (shipwreck in Matauri Bay).
TIP: Wanna journey with ease? E book a tour to the Bay of Islands and Waitangi right here.
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Coromandel Peninsula: This pure surprise has two prime highlights…
Sizzling Water Seashore at Mercury Bay = This place is exclusive for its underground geothermal scorching springs that may simply be ‘accessed’ by digging by the sand as a result of it’s then that the recent water escapes by the floor — thereby forming considerably of a scorching water pool for guests.
Cathedral Cove (Te Whanganui-A-Hei) Marine Reserve = With its lovely white sand, turquoise waters and towering rock formations, this place is kind of a sight! I guarantee you that the hike to this cove is well worth the effort; in addition to, the pathway right here that’s well-known for being the opening scene from the film Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.
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Raglan: This small coastal city is legendary for its general surf tradition and its black sands in Ngarunui Seashore. As one of many world’ longest left-hand surf break, will probably be fairly an expertise to surf right here!
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#2 – Expertise pure spas
Photograph by Polynesian Spa
The place to be is in Rotorua given its distinctive geothermal exercise which steams up from nearly wherever: from the city’s pavements, the geyser fields, the mud swimming pools and the recent springs. As such, it is best to reap the benefits of this thermal expertise by visiting the next…
Polynesian Spa: Voted as one of many world’s prime 10 spas, this lakeside institution is famend for its therapeutic waters and decadent therapies for the reason that 1800s. Principally, waters from two pure springs are fed into their 28 scorching mineral swimming pools, so there’s lots to go round for everybody! (See their web site right here).
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Hell’s Gate: For a distinct expertise, Hell’s Gate is finest recognized for its mud baths and sulphurous spas, as harking back to the showering and sweetness therapies practised by the Maori folks. If I’ll share a tip, comply with it up with a standard Maori ‘Miri Miri’ therapeutic massage that they’ve. (E book your rest retreat right here).
TIP: You would additionally uncover thermal swimming pools to wash in on the forest of Kerosene Creek or on the ‘scorching water seashore’ of Lake Tarawera.
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#3 – Attempt white water rafting
It is a good thing to do with your loved ones or pals when in Rotorua’s Kaituna River! That is really one of many issues to do in North Island that I made positive to verify and it absolutely turned out to be a unprecedented expertise!
We went by steep native bush canyons and over 14 rapids and three waterfalls, together with the world-renowned 7-meter Tutea Falls which is the ‘Highest Commercially Rafted Waterfall within the World’! Fact be instructed, this was my first white water rafting exercise of all time and it was completely a fantastic first. (Finest to e book this with Kaitiaki).
TIP: One other place the place you are able to do that is in Tongariro River close to Taupō.
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#4 – Go to breweries, wineries & vineyards
Not lots of people know this however New Zealand doesn’t solely have nice wine however additionally nice beer! The most effective place for this within the North Island must be the premier wine area of Hawke’s Bay which has been usually known as because the ‘Wine Nation’. So for starters, go loopy on the purple and white wines there — however extra so on the purple for the reason that area is a number one producer of full-bodied purple wines. In the case of beer, be aware of the craft beer of Hawkes Bay Brewing Co. in Napier.
In case you’ll be able to’t go to Hawke’s Bay, try the excursions under which might be held close to the most important cities of the North Island:
#5 – Go up excessive
Because the land of journey and breathtaking landscapes, admiring New Zealand from up excessive is a MUST in your issues to do in North Island!
Sky diving: Dive with highly-trained tandem skydiving instructors and free fall from hundreds of ft within the air — it’s positive to be an expertise that can go away you speechless (and also you’ll even get to go residence with bragging rights!). For this, I counsel doing it both in Auckland or Taupo within the North Island.
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Sky Stroll: Get the very best vantage level of Auckland metropolis from the 192-meter Sky Tower, the best constructing in New Zealand! (To e book your spot, go right here). On this expertise, you’ll principally stroll on a 1-meter vast platform with no handrails, however with a security harness in fact. Whilst you stroll 360 levels round this tower, you’ll get to cease at numerous factors to have your photograph taken, study extra of Auckland’s historical past, in addition to lean over the sting.
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#6 – Go soar
Photograph from Taupo Bungy
Do you know that New Zealand invented bungy leaping? …Effectively okay, technically, folks in Oceania have been leaping from tall towers for hundreds of years — BUT, it was a bunch of Kiwis who commercialized bungee / bungy leaping within the 1980’s, and as you realize, the remainder is historical past. Given this truth, will probably be a blast to problem your fears and do a bungy soar within the nation that began all of it. For the very best locations, see under…
#7 – Go quick
Photograph by Huka Falls Jet
There are numerous issues to do in North Island that can allow you to undergo a quick and thrilling expertise…
Luge: Considerably of a mixture between a go-kart (with out the engine) and a toboggan (with out the snow), Rotorua’s “Luge” is a enjoyable and fast-paced journey exercise that’s nice for folks of all ages! I loved this a lot and lots of people even say that this place is best than the Luge exercise present in South Island’s Queenstown, so go and provides this a attempt!
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Jet Boat: That is an adrenaline-pumping exercise that was invented by New Zealand. So if you happen to like velocity, spins, and thrills mixed with marvelous water surroundings, happening a jet boating exercise might be price your whereas! I’ve gone by this expertise myself with Hukafalls Jet in Taupo and it was a great deal of enjoyable!
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Zorb: Additionally known as as ‘globe using’, zorbing entails rolling down a hill inside an enormous inflatable ball. Invented in 1994 in New Zealand, this has turn out to be one of many ‘must-do’ actions when within the nation and it usually offers you the possibility to decide on the type of path that you just’ll undergo — could or not it’s zigzag or straight!
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#8 – Kayaking
There are numerous kayaking alternatives within the North Island whereby you’ll be able to rise up shut with the character’s spectacular coastal formations in clear subtropical waters. A few of the finest locations to do it are in Auckland, Bay of Islands, Lake Taupo,and Lake Rotoiti (Tasman) amongst many others.
…Higher but, if you happen to ever sight a physique of water, search for the closest kayaking store to lease some for you and your loved ones and pals!
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#9 – Chase After Waterfalls & Lakes
Whangarei Falls from Shutterstock.com
With New Zealand’s majestic pure terrain, there may be at all times a beautiful waterfall or lake close by — wherever chances are you’ll be. A few of the notable ones might be…
Lake Taupo: It is a breathtaking lake that’s really the caldera of the Taupo Volcano. As the most important lake by floor space in New Zealand, one of many well-liked issues to do right here apart from kayaking is crusing with the intention to take pleasure in its waters or to go fishing. Plus, one spectacular stopover on your issues to do in North Island would be the iconic Mine Bay Maori Rock Carvings which is made up of a number of particular person carvings that every has its personal story and that means.
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Bridal Veil “Waireinga” Falls: Present in Pakoka River in Waikato space, this plunge waterfall is 55 meters excessive and with its energy, it has fashioned a big pool at its base over time.
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Whangarei Falls: Arguably essentially the most photogenic waterfall in New Zealand, this 26-meter watefall has ample walkways round and alongside the river and is a well-liked picnic spot since th 80s.
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Huka Falls: This highly effective but astonishing set of bluish waterfalls on the Waikato River drains onwards to Lake Taupo. It’s stated that per second, the quantity of water flowing by it usually approaches 220,000 liters! For a unprecedented expertise, don’t overlook to attempt jet boating with Hukafalls Jet right here!
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Lake Waikaremoana: Positioned in Te Urewera, you can see right here considered one of New Zealand’s 9 “Nice Walks” which is the Lake Waikaremoana monitor that entails a Three to 4-day tramping (vigorous strolling). This roughly follows half of the lake’s circumference as you undergo a pristine rainforest, wetlands, valleys of mist, waterfalls, rivers, and a magical ‘goblin forest’.
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#10 – Biking
For those who’re into biking, irrespective of if you happen to’re a newbie or not, New Zealand is a good place to do it in — relaxation assured, there are many rental suppliers that yow will discover throughout your keep. To start out off, there are a number of “Nice Rides” in Nga Haerenga (“The Journeys”) path to select from for each age and talent and a number of the locations to do it in are in…
Hawke’s Bay Trails
Rimutaka Cycle Path
Nice Lake Path
For an entire record, see right here.
#11 – Witness Maōri Tradition
Powhiri ceremony photograph by Graeme Murray
The Māori are the indigenous Polynesian folks of New Zealand and Rotorua in addition to its surrounding cities arguably has the best focus of Māori villages.
With that in thoughts, it’s a should to go to not less than a type of villages with the intention to immerse your self with the historical past and customs of the Maori folks — a tradition that the nation is very happy with. I visited the most effective villages, Tamaki Maori Village, and a number of the many superb issues that you just’ll expertise and which I personally cherished was witnessing the grand pōwhiri (welcoming ceremony with waka or warrior canoe), practising hongi (conventional greeting through which folks press their noses collectively), seeing the highly effective haka (conventional conflict cry), studying in regards to the Maori historical past, partaking in a hangi (conventional Maori feast), and extra!
Another villages that you could possibly additionally verify are…
Mitai Maori Village: Fairly just like Tamaki Maori Village whereby the expertise is completed in a pure bush setting and the welcoming ceremony (powhiri) is completed with an historical warrior canoe (waka). To e book, go right here — in any other case, you may also purchase a bundled ticket the place additionally, you will enter the Rainbow Springs in Rotorua (a compact zoo with a kiwi hatchery and interactive animal encounters).
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Te Puia: The performances on this village are carried out in a contemporary makeshift constructing (in contrast to Tamaki and Mitai whereby it’s carried out within the bush or forest), however the distinctive factor about this place is that apart from the Kiwi Home (the place you’ll be able to witness the elusive kiwi), you may also marvel on the geothermal wonders which might be unfold over its 60 hectares of land, together with the well-known Pohutu Geyser which is the Southern Hemispheres largest lively geyser. In your immersion, you’ll be able to select both a day or evening expertise (however I personally advocate the evening portion since you’ll be able to take pleasure in all the pieces below the starry sky).
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#12 – Do metropolis/city excursions and stops
Throughout your entire journey, the next excursions and stops needs to be excessive in your issues to do in North Island…
Auckland Metropolis Highlights
Auckland Harbour Cruise
Wellington Shoreline Tour
Wellington Te Papa Museum Tour
Feilding: A relentless winner for being known as because the nation’s ‘Most Lovely City’ given its beatiful Edwardian structure, boutique buying and rural appeal.
Napier: Common for its beautifully-preserved 1930s structure of art-deco buildings.
Raglan: An excellent coastal group with a ‘boho’ vibe. It additionally gives the very best browsing within the nation.
Russell in Bay of Islands: The primary everlasting European settlement in New Zealand.
Te Mata Peak close to Hastings metropolis: A picturesque peak providing views over the Heretaunga Plains, Hawke’s Bay and Napier.
Whakatane: Present in Bay of A lot, it’s often known as being New Zealand’s ‘Sunshine Capital’.
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#13 – Go to Center-earth
For the ‘Lord of the Rings’ and ‘The Hobbit‘ film followers like me, a visit to New Zealand is your once-in-a-lifetime probability to enterprise off into your personal Center-earth journey! The excellent news? Most of it’s discovered within the North Island. The highest two locations for you’ll be…
Hobbiton Film Set: That is the well-known 12-acre film set of the enduring village of the Shire. As a customer, you’ll be guided by a two-hour strolling tour to the totally different hobbit gap homes (e.g. Sam and Frodo’s home) and different quintessential landmarks just like the Mill and the Inexperienced Dragon Inn (the place you may also seize a complimentary drink that’s brewed solely in Hobbiton!)
TIP: For those who’re up for it, you may get a packaged tour the place you not solely get to go to Hobbiton but in addition the Waitomo Caves from Auckland.
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Weta Workshop: That is the place you get the unique ‘behind-the-scenes’ tour on the workshop of the inventive geniuses who’re behind the movies of The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, District 9, King Kong, The Chronicles of Narnia and extra! All through the expertise, you’ll be up shut with all of the props, armor and automobiles created for the aforementioned movies and to cap it off, you’ll cease by the Weta Cave store the place there’s a mini museum, collectibles and film merchandise for all of the followers on the market. (For this you’ll be able to select a day tour or an prolonged night tour with the start line being in Wellington).
TRIVIA: The co-owners of Weta are Peter Jackson, Richard Taylor, Tania Rodger and Jamie Selkirk.
TIP: For a fuller expertise, you’ll be able to partake on this half or full day Lord of the Rings tour that explores the movie units throughout Wellington metropolis, together with the Shire, Rivendell, Isengard and the Nice River Anduin. It would additionally cease over at Weta and capped off with an orc-sized LOTR-themed lunch on the Scorch-O-Rama cafe.
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#14 – Watch a rugby recreation
All Blacks doing Haka from Shutterstock.com
For those who’re mad for rugby just like the Kiwis — most particularly to their beloved ‘All Blacks’ nationwide staff (who I first found by watching a viral video of their highly effective ‘Ka Mate’ haka efficiency) — then, there is no such thing as a higher place to indulge on this affair than to observe a recreation of the All Blacks of their residence floor which is in Eden Park in Auckland!
For a nationwide recreation, costs are normally between NZ$20 to $30 per individual, whereas worldwide video games are about NZ$60 to $150, relying on the place you select to take a seat.
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#15 – Eat, eat, eat!
New Zealand’s delicacies is essentially influenced by America, Europe and Southeast Asia and closely-related to Australia. Whereas Maori delicacies is a distinct factor altogether; however to provide you an thought, under is a listing of meals that you will need to attempt!
Afghans: Crunchy chocolate cookies
Crayfish: For those who’re from the Philippines like me, shelling out about NZ$80 is perhaps overkill, however New Zealand fishermen delight themselves when catching this so give it a attempt!
Fish and chips: This won’t be an authentic of New Zealand however it’s an important a part of the native meals
Hangi: You possibly can finest do that conventional Maori cooking methodology if you happen to be a part of one of many Maori cultural village excursions
Hokey Pokey: A vanilla ice cream blended with caramelized sugar
L&P (Lemon & Paeroa): It is a softdrink that’s proudly made by Kiwis. I’m not into softdrinks however I really like this for its candy lemony style
Lamb: This meat is cheaper within the nation — in any case, the sheep inhabitants is bigger than New Zealand’s human inhabitants!
Manuka honey: You’ll discover a number of issues in New Zealand blended with this and it is sensible to convey residence a jar as a memento too
Paua: A big sea snail that’s eaten uncooked, fried, and so on. (The shell of this snail is gorgeous, by the way in which!)
Pavlova: I’m in LOVE with this meringue dessert which has a crispy outer layer and mushy internal core
Meat or mince pie: Kiwis love their mince pies and that is principally a pastry stuffed with meat and gravy
Tuatua: Consuming this sort of shellfish is believed to be a Maori custom
Whitebait fritter: A type of omelette blended with small juvenile fish
Wine and cheese: New Zealand has a fantastic wine area and for the very best indulgement, pair a fruity purple wine with cheddar cheese
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#16 – Go climbing or trekking / tramping
Tongariro Nationwide Park from Shutterstock.com
Select from any of the next…
Any of the “Nice Walks”: See the whole record right here.
Wanna trek by Mordor? Verify the Tongariro Alpine Crossing in Tongariro Nationwide Park.
Do the Cape Brett Walkway: It is a difficult but rewarding coastal hike within the Bay of Islands.
Coromandel Coastal Stroll: Meanders by forests and offers nice sights over Coromandel Pinnacles, Nice Barrier Island, Port Charles and Cuvier Island.
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#17 – Climb mountains and summits
Mount Ruapehu from Shutterstock.com
Key choices could be…
Go to mountains:
Mount Ruapehu:That is the best mountain within the North Island, and although it’s an ative vlvano, it’s loved by a number of hikers, skiers and snowboarders.
Mount Taranaki: The 2nd highest mountain in North Island. Climbing that is fairly laborious however the views from up excessive might be price it.
Mount Taranaki: Additionally known as as Mount Egmont, that is an lively volcano which is alleged to be essentially the most completely fashioned within the nation. Climbing its prime ought to solely be tried in good climate and by skilled trampers — with good climate being from February to mid-April. (For extra data, go right here).
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Go up Rangitoto Summit: An Auckland icon, this grants nice panoramic views of the cityscape as you undergo lava fields and forests.
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#18 – Marvel at glow worms and discover caves
Photograph by Waitomo Glowworm Cave
Waitomo is a village that’s well-known for its intensive underground cave methods, and as a customer, you are able to do the next…
Waitomo Glowworm Cave: Do you need to see stars up shut — or higher but, see a galaxy of ‘tiny residing lights’? With this tour, you’ll be gliding silently on a ship by Waitomo River as you undergo the “starry” wonderland of the Glowworm Grotto which has hundreds of tiny glowworms (Arachnocampa luminosa) that radiate a luminescent bluish mild at the hours of darkness. Thoughts you, these creatures are distinctive to New Zealand solely!
TIP: For those who’re up for it, you may get a packaged tour the place you not solely get to go to the Waitomo Caves but in addition Hobbiton from Auckland.
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Ruakuri Cave: Very like the principle Waitomo Glowworm Cave, Ruakuri Cave tour gives the magical expertise of sighting glowworms up shut; however greater than this, you’ll be winding your method by spectacular limestone formations and crystal tapestries.
TIP: If you need a extra adventurous expertise, black water rafting is your best option for you as you abseil, weave, soar, climb and float by the beautiful underworld of Ruakuri Cave and some waterfalls too.
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Aranui Cave: Although that is the smallest out of Waitomo’s Three most important caves, visiting Aranui Cave will fairly provide you with a better have a look at all of the stalactites, stalagmites, flowstones and different limestone formations.
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#19 – Witness the wildlife
Photograph by Zealandia
New Zealand has lengthy developed right into a continent with distinctive natural world, so if you wish to sight its native wildlife, go and go to any of the next spots…
Zealandia Sanctuary: It is a protected pure space in Wellington whereby 225 hectares of forest is being restored. So far, that is stated to be the world’s first fenced city eco-sanctuary and it has since helped elevated the variety of sightings of species akin to tui and kākā. Aside from these, you may also see the Little Noticed Kiwi, glowworms and different native wildlife right here. (To purchase a ticket, go right here).
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Rainbow Spring Nature Park: A compact zoo in Rotorua with a kiwi hatchery and interactive animal encounters. (To purchase a ticket, go right here).
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Cape Kidnappers: This cape is residence to the most important and most accessible gannet (seabird) colony on this planet.
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Crimson Rocks Reserve: This straightforward coastal stroll from Owhiro Bay will lead you to an incredible fur seal colony with pups.
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Tiritiri Matangi Island: This island on the Hauraki Gulf is a surprising wildlife sanctuary for the nation’s native birds and endangered species. It is usually residence to a 150-year previous lighthouse, a community of trals, and pristine seashores.
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Tāwharanui Marine Reserve: One of the simplest ways to take pleasure in this reserve is to do both diving or snorkelling to be able to observe its colourful reefs and fishes. Fact be instructed, dolphins and orcas are even usually sighted within the space.
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#20 – Go to geothermal wonders
Wai O Tapu from Shutterstock.com
Rotorua is filled with a number of geothermal parks that can go away you in awe, and if I’ll counsel, it is best to select from any of those prime Three locations (after which metal your sense of odor!)
Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland: This showcases New Zealand’s most colourful and distinctive lively geothermal components which were sculpted by hundreds of years of volcanic exercise. (E book your ticket right here).
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Te Puia: Aside from being a Maori cultural village, Te Puia is legendary for its geothermal exercise particularly that of its Pōhutu Geyser which is alleged to be the most important geyser within the southern hemisphere. It additionally erupts a couple of times each hour at heights that would attain 30 meters!
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Hell’s Gate Geothermal Park and Mud Spa: Aside from witnessing boiling swimming pools and erupting waters, you could possibly additionally take pleasure in their scorching spring companies which might be coupled with a therapeutic mud and sulphur spa. (E book a spot right here).
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White Island: That is the nation’s most lively cone volcano and it’s discovered on the Bay of A lot. Regardless of its roaring gases and effervescent mud swimming pools, it’s really doable to step foot on this reside volcano’s internal crater by a tour! So if you happen to’re up for a once-in-a-lifetime journey, go and seize this opportunity.
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IMPORTANT: New Zealand has STRICT quarantine legal guidelines for undeclared meals and different biohazards. Which means that it is best to not herald any type of contemporary meals akin to bananas, apples, honey, and so on. as you just remember to eliminate them earlier than going by the luggage declare space. Processed or packaged meals could be accepted however you’re alleged to declare them in your arrival card. For those who’re ever doubtful, ask for clarification — in any other case, you’ll be charged with a hefty high quality.
For those who’ve received outside gear like diving gear, climbing boots, and so on. you will need to clear them earlier than you journey to New Zealand to ensure that the inspection course of to go extra shortly for you. Be suggested that New Zealand is agency about this given how they’ve sniffer canines and bio-sensitive X-ray machines to detect any undesirable objects.
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What’s the forex in New Zealand?
New Zealand Greenback (NZD) whereby about NZD 1.40~ is the same as USD $1, €0.85~ or Php 50~ (that is as of Might 2018).
When exchanging your cash to NZD, I extremely recommendation that you just do NOT trade it on the airport for the reason that charges there should not aggressive. So what do you have to fairly do? Both trade your cash at a financial institution or at a cash exchanger in your house nation or in any of New Zealand’s metropolis facilities. Higher but, simply withdraw from an ATM together with your debit/bank card (do one massive withdrawal to attenuate charges together with your financial institution). Talking of playing cards, a number of New Zealand’s institutions settle for bank cards however it’s at all times advisable to have money available.
When is the very best time to go to New Zealand?
Technically, there may be NEVER a nasty time to go to New Zealand; but in fact, since each the North and South Islands are lengthy and slim, climate just isn’t uniform. However as an summary, under are New Zealand’s seasons:
Summer time: (December to February) That is the preferred time; therefore, the busiest — however the seashores are nice throughout this time of the 12 months. Take word by the way in which that January would be the warmest month. Serious about this, New Zealand is a good escape for these months of the 12 months if you wish to get away from harsh winters.
Autumn: (March to Might) This time is attractive because the leaves change colours and it’s additionally the most effective instances to plan a getaway or a climbing spree for the reason that summer season crowds are principally gone. So as to add, charges are on an ‘off peak’ degree.
Winter: (June to August) Queenstown as an example might be your winter wonderland, however there absolutely are a variety of ski areas across the nation. For those who are available June you’ll be able to benefit from the Queenstown Winter Competition.
Spring: (September to November) This is among the ‘off peak’ seasons as you get to take pleasure in hotter days and longer daytime.
Methods to get to New Zealand?
By air. Auckland Worldwide Airport (AKL) is New Zealand’s largest airport, adopted by Wellington, Christchurch, Queenstown and Dunedin. To seek for the very best flight offers, I extremely advocate scanning by SkyScanner. In the meantime, you’ll be able to attain the town from the airport by Airbus Categorical (NZ$16), shuttle vans, or taxi (could be NZ$50 to NZ$100). Uber has a flat charge of NZ$70, wherereas Zoomy expenses between NZ$39 to NZ$66.
By boat. Auckland is a significant cruise ship port of name with its most important cruise terminal situated on Queens Wharf.
How can I am going round New Zealand’s North Island?
By air. Doing home flights from one place to a different may be very straightforward in New Zealand and they’re usually cheaper than driving or taking trains. A few of the airways you’ll be able to select from are Air New Zealand, Virgin Australia and Jetstar.
By automobile. Driving in New Zealand is completely calm and nice (you drive on the left), that’s why a number of guests choose to go on street journeys when visiting the nation. It helps to notice although that fuel and rental charges could be fairly costly, this is the reason lots of people who’ve a protracted vacation within the nation would fairly favor to purchase a automobile or van after which resell it earlier than leaving — or higher but, they only be a part of street journey excursions that can take them to the very best spots! My advice? Try Wild Kiwi! I went with them throughout my keep in New Zealand and I had a blast!
By bus. It is a comparatively low-cost option to get round New Zealand however it helps to notice that companies between main cities are normally solely as soon as per day and that the buses are likely to get full, so it helps to e book a couple of days upfront (doing so may also enable you rating bargains). A few of the main traces are Atomic Shuttles, Flying Kiwi, InterCity and Kiwi Expertise.
By practice. Each Auckland and Wellington have commuter rail companies and they’re operated by AT Metro in Auckland and Metlink in Wellington. In the meantime, inter-city rail passenger companies are operated by ‘Nice Journeys of New Zealand’ and so they fairly deal with vacationer trains which go by spectacular surroundings and have a working commentary, panoramic home windows and an open-air viewing carriage (an instance of which is ‘The Northern Explorer’ which runs between Auckland and Wellington).
By bicycle. For those who’re up for the problem, using a motorbike or biking is a good way to go across the landscapes of New Zealand, and it’s pretty straightforward to get a rental.
TIP: For navigation on street journeys (other than utilizing a GPS) or for navigating your self by public transportation, you should use Google Maps. To remain linked on-line, you’ll be able to lease a pocket wifi through Tep Wi-fi. (Use code “IAMAILEEN” to save lots of 15% off in your Tep Wi-fi pocket wifi rental!)
The place to finest keep (for lodging)?
There’s in fact a spread of lodging in New Zealand so that you can select from. To seek for the very best lodging at the very best costs, I counsel trying out Agoda and Reserving.com. However if you happen to’re fairly excited by renting snug homes, verify AirBnB.
For a listing of the highest lodging, see my posts under…
Ought to I get a visa to go to New Zealand?
You possibly can verify this record of nations to see who does NOT want vacationer visas to enter New Zealand. Naturally, if you happen to’re NOT a citizen of any of the listed international locations, you’ll then want to use for a vacationer visa within the New Zealand embassy that’s close to you. For those who’re a Philippine citizen like me, you’ll be able to learn my information on ‘Methods to Apply for a New Zealand Visa‘.
Useful Māori phrases
English is the dominant language spoken by most Kiwis (New Zealanders) however the nation’s de jure official languages are Māori and New Zealand Signal Language (NZSL). Relaxation assured, Māori persons are bilingual and might communicate English too, however they’ll be blissful to listen to you attempt to communicate the Māori language.
If you wish to study a couple of useful phrases, just remember to pronounce the next correctly!
Good day (to 1 individual, formal): Tēnā koe (Te-na koy)
Good day (to 1 individual, casual): Kia ora (Key-oar-rah)
Thanks: Kia ora (Key-oar-rah) ~ pronounced with a rising intonation
Sure: Āe (I)
No: Kāore (Kao-re)
Goodbye (stated by individual leaving): E noho rā (E-noho ra)
Goodbye (stated by individual staying): Haere rā (Hayre ra)
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I’m sorry: Aroha mai (Ar-ro-ha-mai)
Assist!: Āwhina! (Af-fin-nuh!)
Cheers!: Kia ora! (Key-oar-rah!)
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'Very different' - Coaches and players on how the URC differs from Super Rugby
4:28am, 30 September 2021 After the wake-up call of the first week the sharp learning curve the South African teams are on in the United Rugby Championship will steepen even further as the second round looks set to throw several of the varied challenges at them that make the new competition unique.ADVERTISEMENTThe Cell C Sharks will be the first South African team to play a URC game on a synthetic pitch as they travel to Glasgow to face the Glasgow Warriors on the Scotstoun 4G artificial surface on Saturday. The previous night the Vodacom Bulls, if the weather forecasts have it correct, are going to get a foretaste of what to expect later in the competition during the northern winter when they play in Galway, and it is going to be even tougher for the Stormers in Limerick 24 hours later.Winds of 30 kilometres per hour and rain are expected for the Bulls game, while there is an 80% chance of rain and winds occasionally gusting beyond 65km/hour at the time of the Thomond Park clash between the Stormers and home team Munster.
So there will have to be a game adjustment for those teams in addition to whatever else they absorbed and have internalised from their defeats to in the opening round of competition. And for the one successful SA team from the opening round, the Emirates Lions, there’s going to be a necessary tweak to game strategy as they move from Italy to the different challenge they will face playing in Wales as they face up to Scarlets on Friday night.Wing Yaw Penxe has played on the 4G surface before when he played PRO14 for the Southern Kings and says that he and his teammates are heading for a different experience to what they are used to when they play in Glasgow. But he says he is looking forward to the challenge posed by a quicker surface and therefore a quicker game.“The ball does travel quite a bit faster, and if it goes to ground won’t stick like on grass,” said Penxe. “Us as players will have to run a bit more and the game will be a bit faster as well. The ball really races when you let it bounce.”The pitch though isn’t the only variation to what they are used to that the Sharks can look forward to. They are also going to be playing for the first time against the more racy, high tempo Scottish playing style that they will also encounter when they play against Edinburgh later in the competition.ADVERTISEMENT“The two Scottish teams will bring a style that will be distinctively different from what we will experience playing against the other teams as they have been influenced by Scotland coach Gregor Townsend, who was of course attack coach of the British and Irish Lions,” said Sharks defence coach John McFarland.McFarland worked with Heyneke Meyer at both the Springboks and before that the Bulls, so he has experience of international rugby and Super Rugby. He reckons that being a defence coach in the URC is as challenging as it is in Super Rugby.“There’s not really much difference to be honest. If the opposition get into your 22 they will maul you and come at you around the corner, so you must not give the opposition penalties that will allow them to get into your 22,” said McFarland.Needless to say, after the Sharks conceded 17 penalties to just six in last week’s heavy defeat to Munster in Limerick, McFarland doesn’t have to think too hard about what his team needs to rectify. It’s all about discipline.ADVERTISEMENT“There were 12 entries into our 22 last week, all of them were from penalties, and Munster didn’t get into our 22 any other way,” he said.The Stormers’ defence coach Norman Laker isn’t as experienced or well traveled as McFarland is, but he has coached at Super Rugby level and doesn’t have much doubt that being an attack coach in URC will be more challenging than it is in the former competition.“It is very different. If you play against the five New Zealand franchises you know what you are going to get, they are going to be physical and throw the ball around a lot,” says Laker."When Eddie and I met, which was probably a month before the announcement…"– The soon-to-be 31-year-old Lions pick was left out of Jones' England squad for this week's camp #England #Saracens #Lionshttps://t.co/fPdY2gtH8t— RugbyPass (@RugbyPass) September 30, 2021“If you make a mistake, they make you pay, and it is the same with the Australian teams. The two countries play similar styles. So if you are on a four game tour, you can prep for pretty much the same playing style in all four games. In the URC there is much more variation.“Benetton, who we played in the first week, are a physical team who have changed a bit because of their coaching, now we go to Munster who have world class players and a different style with South African and Australian (Stephen Larkham) influence in their coaching staff. Then we go to Edinburgh, who will throw the Scottish style of playing at us. Then we close off at Newport against the Dragons and that will be our first exposure to Welsh rugby.”For the Stormers’ centre Ruhan Nel the challenge of playing against such varied and different styles and influences each week is exciting but also for him not entirely new as it is reminiscent of what he faced in his days as a key member of the successful Springbok Sevens team.“These are the games you want to play, you want to experience what it is like to play against the Ireland style and then the next week you are playing against a Scottish team, and it reminds me a lot of Sevens,” said Nel. “In Sevens you can play against England in one game and then in the next against Fiji. You’ve got to be adaptable and adjust quickly, and it will be the same in this competition.”Credit: URCSA
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A strolling track 33 kilometres (20.5 miles) outside of the town of Hokitika will bring you up close and also personal to the canyon's shimmering blue-green waters and also dense forested borders. As you reach the viewing platform, a spectacular swing bridge emerges: this is the best spot for a picture chance.
Its lighthouse is the tallest in New Zealand-- a walk to this 23-metre-high (75.5-foot) appeal will subject you to a few of the North Island's many dramatic seaside sights. An engaging collection of fossil shells are located amid the lighthouse path; if you're fortunate you might identify some native hair seals and birds concealing in full view.
Castle Factor Lighthouse © Evert Frieling/ Shutterstock The North Island's Mt Ngauruho, New Zealand © Sangchai Olanrittinunt/ Shutterstock When one considers Moeraki, the initial point that comes to mind are the.
For any person thinking of going to New Zealand, it won't take lengthy to realize a majority of the country is divided between 2 large islands, each with their very own flair. The North Island offers extra city journeys in big cities like Auckland and also Wellington, plus warm springs, hot springs, as well as a relatively relentless variety of lovely coastlines.
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Here you also have the Southern Alps that run down the island and also the stunning arms-- both of which provide numerous jaw-dropping landscapes. I'll be sincere and say that as someone who feels an extreme urge to see and do whatever in New Zealand, deciding just how to separate my time in between the North as well as South Islands was challenging as I was getting ready for my perennial keep under.
Fly continuous from Wellington, after that collect your rental auto. Dunedin is a heritage city that exudes appeal and character. It has New Zealand's finest instances of Victorian and Edwardian style, including magnificent rock as well as brick structures with wrought iron detailing. It likewise has a track record for fine arts, colourful trainee life and wacky occasions.
Close to the city is Otago Peninsula, where you can see uncommon as well as remarkable native pets in their all-natural environment. Royal albatross (toroa), yellow-eyed penguins (hoiho), hair seals (kekeno) and sea lions (whakahao) survive on the peninsula. Dunedin is additionally convenient to Moeraki and Oamaru, locations of rate of interest just up the coastline.
The castle and also its fantastic gardens have actually been carefully recovered. You'll discover about Victorian society and the castle's scandalous and awful background Endeavor along the Otago Peninsula for encounters with little blue penguins, yellow-eyed penguins, albatross, hair seals as well as sea lions Drive one hr north to see the remarkable Moeraki Boulders, a team of significant round rocks that have to do with 65 million years old Oamaru likewise has a blue penguin nest - every night at sundown these charming little birds waddle up the beach to their houses after a day at sea Store, consume At Moeraki you can lunch at Fleur's Location, perhaps New Zealand's most well-known fish and shellfish dining establishment Drive an additional thirty minutes north to Oamaru to explore the community's beautifully preserved Victorian district.
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New Zealand is a mountainous island country resting isolated in the Southwest Pacific, and also so the weather tends to be rather unforeseeable. That said, it implies that you can come at whenever of year and also still get wonderful days! Below at the base of the world (or leading, depending on exactly how you consider it!) our periods are contrary to the Northern Hemisphere's and also many people who visit New Zealand choose to find during our summer period, which is December through February.
This is definitely the most prominent time to trek in New Zealand! New Zealand genuinely does enter its very own in the summertime, as an exterior fan's paradise. Especially between the months of December to February you'll see individuals at the beach, treking in the woodland or cycling on our biking tracks.
December - The beginning of summer season, cozy climate and a buzz airborne leading up to the vacations. The days are reaching their longest hrs, creating a lot of time to go adventuring. Constantly a superb month to visit New Zealand. January - Warmest month, stacks taking place and the festive spirit lugs on from Xmas! There are whole lots of summer season occasions at this time of year, with The Best Travel Agents races of all shapes and also dimensions most weekends, in addition to celebrations and performances.
Races and also triathlons are held throughout the country each weekend break, to take component in or simply watch! Slap on the sun block as well as put on a hat. Discover our summer season trips Months: March, April, Might North Island climate: 17-22 ⁰ C (62-71 ⁰ F), 90-130mm of rains monthly South Island weather condition: 13-19 ⁰ C (55-66 ⁰ F), 60-100mm of rains each month Hiking Conditions: Cooler, much less crowds on the tracks, and also very regular weather condition.
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It's still usual to get a few hot days in March, so covering from the sun is still crucial! April - Start of Fall/Autumn - spectacular colours as the fallen leaves transform colour on the trees. Crisp, clear days and also there might be a bite airborne some days so you'll need an additional layer or two, yet altogether it's a stunning month as well as a fantastic time to be right here.
Discover Our Autumn Trips Months: June, July, August North Island climate: 11-15 ⁰ C (51-59 ⁰ F), 120-150mm of rainfall monthly South Island weather: 7-12 ⁰ C (44-53 ⁰ F), 70-130mm of rainfall per month Treking Problems: Cool, crisp mornings with a crunch under foot. Tons of blue skies, and you'll be hiking in a tee by lunch time.
June - Formally the start of winter season and the beginning of the await the very first snow and also the ski fields to open. It's also time for Queenstown Winter Season Celebration, a great event held annually with lots of tasks for the whole family members. July - Winter - ski areas open and also it's all go on the mountain! Powder days and being first on the incline for the morning runs are what it's everything about.
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Steinlager 2: On board Sir Peter Blake’s refitted Whitbread champion
Steinlager 2 was famously skippered by the late Sir Peter Blake to win the 1989/90 Whitbread Round the World Race, and is now owned by the New Zealand Sailing Trust. Nigel Sharp steps on board
Steinlager 2, now owned by the New Zealand Sailing Trust, won every leg of the 1989-1990 Whitbread Round the World Race. Photo: Jeff Brown / Breed Media
In 22 May 1990, Steinlager 2 – skippered by Peter Blake and crewed by 14 fellow New Zealanders – crossed the finish line off Southampton to win the fifth Whitbread Round the World Race, with an overall time almost a day and a half quicker than the next boat.
Having dominated the race from beginning to end, Steinlager was first to finish and the winner on corrected time of all six legs: an unprecedented and unsurpassed feat in Whitbread/Volvo history. Twenty-three boats took part in that race. Whereas in the early Whitbread years many competitors considered it more of an adventure than a race, by the fifth edition they were taking it very seriously indeed.
Steinlager 2 was designed by Bruce Farr with significant input from Blake, who was able to draw on his own experience having taken part in all four previous Whitbread races. Farr initially produced a ‘base’ design following tank testing at the Wolfson Unit, the costs of which were shared between four syndicates.
Steinlager 2 racing at the 2017 Millennium Cup. Photo: Jeff Brown / Breed Media
Four designs were then developed to suit the different needs of each syndicate to create Steinlager 2, Fisher & Paykel (another Kiwi entry, skippered by Grant Dalton), The Card and Merit.
It was initially intended that they would all be sloop rigged but, as this race would include more downwind sailing than the previous races, Blake asked Farr to investigate the relative speed potential of a ketch. Farr’s research revealed that a ketch had potential to get around more quickly – but Blake then discovered that Dalton also favoured a ketch.
Blake went one stage further by suggesting that a fractional ketch might have a rating advantage over a masthead ketch and he persuaded a reluctant Farr to alter Steinlager’s design again.
As it turned out, Steinlager 2 nearly never existed. After the pre-preg composite hull was completed in the autumn of 1988 it was found to have delamination problems that were so catastrophic it had to be rejected and disposed of.
But thanks to the unequivocal support of the sponsors a new hull was built (often referred to as Steinlager 2b), and just 17 weeks later Auckland’s Southern Pacific Boatyard launched the completed boat.
After five months of sea trials – sometimes with Fisher & Paykel as a sparring partner – Steinlager 2, which by now had acquired the nickname ‘the Big Red’, was shipped to Europe. She took part in the Fastnet Race, winning just two minutes ahead of Fisher & Paykel.
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Steinlager’s winning ways continued with the Whitbread Race, though the first leg half-a-day victory over Merit into Punta del Este would turn out to be their biggest leg win. Fisher & Paykel finished barely half an hour behind them in three of the subsequent legs, and the margin on the Fremantle to Auckland leg – the one they both wanted to win more than any other – was a little over six minutes.
On the last leg Steinlager might have lost her hard-won advantage when, four days out of Fort Lauderdale, a chainplate for a mizzen shroud and mainmast backstay failed. It was only quick thinking helmsman Brad Butterworth’s immediate gybe that saved the rig.
After the race finished Steinlager 2 remained in the northern hemisphere for two decades, under three different owners. She was variously known as Safilo and Barracuda before Swiss sailor Stefan Detjen bought her in 2003.
The original coffee grinder pedestals are still in use and provide plenty of exercise for Steinlager’s crew. Photo: Nigel Sharp
He restored her original name and distinctive original livery, sailing her six Atlantic crossings (including a Huelva to La Gomera race record), three Middle Sea Races and various Mediterranean regattas. She also took part in some Whitbread reunion races, including the Volvo Legends regatta in Alicante in 2011.
The New Zealand Sailing Trust had been established in 2008 to purchase Lion New Zealand – the boat Peter Blake had skippered in the 1985/86 Whitbread – and use her to provide sail training experiences for young New Zealanders.
There was a growing feeling that it was time Steinlager also returned to New Zealand and the following year the opportunity to purchase her arose, so the Trust immediately did so. She was then sailed back to Auckland via the Panama Canal.
One of the five original Barient winches that have been retained, along with the coffee grinders that power them. Photo: Nigel Sharp
Steinlager needed a good deal of work to make her fit for her new role and this was entrusted to Yachting Developments at Hobsonville just outside Auckland. The original accommodation included a semi-enclosed nav station on the centreline beneath the cockpit and a single heads compartment abaft.
Otherwise she was almost completely open plan with pipe cots outboard and forward, and with a U-shaped galley (complete with an athwartships gimballing cooker) on the centreline forward of the main mast.
The number of pipe cots has now been doubled to 30, each named after one of the original crew or another prominent Kiwi yachtsman of the time, and the galley has been moved further abaft. While a single heads compartment might have been considered adequate for 15 all-male Whitbread sailors, it certainly wouldn’t be for the boat’s new role and so two more have been added.
Fifteen of the berths are named after Steinlager’s Whitbread crew, the rest after other prominent Kiwi sailors of that era. Photo: Nigel Sharp
Steinlager’s original engine was a 130hp Volvo Penta 4-cylinder diesel, fitted forward of the galley. This was replaced with a new engine of the same model in 2005. Yachting Developments later overhauled it and, to avoid the need for an excessively long shaft, moved it aft to a position under the cockpit.
Refit and retention
Other refit work included a new electronics package, new lights throughout the interior and the installation of a Maxwell VC3500 capstan. Almost all of the original deck gear has been retained, including the three coffee grinders, which drive the Barient winches.
When Steinlager was built, Blake had two sets of spars made for her. He used one set for the first three legs of the Whitbread race and then replaced them with the spare set in Auckland. The original set remained with the boat when she was sold, and in 2009 Detjen unstepped the second set and replaced all suspect components with those from the original spars.
During the Yachting Developments refit, the spars were overhauled with all fittings undergoing crack testing and being repaired or replaced as necessary.
During the refit the original U-shaped galley was moved from forward of the mast, with the gimballing cooker renewed. Photo: Nigel Sharp
New sails were produced by Doyles in Auckland using Stratis sail cloth and replicating the look of the originals – 110 of which had been made for the Whitbread campaign. With the work complete, Steinlager was relaunched in November 2013 to take up her new role. Since then, the focus has been on taking New Zealand schoolchildren on voyages all over the Hauraki Gulf.
Despite her years Steinlager is, on average, out sailing every other day of the year. Almost 1,000 children had the opportunity to sail on her last year. They’re all too young to remember the phenomenal achievements of Blake and his team almost 30 years ago, but sailing on this iconic boat is a chance to get inspired by a true Kiwi legend.
Steinlager specification
LOA: 25.48m (83ft 7in)
LWL: 20.27m (66ft 6in)
Beam: 5.74m (18ft 10in)
Draught: 3.96m (13ft 0in)
Displacement: 35,177kg (77,552lb)
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MARTIN SAMUEL: We win the World Cup… and now the ECB sideline 50-over game
In the opinion of Sir Clive Woodward and many others, the RFU weakened the legacy of England Rugby World Cup
Imagine that on his return from Australia the governing body had decided to leave rugby, almost in its entirety.
Imagine that they had come up with a whole new format of the game and decided to focus on that. Fives. Eights. Twelve year olds. Imagine that, just as England had reached the height of the sport, it had become superfluous.
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The success of the Cricket World Cup in England is about to be diminished by The Hundred
Welcome to English cricket, 2019
Do you think this is the beginning of a brave new era? Think again. From here, the best English cricket players do not play 50-over matches unless they are selected for the national team or the Lions. Indeed, the only players who will gain experience with the format used for cricket & # 39; s World Cup will be those who are considered inferior. Those who are unwanted by the shiny new franchises of The Hundred
The ECB decided this game, with its merged teams in the city and the supposed attraction for those who don't like cricket – not a single ball of it, let alone 100 – is the future of money spinning. And the victim, squeezed in this desperate search for new markets, is the elongated, short play of forms. The 50 overs used at the World Cup.
There are eight of these new franchises and after three overseas players have been recruited for each, the clubs will need squadrons of 15. So 12 English players per team. Multiplying eight by 12 gets 96. So, the 96 best white ball cricketers available for England will never play the World Cup version of the game from next summer until they are elevated to international level. This is the equivalent of six-and-a-bit World Cup squadrons.
The Andy Murray and Serena Williams found knowledge and experience of any size to be essential this year in the mixed doubles at Wimbledon. On paper, Murray and Williams seemed unstoppable as a double play. In reality, they were defeated in round three by Nicole Melichar and Bruno Soares, two players whose impact is negligible.
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The 100-ball format means the best 50-over England players will no longer play that game
Melichar is in seventh place in singles tennis, Soares has never been higher than 221 and that was 15 years ago, they are not the same as they are, but they are difficult, and as such they comfortably defeated two players with 42 Grand Slam- titles – single and double rooms – between them.
There is no relevant evidence in cricket either, and the ECB left it between 2011 and 2013 5 0-ball game and was rewarded with a 2015 World Cup achievement that redefined incompetence. To finish four in a seven-team group, England registered two wins – against Afghanistan and Scotland – and failed to reach the quarter-finals.
Highlights? The 111-run defeat by Australia at the MCG, Sri Lanka surpasses England & 309-run total for losing a wicket, being blown out 15 runs short of the 275 set by Bangladesh.
It was this debacle that provoked the revolution in England's approach, culminating in the World Cup victory. How could the ECB have witnessed this story and decide to leave 50-over cricket for the second time it would go?
Future Test players can still sharpen their talent for building long turns, or for exhausting spells of concentration in the field, in the provincial championship. Those who excel in the shortest forms of the one-day game are now particularly well cared for.
The public doesn't like the 50s, but it won't happen. – about game, it is argued. Too long. Too boring. This is the ECB's mantra cricket for people who don't like cricket. The marketing department asked people who didn't look at cricket what they didn't like about cricket and most of them said the cricket, so they try to get rid of it.
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Jofra Archer celebrates after England won the Cricket World Cup during a fashion show at Lord & # 39; s
If they can remove the cricket from cricket, they think, people will start watching how it is played. It's a genius idea, you have to admit.
Families are the target audience, so alcohol will also be banned, otherwise people will just start chatting. Anyway, it's not that someone might need a glass of chardonnay to relieve the tension from taking a group of school kids to a sport they all hate. That is why The Hundred emphasizes how little cricket there will be. & # 39; No, seriously, you can do this sober. It is not that we are going to hit or something. & # 39;
But strangely enough, if this World Cup has proven one thing, it is that the modern 50-over-white ball game can be super entertaining and has benefited immensely from the rise of Twenty20. It is now faster, more furious, but with enough subtlety and nuance to captivate those who love test matches. They could be called cricket fans.
Even the final, played on a slow pitch by the New Zealand team whose success is based on defending low scores with stingy bowling, gently cooked to an astonishing climax. The competition can sometimes look like a relapse until a few decades ago when too many teams tried to build a day of innings because they might score, but the last hour was sport at its very best.
Alternatively, we can participate in those who demand immediate satisfaction and reduce cricket to a series of Instagram moments. Why have 50 overs? Cut directly to a super.
There are many reasons to be wary of The Hundred, but it is more worrying than one of them is the nonchalant contempt of the ECB for the World Cup that their players have just won.
The lap of honor of the English team was conducted on the Oval on Monday amid hundreds of happy school children. What was the ECB's message to them? & # 39; This is cricket, children.
It's very difficult to play with your friends, easy to make negative comparisons between the women's final in Wimbledon in 56 minutes, and the men's match between Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer , which lasted three minutes less than five hours
By the time the men finished their
It is clear that, measured by the time on the field, those on were present on Sunday, paid more for their money.
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Yet this looks at the incredible performance of Simona Halep against Serena Williams, certainly one of the most complete individual screenings that the has seen competition.
In her 6-2, 6-2 victory, Halep made only three casual errors and one of those errors is considered debatable.
It was a stunning display of athletic behavior against a champion who has displaced the physical parameters of the sport. And yes, it was short. But that doesn't mean it wasn't sweet.
The strange thing about Lewis Hamilton's tax affairs is that they
Hamilton & # 39; s residence in Monaco is always stopped by a kind of stain on his character in a way that he never was or never is, for other British sports heroes who live there. It is almost as if there is something else that separates him, something else.
& # 39; Was Jenson & # 39; s Britishness ever questioned because he lived in Monaco? & # 39; He wrote Ferdinand. & # 39; No chance. I will tell you why – because I looked the same, sounded similar, dressed in the same way, and walked the same way as the people who raise questions about Hamilton. The level of contempt and racist overtones in doubting Hamilton's patriotism should not be underestimated. "
He is right. No one ever says that Radcliffe was less than British, who now lived in Monaco for two decades, nobody said about Button, or about the British Tour de France winners.
Yet Hamilton constantly fights against negative perceptions, with his tax status used as a blatant moral justification, and he also wears diamond earrings and flamboyant clothing – why can't I be gentle and down-to-earth like all those other Formula 1 drivers?
It is not that it is the best in racing the fastest cars on earth, but that could lead to a man developing an extravagant style.
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Lewis Hamilton & # 39; s residence in Monaco is always held back by a kind of stain on his character
On Silverstone on Sunday, Hamilton won his sixth British Grand Prix, a record for every driver, not just a British citizen. Michael Schumacher, on the other hand, won three. Those who don't understand claim that Hamilton drives the best car. But that is not an accident either. The best drivers end up with the best builders, in the best machine. Hamilton did not demand to drive for Mercedes. They chose him.
Andy Murray, Serena Williams, Tiger Woods, Andy Murray, Andy Murray, Andy Murray, Vijay Singh – he didn't have the right to be good the way he became. Black children from poor families in Stevenage do not become Formula 1 champions.
Hamilton is an outlier, an unprecedented willpower and that is an inspiration, no matter where he puts his hat. & # 39; I am going to all these races and I proudly lift the British flag & # 39 ;, he said. & # 39; There is no one else in this sport who has raised it that high. & # 39;
Indeed.
Bruce Bruce did not play in the era
Bruce & # 39; s exit appears on EFL financial foolishness when Premier League wages exploded. Still, as a former captain of Manchester United and a manager since 1998, now working at his 10th club, he is unlikely to fall short at Christmas. In other words, he is not about the money.
Karren Brady says that Bruce was alone during his stay in Birmingham
So the job in Newcastle will in part be a labor of love. It was his youth club with personal ties.
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owner of Sheffield Wednesday, Dejphon Chansiri, almost certainly has more ambitions than Mike Ashley in Newcastle. I would like to invest more – and Bruce knows this – but his hands are bound by a gentle transfer and the fear of punishing further penalties for violating EFL spending rules.
That is why even a low-wage club, an exhausted team, a reputable stingy recruitment policy and a president who would sell in the blink of an eye if a serious offer were to come – we can probably now consider the lord of Abu Dhabi as the last in a long series of pretenders – being viewed by Bruce as the better bet.
The Wednesday fan who confronted him on the sidelines during Saturday's friendship with Lincoln would like to file his complaint with the top managers of the division.
Worldwide glory no warning for Brexit
Jacob Rees-Mogg fourth the victory in the World Cup in a foolish way by trying to make a connection between England's success to Brexit.
& # 39; Clearly we don't need Europe to win & # 39 ;, he brayed and set fire to fire.
Players such as Ben Stokes and Jason Roy were born abroad – New Zealand and South Africa – but came to this country as students and progressed through the English system.
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This team from England represents the global nature of modern life and its need for openness
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Still arrived Jofra Archer a few months ago as an international international cricket player from Barbados and Trevor Bayliss, the trainer who owes the huge improvement to England in the one-day match, is very much an Australian who will return home after the Ashes series
Indeed, what this England team and their victory To represent more than the petty nationalism of Rees-Mogg is the global nature of modern life and its need for alliances and openness.
if this is the level of understanding of those who hijacked the conservative party and therefore our next government does not venture too much into days like Sunday.
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Autumn Tests: Jeremy Guscott
Autumn Tests: Jeremy Guscott
Autumn Tests: Jeremy Guscott
The autumn internationals were the final chance for northern hemisphere sides to test themselves against their southern counterparts before Japan 2019
Four weeks of intense competition, varied opposition, new faces and old stagers.
Now, with the autumn internationals over and the clock ticking down to Japan 2019, how will England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland assess their efforts?
England
England operated a co-captain system with Owen Farrell sharing leadership duties with Dylan Hartley
When the dust settles, England will look back and regret not winning four out of four.
They will know they were a marginal offside decision against Courtney Lawes away from beating New Zealand. Victory would have been a huge psychological boost for Eddie Jones’ squad, but even in defeat they will know that, on their day, they can produce the intensity to match the southern hemisphere’s best.
They showed they can create opportunities and openings. They should have been out of sight against South Africa considering the try-scoring chances they created in the second half.
Owen Farrell switched into fly-half and fitted in seamlessly, but that was only to be expected considering his all-round excellence.
Must do better:
England victories did not come in the comprehensive, complete manner that Ireland’s did.
There were either aspects of their performance lacking – for instance finishing off those chances against South Africa – or a failure to maintain their standards across a full 80 minutes.
England produce second-half masterclass against Australia
Against Japan, both were true.
England need to play those games against limited opposition with more tenacity. They have to grind teams down and earn the right to play expansively.
Overcoming that psychological barrier and playing against the likes of Japan as if they were the All Blacks is particularly important to negotiating the World Cup pool stages.
Focus on: Maro Itoje
He is very bright academically but some of Maro Itoje’s on-pitch decisions need to be more rugby smart.
In 12 games for England this year he has given away 19 penalties. Three of those came against South Africa in the first autumn Test, when he was also shown a yellow card.
It’s a measure of the stratospheric standards that he set himself over 2016 and 2017 that these little details are being held against him.
But penalty count is a crucial metric for top Test teams. He is testing himself, he is testing the referee, finding out how much he can get away and how far he can push it, but ultimately he needs to find a balance to slow the flow of penalties against him.
Scotland
Scotland finish the autumn ranked seventh in the world
In 18 months in charge, Gregor Townsend has overseen some towering highs – such as the win over England in this year’s Six Nations or beating Australia in Sydney – and some real lows – such as defeat by the United States and Fiji.
This autumn did not really hit either extreme.
They won games they should have won, but did not seize the chance to take the decisive steps forward that victory over Wales or South Africa would have represented.
Must do better:
The discussion around Scotland invariably concentrates on the likes of Finn Russell, Huw Jones, Stuart Hogg and Sean Maitland.
For Scotland to be more of a threat, we need to be talking about their forwards as much as we do their backs.
Maitland try secures win for Scotland against Argentina
They do a decent job of serving up ball to that vaunted backline, but, at the moment, they don’t offer a threat themselves. How well can they compete with the forcefulness of South Africa, England, Ireland and New Zealand?
A strong midfield runner would also provide them with a bit more variety in attack. Too often defences can set themselves up for a race to the wide areas.
The Six Nations will provide more answers. Last year they went to Cardiff in their Six Nations opener full of promise and hope, and came back on the wrong end of a 34-7 scoreline.
This year they have Italy at home first up, which should help them build into their campaign.
Focus on: Finn Russell
In the final game of their autumn series, Scotland experimented with Finn Russell at inside centre and Adam Hastings at fly-half.
The combination did not really click in a patchy 14-9 win over Argentina and Russell will surely go into the World Cup as the preferred option at 10.
Scotland need to see him play more shrewdly. His distribution can be fantastic, but his decision-making on when to throw the ambitious pass still needs work.
In the Six Nations, he took England apart with his passing. But against Ireland, his errors fatally undermined his team.
He doesn’t need to change his style necessarily, he just needs to be more accurate.
Wales
British and Irish Lion Liam Williams scored three tries across the autumn
England’s tackle accuracy this season is 87%. Scotland have managed 88%. Ireland are at 89%.
None can match Wales’ return. Warren Gatland’s side are at 90%. They are full of confidence after nine successive wins and a lot of that run comes down to their claustrophobically tight defence.
During their current winning streak, they have restricted opponents to an average of 13 points a game. That sort of frugality means they will have a chance to beat anyone.
Captain Alun Wyn Jones is defence coach Shaun Edwards’ voice on the pitch.
He may be 33 and have 120 Wales caps to his name, but he is pushing the ceiling still higher on his personal performance. He is somehow getting even better.
Must do better:
The question for Wales is whether they can maintain that defensive intensity, while adding more creativity and accuracy with the ball.
They need to be able to switch from defending in a strict structure to reacting instinctively to each other in attack.
Francis gives Wales early lead over South Africa
The try that Tomas Francis scored against South Africa this weekend is the sort of thing Wales need more of.
Flanker Ellis Jenkins felt defenders come off him, held onto the ball and linked with the prop to score. It looked simple but it took vision, decision-making and execution, all the things that the northern hemisphere sides are playing catch-up on.
Focus on: Justin Tipuric
With Sam Warburton’s presence at open-side flanker, the 29-year-old found game time limited in the past. Half of his 60 Wales caps have come off the bench.
Now, after Warburton’s retirement, he has his chance to shine.
Most players influence a match either through sheer weight of unseen work or a couple of game-changing moments or big plays.
But Tipuric seems to do both. He is relentlessly busy around the park, but also has the pace, ball-handling skills and breakdown knowhow to produce decisive passages of play.
When Taulupe Faletau, Aaron Shingler and Josh Navidi all get back to fitness, Wales will have a wealth of options in the back row.
Ireland
Ireland remain second in the world despite their victory over top-ranked New Zealand
What can you say about Ireland’s autumn?
When they beat New Zealand in Chicago in 2016, it was an upset. Their victory over the All Blacks in Dublin this time around, while celebrated long and loud, was not a surprise.
It was an unrelentingly excellent performance that day but the autumn as a whole showed the depth of Ireland’s quality.
Neither scrum-half Conor Murray nor centre Robbie Henshaw – absolutely key parts of Joe Schmidt’s plans – played any part in the four matches.
Luke McGrath and Kieran Marmion filled in at nine, Will Addison and Garry Ringrose slotted into midfield, and the machine continued to purr.
Must do better:
I don’t think Schmidt is ever satisfied.
He is a man of fine details and minute planning. He will be working on all the intricacies and variations, fine-tuning the wraparound options and double-team choke tackling, while attempting to iron out the few errors that remain and build more pressure on the opposition.
Focus on: Tadhg Furlong
Tadhg Furlong forces every other player on his team to look at themselves and redefine what they are capable of.
For a tight-head prop forward, he just seems to be ever present on the field. He is involved in everything, and in a way that makes such an impact on the course of the game.
He does that while bearing all that weight in the scrum and carrying 130kg (20st 6lb) of bodyweight.
I questioned last season how many of Ireland’s team would get into a World XV, given how many outstanding individuals there are across all positions.
But Furlong strolls into that World XV. Comfortably.
Jeremy Guscott was speaking to BBC Sport’s Mike Henson
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The Cape Town part is less cringey here than in Blake’s Odyssey, Blake says they passed Robben Island “where Mandela was imprisoned”, talks about meeting with people who are working to reform the system and provide equal opportunities for Black South Africans, and says that “communication and understanding” will be key to fixing the situation— which they were, in the end.
But the “We shouldn’t have economic sanctions or ban them from sports, international interaction will do more to inspire them to be better” argument he makes when that doesn’t seem to be working with Russia or the Gulf States today but the bans DID help force reforms in South Africa… yeah, Peter Blake was on the wrong side there. And saying that the Boers are stubborn and resist change because their ancestors had to be to settle in “a wild and mostly empty land” is pretty uncomfortable wording.
Blake certainly wasn’t pro-Apartheid, but he comes off as way more accommodating and passive about it than Skip Novak, who was smuggling in banned books in his own seabag. Really, the whole situation of the Royal Naval Sailing Association keeping the Whitbread route through Cape Town up to 1985 when so many other sports had already banned and/or distanced themselves from South Africa looks bad in retrospect and would be an interesting subject for an historical article or thesis.
(The crew making comments in the log making fun of Greenpeace also hasn’t aged too well— and given Blake’s environmental work later on, he might have thought the same thing later in life.)
#Looking forward to reading the Steinlager book from 1989 where they DIDN’T stop in South Africa so I don’t have to cringe#Let's Read#Lion: The Round the World Race With Lion New Zealand#Sir Peter Blake#Whitbread 1985
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Top 20 Best Things to Do in North Island of New Zealand – I am Aileen
New Zealand is a coveted vacation spot by many and within the two most important landmasses that comprise it, it’s no information that the South Island (Te Waipounamu) sometimes steals a lot of the vacationers’ consideration — nevertheless, there are a number of superb issues to do in North Island (Te Ika-a-Māui) that everybody ought to NOT miss out on too!
Actually, aside from the standard elegant mixture of forests and mountains, the North Island is very recognized for its wild surf seashores (notably on the west coast and Coromandel Peninsula), geothermal exercise (as per Taupo and Rotorua’s wonders), cultural focus (provided that the Māori are primarily concentrated there), and LOTR origin (consider the well-known Hobbiton and Weta Workshop).
Clearly, there are an array of spectacular actions you could verify off of your bucket record right here. Actually, to make it an entire lot simpler for you, I’ve listed under the highest must-do’s and must-see’s on your New Zealand journey within the North Island! The most effective half…? You are able to do most of those epic actions if you happen to be a part of a street journey journey with Wild Kiwi!
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The place to Keep in North Island?
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Issues to Do in North Island
#1 – Have some ocean enjoyable
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Pristine seashores, legendary surf, and rugged cliffs — North Island’s shoreline is the right place to chill out or catch some waves!
Auckland: Known as because the “Metropolis of Sails”, you shouldn’t go away this hub with out exploring its coast and close by islands — from the famed Rangitoto Volcano to the plush Waiheke Island. In any other case, you’ll be able to frolic across the black sand seashores of Karekare and Muriwai, after which pop over to Piha to surf and discover Lion Rock. For those who’re fairly in search of a crusing expertise, you are able to do a harbour cruise tour or higher but, get a style of what it’s wish to yacht race in a single the world’s most prestigirous crusing regata.
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Bay of Islands: With over 140 subtropical islands in its enclave, this can be a nice vacation spot in the summertime because it is filled with hidden seashores and nice terrains. Begin your journey from the ocean port of Russells which is the primary everlasting European settlement in New Zealand as you discover historic buildings and promenades. Afterwards, a number of the issues you will need to see on this group of islands are Urupukapuka Island and Rainbow Warrior (shipwreck in Matauri Bay).
TIP: Wanna journey with ease? E book a tour to the Bay of Islands and Waitangi right here.
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Coromandel Peninsula: This pure surprise has two prime highlights…
Sizzling Water Seashore at Mercury Bay = This place is exclusive for its underground geothermal scorching springs that may simply be ‘accessed’ by digging by the sand as a result of it’s then that the recent water escapes by the floor — thereby forming considerably of a scorching water pool for guests.
Cathedral Cove (Te Whanganui-A-Hei) Marine Reserve = With its lovely white sand, turquoise waters and towering rock formations, this place is kind of a sight! I guarantee you that the hike to this cove is well worth the effort; in addition to, the pathway right here that’s well-known for being the opening scene from the film Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.
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Raglan: This small coastal city is legendary for its general surf tradition and its black sands in Ngarunui Seashore. As one of many world’ longest left-hand surf break, will probably be fairly an expertise to surf right here!
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#2 – Expertise pure spas
Photograph by Polynesian Spa
The place to be is in Rotorua given its distinctive geothermal exercise which steams up from nearly wherever: from the city’s pavements, the geyser fields, the mud swimming pools and the recent springs. As such, it is best to reap the benefits of this thermal expertise by visiting the next…
Polynesian Spa: Voted as one of many world’s prime 10 spas, this lakeside institution is famend for its therapeutic waters and decadent therapies for the reason that 1800s. Principally, waters from two pure springs are fed into their 28 scorching mineral swimming pools, so there’s lots to go round for everybody! (See their web site right here).
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Hell’s Gate: For a distinct expertise, Hell’s Gate is finest recognized for its mud baths and sulphurous spas, as harking back to the showering and sweetness therapies practised by the Maori folks. If I’ll share a tip, comply with it up with a standard Maori ‘Miri Miri’ therapeutic massage that they’ve. (E book your rest retreat right here).
TIP: You would additionally uncover thermal swimming pools to wash in on the forest of Kerosene Creek or on the ‘scorching water seashore’ of Lake Tarawera.
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#3 – Attempt white water rafting
It is a good thing to do with your loved ones or pals when in Rotorua’s Kaituna River! That is really one of many issues to do in North Island that I made positive to verify and it absolutely turned out to be a unprecedented expertise!
We went by steep native bush canyons and over 14 rapids and three waterfalls, together with the world-renowned 7-meter Tutea Falls which is the ‘Highest Commercially Rafted Waterfall within the World’! Fact be instructed, this was my first white water rafting exercise of all time and it was completely a fantastic first. (Finest to e book this with Kaitiaki).
TIP: One other place the place you are able to do that is in Tongariro River close to Taupō.
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#4 – Go to breweries, wineries & vineyards
Not lots of people know this however New Zealand doesn’t solely have nice wine however additionally nice beer! The most effective place for this within the North Island must be the premier wine area of Hawke’s Bay which has been usually known as because the ‘Wine Nation’. So for starters, go loopy on the purple and white wines there — however extra so on the purple for the reason that area is a number one producer of full-bodied purple wines. In the case of beer, be aware of the craft beer of Hawkes Bay Brewing Co. in Napier.
In case you’ll be able to’t go to Hawke’s Bay, try the excursions under which might be held close to the most important cities of the North Island:
#5 – Go up excessive
Because the land of journey and breathtaking landscapes, admiring New Zealand from up excessive is a MUST in your issues to do in North Island!
Sky diving: Dive with highly-trained tandem skydiving instructors and free fall from hundreds of ft within the air — it’s positive to be an expertise that can go away you speechless (and also you’ll even get to go residence with bragging rights!). For this, I counsel doing it both in Auckland or Taupo within the North Island.
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Sky Stroll: Get the very best vantage level of Auckland metropolis from the 192-meter Sky Tower, the best constructing in New Zealand! (To e book your spot, go right here). On this expertise, you’ll principally stroll on a 1-meter vast platform with no handrails, however with a security harness in fact. Whilst you stroll 360 levels round this tower, you’ll get to cease at numerous factors to have your photograph taken, study extra of Auckland’s historical past, in addition to lean over the sting.
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#6 – Go soar
Photograph from Taupo Bungy
Do you know that New Zealand invented bungy leaping? …Effectively okay, technically, folks in Oceania have been leaping from tall towers for hundreds of years — BUT, it was a bunch of Kiwis who commercialized bungee / bungy leaping within the 1980’s, and as you realize, the remainder is historical past. Given this truth, will probably be a blast to problem your fears and do a bungy soar within the nation that began all of it. For the very best locations, see under…
#7 – Go quick
Photograph by Huka Falls Jet
There are numerous issues to do in North Island that can allow you to undergo a quick and thrilling expertise…
Luge: Considerably of a mixture between a go-kart (with out the engine) and a toboggan (with out the snow), Rotorua’s “Luge” is a enjoyable and fast-paced journey exercise that’s nice for folks of all ages! I loved this a lot and lots of people even say that this place is best than the Luge exercise present in South Island’s Queenstown, so go and provides this a attempt!
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Jet Boat: That is an adrenaline-pumping exercise that was invented by New Zealand. So if you happen to like velocity, spins, and thrills mixed with marvelous water surroundings, happening a jet boating exercise might be price your whereas! I’ve gone by this expertise myself with Hukafalls Jet in Taupo and it was a great deal of enjoyable!
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Zorb: Additionally known as as ‘globe using’, zorbing entails rolling down a hill inside an enormous inflatable ball. Invented in 1994 in New Zealand, this has turn out to be one of many ‘must-do’ actions when within the nation and it usually offers you the possibility to decide on the type of path that you just’ll undergo — could or not it’s zigzag or straight!
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#8 – Kayaking
There are numerous kayaking alternatives within the North Island whereby you’ll be able to rise up shut with the character’s spectacular coastal formations in clear subtropical waters. A few of the finest locations to do it are in Auckland, Bay of Islands, Lake Taupo,and Lake Rotoiti (Tasman) amongst many others.
…Higher but, if you happen to ever sight a physique of water, search for the closest kayaking store to lease some for you and your loved ones and pals!
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#9 – Chase After Waterfalls & Lakes
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With New Zealand’s majestic pure terrain, there may be at all times a beautiful waterfall or lake close by — wherever chances are you’ll be. A few of the notable ones might be…
Lake Taupo: It is a breathtaking lake that’s really the caldera of the Taupo Volcano. As the most important lake by floor space in New Zealand, one of many well-liked issues to do right here apart from kayaking is crusing with the intention to take pleasure in its waters or to go fishing. Plus, one spectacular stopover on your issues to do in North Island would be the iconic Mine Bay Maori Rock Carvings which is made up of a number of particular person carvings that every has its personal story and that means.
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Bridal Veil “Waireinga” Falls: Present in Pakoka River in Waikato space, this plunge waterfall is 55 meters excessive and with its energy, it has fashioned a big pool at its base over time.
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Whangarei Falls: Arguably essentially the most photogenic waterfall in New Zealand, this 26-meter watefall has ample walkways round and alongside the river and is a well-liked picnic spot since th 80s.
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Huka Falls: This highly effective but astonishing set of bluish waterfalls on the Waikato River drains onwards to Lake Taupo. It’s stated that per second, the quantity of water flowing by it usually approaches 220,000 liters! For a unprecedented expertise, don’t overlook to attempt jet boating with Hukafalls Jet right here!
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Lake Waikaremoana: Positioned in Te Urewera, you can see right here considered one of New Zealand’s 9 “Nice Walks” which is the Lake Waikaremoana monitor that entails a Three to 4-day tramping (vigorous strolling). This roughly follows half of the lake’s circumference as you undergo a pristine rainforest, wetlands, valleys of mist, waterfalls, rivers, and a magical ‘goblin forest’.
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#10 – Biking
For those who’re into biking, irrespective of if you happen to’re a newbie or not, New Zealand is a good place to do it in — relaxation assured, there are many rental suppliers that yow will discover throughout your keep. To start out off, there are a number of “Nice Rides” in Nga Haerenga (“The Journeys”) path to select from for each age and talent and a number of the locations to do it in are in…
Hawke’s Bay Trails
Rimutaka Cycle Path
Nice Lake Path
For an entire record, see right here.
#11 – Witness Maōri Tradition
Powhiri ceremony photograph by Graeme Murray
The Māori are the indigenous Polynesian folks of New Zealand and Rotorua in addition to its surrounding cities arguably has the best focus of Māori villages.
With that in thoughts, it’s a should to go to not less than a type of villages with the intention to immerse your self with the historical past and customs of the Maori folks — a tradition that the nation is very happy with. I visited the most effective villages, Tamaki Maori Village, and a number of the many superb issues that you just’ll expertise and which I personally cherished was witnessing the grand pōwhiri (welcoming ceremony with waka or warrior canoe), practising hongi (conventional greeting through which folks press their noses collectively), seeing the highly effective haka (conventional conflict cry), studying in regards to the Maori historical past, partaking in a hangi (conventional Maori feast), and extra!
Another villages that you could possibly additionally verify are…
Mitai Maori Village: Fairly just like Tamaki Maori Village whereby the expertise is completed in a pure bush setting and the welcoming ceremony (powhiri) is completed with an historical warrior canoe (waka). To e book, go right here — in any other case, you may also purchase a bundled ticket the place additionally, you will enter the Rainbow Springs in Rotorua (a compact zoo with a kiwi hatchery and interactive animal encounters).
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Te Puia: The performances on this village are carried out in a contemporary makeshift constructing (in contrast to Tamaki and Mitai whereby it’s carried out within the bush or forest), however the distinctive factor about this place is that apart from the Kiwi Home (the place you’ll be able to witness the elusive kiwi), you may also marvel on the geothermal wonders which might be unfold over its 60 hectares of land, together with the well-known Pohutu Geyser which is the Southern Hemispheres largest lively geyser. In your immersion, you’ll be able to select both a day or evening expertise (however I personally advocate the evening portion since you’ll be able to take pleasure in all the pieces below the starry sky).
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#12 – Do metropolis/city excursions and stops
Throughout your entire journey, the next excursions and stops needs to be excessive in your issues to do in North Island…
Auckland Metropolis Highlights
Auckland Harbour Cruise
Wellington Shoreline Tour
Wellington Te Papa Museum Tour
Feilding: A relentless winner for being known as because the nation’s ‘Most Lovely City’ given its beatiful Edwardian structure, boutique buying and rural appeal.
Napier: Common for its beautifully-preserved 1930s structure of art-deco buildings.
Raglan: An excellent coastal group with a ‘boho’ vibe. It additionally gives the very best browsing within the nation.
Russell in Bay of Islands: The primary everlasting European settlement in New Zealand.
Te Mata Peak close to Hastings metropolis: A picturesque peak providing views over the Heretaunga Plains, Hawke’s Bay and Napier.
Whakatane: Present in Bay of A lot, it’s often known as being New Zealand’s ‘Sunshine Capital’.
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#13 – Go to Center-earth
For the ‘Lord of the Rings’ and ‘The Hobbit‘ film followers like me, a visit to New Zealand is your once-in-a-lifetime probability to enterprise off into your personal Center-earth journey! The excellent news? Most of it’s discovered within the North Island. The highest two locations for you’ll be…
Hobbiton Film Set: That is the well-known 12-acre film set of the enduring village of the Shire. As a customer, you’ll be guided by a two-hour strolling tour to the totally different hobbit gap homes (e.g. Sam and Frodo’s home) and different quintessential landmarks just like the Mill and the Inexperienced Dragon Inn (the place you may also seize a complimentary drink that’s brewed solely in Hobbiton!)
TIP: For those who’re up for it, you may get a packaged tour the place you not solely get to go to Hobbiton but in addition the Waitomo Caves from Auckland.
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Weta Workshop: That is the place you get the unique ‘behind-the-scenes’ tour on the workshop of the inventive geniuses who’re behind the movies of The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, District 9, King Kong, The Chronicles of Narnia and extra! All through the expertise, you’ll be up shut with all of the props, armor and automobiles created for the aforementioned movies and to cap it off, you’ll cease by the Weta Cave store the place there’s a mini museum, collectibles and film merchandise for all of the followers on the market. (For this you’ll be able to select a day tour or an prolonged night tour with the start line being in Wellington).
TRIVIA: The co-owners of Weta are Peter Jackson, Richard Taylor, Tania Rodger and Jamie Selkirk.
TIP: For a fuller expertise, you’ll be able to partake on this half or full day Lord of the Rings tour that explores the movie units throughout Wellington metropolis, together with the Shire, Rivendell, Isengard and the Nice River Anduin. It would additionally cease over at Weta and capped off with an orc-sized LOTR-themed lunch on the Scorch-O-Rama cafe.
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#14 – Watch a rugby recreation
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For those who’re mad for rugby just like the Kiwis — most particularly to their beloved ‘All Blacks’ nationwide staff (who I first found by watching a viral video of their highly effective ‘Ka Mate’ haka efficiency) — then, there is no such thing as a higher place to indulge on this affair than to observe a recreation of the All Blacks of their residence floor which is in Eden Park in Auckland!
For a nationwide recreation, costs are normally between NZ$20 to $30 per individual, whereas worldwide video games are about NZ$60 to $150, relying on the place you select to take a seat.
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#15 – Eat, eat, eat!
New Zealand’s delicacies is essentially influenced by America, Europe and Southeast Asia and closely-related to Australia. Whereas Maori delicacies is a distinct factor altogether; however to provide you an thought, under is a listing of meals that you will need to attempt!
Afghans: Crunchy chocolate cookies
Crayfish: For those who’re from the Philippines like me, shelling out about NZ$80 is perhaps overkill, however New Zealand fishermen delight themselves when catching this so give it a attempt!
Fish and chips: This won’t be an authentic of New Zealand however it’s an important a part of the native meals
Hangi: You possibly can finest do that conventional Maori cooking methodology if you happen to be a part of one of many Maori cultural village excursions
Hokey Pokey: A vanilla ice cream blended with caramelized sugar
L&P (Lemon & Paeroa): It is a softdrink that’s proudly made by Kiwis. I’m not into softdrinks however I really like this for its candy lemony style
Lamb: This meat is cheaper within the nation — in any case, the sheep inhabitants is bigger than New Zealand’s human inhabitants!
Manuka honey: You’ll discover a number of issues in New Zealand blended with this and it is sensible to convey residence a jar as a memento too
Paua: A big sea snail that’s eaten uncooked, fried, and so on. (The shell of this snail is gorgeous, by the way in which!)
Pavlova: I’m in LOVE with this meringue dessert which has a crispy outer layer and mushy internal core
Meat or mince pie: Kiwis love their mince pies and that is principally a pastry stuffed with meat and gravy
Tuatua: Consuming this sort of shellfish is believed to be a Maori custom
Whitebait fritter: A type of omelette blended with small juvenile fish
Wine and cheese: New Zealand has a fantastic wine area and for the very best indulgement, pair a fruity purple wine with cheddar cheese
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#16 – Go climbing or trekking / tramping
Tongariro Nationwide Park from Shutterstock.com
Select from any of the next…
Any of the “Nice Walks”: See the whole record right here.
Wanna trek by Mordor? Verify the Tongariro Alpine Crossing in Tongariro Nationwide Park.
Do the Cape Brett Walkway: It is a difficult but rewarding coastal hike within the Bay of Islands.
Coromandel Coastal Stroll: Meanders by forests and offers nice sights over Coromandel Pinnacles, Nice Barrier Island, Port Charles and Cuvier Island.
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#17 – Climb mountains and summits
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Key choices could be…
Go to mountains:
Mount Ruapehu:That is the best mountain within the North Island, and although it’s an ative vlvano, it’s loved by a number of hikers, skiers and snowboarders.
Mount Taranaki: The 2nd highest mountain in North Island. Climbing that is fairly laborious however the views from up excessive might be price it.
Mount Taranaki: Additionally known as as Mount Egmont, that is an lively volcano which is alleged to be essentially the most completely fashioned within the nation. Climbing its prime ought to solely be tried in good climate and by skilled trampers — with good climate being from February to mid-April. (For extra data, go right here).
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Go up Rangitoto Summit: An Auckland icon, this grants nice panoramic views of the cityscape as you undergo lava fields and forests.
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#18 – Marvel at glow worms and discover caves
Photograph by Waitomo Glowworm Cave
Waitomo is a village that’s well-known for its intensive underground cave methods, and as a customer, you are able to do the next…
Waitomo Glowworm Cave: Do you need to see stars up shut — or higher but, see a galaxy of ‘tiny residing lights’? With this tour, you’ll be gliding silently on a ship by Waitomo River as you undergo the “starry” wonderland of the Glowworm Grotto which has hundreds of tiny glowworms (Arachnocampa luminosa) that radiate a luminescent bluish mild at the hours of darkness. Thoughts you, these creatures are distinctive to New Zealand solely!
TIP: For those who’re up for it, you may get a packaged tour the place you not solely get to go to the Waitomo Caves but in addition Hobbiton from Auckland.
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Ruakuri Cave: Very like the principle Waitomo Glowworm Cave, Ruakuri Cave tour gives the magical expertise of sighting glowworms up shut; however greater than this, you’ll be winding your method by spectacular limestone formations and crystal tapestries.
TIP: If you need a extra adventurous expertise, black water rafting is your best option for you as you abseil, weave, soar, climb and float by the beautiful underworld of Ruakuri Cave and some waterfalls too.
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Aranui Cave: Although that is the smallest out of Waitomo’s Three most important caves, visiting Aranui Cave will fairly provide you with a better have a look at all of the stalactites, stalagmites, flowstones and different limestone formations.
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#19 – Witness the wildlife
Photograph by Zealandia
New Zealand has lengthy developed right into a continent with distinctive natural world, so if you wish to sight its native wildlife, go and go to any of the next spots…
Zealandia Sanctuary: It is a protected pure space in Wellington whereby 225 hectares of forest is being restored. So far, that is stated to be the world’s first fenced city eco-sanctuary and it has since helped elevated the variety of sightings of species akin to tui and kākā. Aside from these, you may also see the Little Noticed Kiwi, glowworms and different native wildlife right here. (To purchase a ticket, go right here).
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Rainbow Spring Nature Park: A compact zoo in Rotorua with a kiwi hatchery and interactive animal encounters. (To purchase a ticket, go right here).
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Cape Kidnappers: This cape is residence to the most important and most accessible gannet (seabird) colony on this planet.
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Crimson Rocks Reserve: This straightforward coastal stroll from Owhiro Bay will lead you to an incredible fur seal colony with pups.
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Tiritiri Matangi Island: This island on the Hauraki Gulf is a surprising wildlife sanctuary for the nation’s native birds and endangered species. It is usually residence to a 150-year previous lighthouse, a community of trals, and pristine seashores.
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Tāwharanui Marine Reserve: One of the simplest ways to take pleasure in this reserve is to do both diving or snorkelling to be able to observe its colourful reefs and fishes. Fact be instructed, dolphins and orcas are even usually sighted within the space.
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#20 – Go to geothermal wonders
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Rotorua is filled with a number of geothermal parks that can go away you in awe, and if I’ll counsel, it is best to select from any of those prime Three locations (after which metal your sense of odor!)
Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland: This showcases New Zealand’s most colourful and distinctive lively geothermal components which were sculpted by hundreds of years of volcanic exercise. (E book your ticket right here).
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Te Puia: Aside from being a Maori cultural village, Te Puia is legendary for its geothermal exercise particularly that of its Pōhutu Geyser which is alleged to be the most important geyser within the southern hemisphere. It additionally erupts a couple of times each hour at heights that would attain 30 meters!
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Hell’s Gate Geothermal Park and Mud Spa: Aside from witnessing boiling swimming pools and erupting waters, you could possibly additionally take pleasure in their scorching spring companies which might be coupled with a therapeutic mud and sulphur spa. (E book a spot right here).
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White Island: That is the nation’s most lively cone volcano and it’s discovered on the Bay of A lot. Regardless of its roaring gases and effervescent mud swimming pools, it’s really doable to step foot on this reside volcano’s internal crater by a tour! So if you happen to’re up for a once-in-a-lifetime journey, go and seize this opportunity.
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IMPORTANT: New Zealand has STRICT quarantine legal guidelines for undeclared meals and different biohazards. Which means that it is best to not herald any type of contemporary meals akin to bananas, apples, honey, and so on. as you just remember to eliminate them earlier than going by the luggage declare space. Processed or packaged meals could be accepted however you’re alleged to declare them in your arrival card. For those who’re ever doubtful, ask for clarification — in any other case, you’ll be charged with a hefty high quality.
For those who’ve received outside gear like diving gear, climbing boots, and so on. you will need to clear them earlier than you journey to New Zealand to ensure that the inspection course of to go extra shortly for you. Be suggested that New Zealand is agency about this given how they’ve sniffer canines and bio-sensitive X-ray machines to detect any undesirable objects.
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What’s the forex in New Zealand?
New Zealand Greenback (NZD) whereby about NZD 1.40~ is the same as USD $1, €0.85~ or Php 50~ (that is as of Might 2018).
When exchanging your cash to NZD, I extremely recommendation that you just do NOT trade it on the airport for the reason that charges there should not aggressive. So what do you have to fairly do? Both trade your cash at a financial institution or at a cash exchanger in your house nation or in any of New Zealand’s metropolis facilities. Higher but, simply withdraw from an ATM together with your debit/bank card (do one massive withdrawal to attenuate charges together with your financial institution). Talking of playing cards, a number of New Zealand’s institutions settle for bank cards however it’s at all times advisable to have money available.
When is the very best time to go to New Zealand?
Technically, there may be NEVER a nasty time to go to New Zealand; but in fact, since each the North and South Islands are lengthy and slim, climate just isn’t uniform. However as an summary, under are New Zealand’s seasons:
Summer time: (December to February) That is the preferred time; therefore, the busiest — however the seashores are nice throughout this time of the 12 months. Take word by the way in which that January would be the warmest month. Serious about this, New Zealand is a good escape for these months of the 12 months if you wish to get away from harsh winters.
Autumn: (March to Might) This time is attractive because the leaves change colours and it’s additionally the most effective instances to plan a getaway or a climbing spree for the reason that summer season crowds are principally gone. So as to add, charges are on an ‘off peak’ degree.
Winter: (June to August) Queenstown as an example might be your winter wonderland, however there absolutely are a variety of ski areas across the nation. For those who are available June you’ll be able to benefit from the Queenstown Winter Competition.
Spring: (September to November) This is among the ‘off peak’ seasons as you get to take pleasure in hotter days and longer daytime.
Methods to get to New Zealand?
By air. Auckland Worldwide Airport (AKL) is New Zealand’s largest airport, adopted by Wellington, Christchurch, Queenstown and Dunedin. To seek for the very best flight offers, I extremely advocate scanning by SkyScanner. In the meantime, you’ll be able to attain the town from the airport by Airbus Categorical (NZ$16), shuttle vans, or taxi (could be NZ$50 to NZ$100). Uber has a flat charge of NZ$70, wherereas Zoomy expenses between NZ$39 to NZ$66.
By boat. Auckland is a significant cruise ship port of name with its most important cruise terminal situated on Queens Wharf.
How can I am going round New Zealand’s North Island?
By air. Doing home flights from one place to a different may be very straightforward in New Zealand and they’re usually cheaper than driving or taking trains. A few of the airways you’ll be able to select from are Air New Zealand, Virgin Australia and Jetstar.
By automobile. Driving in New Zealand is completely calm and nice (you drive on the left), that’s why a number of guests choose to go on street journeys when visiting the nation. It helps to notice although that fuel and rental charges could be fairly costly, this is the reason lots of people who’ve a protracted vacation within the nation would fairly favor to purchase a automobile or van after which resell it earlier than leaving — or higher but, they only be a part of street journey excursions that can take them to the very best spots! My advice? Try Wild Kiwi! I went with them throughout my keep in New Zealand and I had a blast!
By bus. It is a comparatively low-cost option to get round New Zealand however it helps to notice that companies between main cities are normally solely as soon as per day and that the buses are likely to get full, so it helps to e book a couple of days upfront (doing so may also enable you rating bargains). A few of the main traces are Atomic Shuttles, Flying Kiwi, InterCity and Kiwi Expertise.
By practice. Each Auckland and Wellington have commuter rail companies and they’re operated by AT Metro in Auckland and Metlink in Wellington. In the meantime, inter-city rail passenger companies are operated by ‘Nice Journeys of New Zealand’ and so they fairly deal with vacationer trains which go by spectacular surroundings and have a working commentary, panoramic home windows and an open-air viewing carriage (an instance of which is ‘The Northern Explorer’ which runs between Auckland and Wellington).
By bicycle. For those who’re up for the problem, using a motorbike or biking is a good way to go across the landscapes of New Zealand, and it’s pretty straightforward to get a rental.
TIP: For navigation on street journeys (other than utilizing a GPS) or for navigating your self by public transportation, you should use Google Maps. To remain linked on-line, you’ll be able to lease a pocket wifi through Tep Wi-fi. (Use code “IAMAILEEN” to save lots of 15% off in your Tep Wi-fi pocket wifi rental!)
The place to finest keep (for lodging)?
There’s in fact a spread of lodging in New Zealand so that you can select from. To seek for the very best lodging at the very best costs, I counsel trying out Agoda and Reserving.com. However if you happen to’re fairly excited by renting snug homes, verify AirBnB.
For a listing of the highest lodging, see my posts under…
Ought to I get a visa to go to New Zealand?
You possibly can verify this record of nations to see who does NOT want vacationer visas to enter New Zealand. Naturally, if you happen to’re NOT a citizen of any of the listed international locations, you’ll then want to use for a vacationer visa within the New Zealand embassy that’s close to you. For those who’re a Philippine citizen like me, you’ll be able to learn my information on ‘Methods to Apply for a New Zealand Visa‘.
Useful Māori phrases
English is the dominant language spoken by most Kiwis (New Zealanders) however the nation’s de jure official languages are Māori and New Zealand Signal Language (NZSL). Relaxation assured, Māori persons are bilingual and might communicate English too, however they’ll be blissful to listen to you attempt to communicate the Māori language.
If you wish to study a couple of useful phrases, just remember to pronounce the next correctly!
Good day (to 1 individual, formal): Tēnā koe (Te-na koy)
Good day (to 1 individual, casual): Kia ora (Key-oar-rah)
Thanks: Kia ora (Key-oar-rah) ~ pronounced with a rising intonation
Sure: Āe (I)
No: Kāore (Kao-re)
Goodbye (stated by individual leaving): E noho rā (E-noho ra)
Goodbye (stated by individual staying): Haere rā (Hayre ra)
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I’m sorry: Aroha mai (Ar-ro-ha-mai)
Assist!: Āwhina! (Af-fin-nuh!)
Cheers!: Kia ora! (Key-oar-rah!)
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I hope this record will enable you to raised streamline your New Zealand journey itinerary! Actually, to raised make your journey hassle-free, think about checking the street journey excursions of Wild Kiwi. Get pleasure from!
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Or have you ever been to the North Island earlier than? How was it?
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How to watch the Derby: live stream horse racing from Epsom anywhere in the world
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How to watch the Derby: live stream horse racing from Epsom anywhere in the world
It’s Derby day! The 239th Derby day in fact, and this year’s hot favourite for the main event is Saxon Warrior. The Japanese-bred three-year-old has already won the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket earlier in the season and is unbeaten in four runs. And you can get a free live stream wherever on earth you dwell to see whether the odds-on fave will win this year’s Epsom Derby.
Epsom Derby 2018 – where and when
This year the Epsom Derby weekend, at the Epsom Downs racecourse, is due to run across Friday June 1 for Ladies Day and Saturday June 2 for Derby Day.
The main event – the Investec Derby – is today (Saturday June 2) with the race set to start at 4.30pm BST (11.30am ET, 8.30am PT in the US).
Although Saxon Warrior is the horse to beat, the main challenge will come from, Roaring Lion, who recently won the Dante Stakes at York, and Young Rascal. And it’s worth looking back to the 2017 Epsom Derby for a reminder that strange things do happen on the course – 40-1 outsider Wings of Eagles took the rosette.
The Epsom Derby weekend is an annual two day event, started in 1780, that’s considered to be one of the biggest and most prestigious race events of the year. The £850,000 prize fund for the main event – the Investec Derby on Saturday – probably doesn’t hurt that image, making it the UK’s richest horse race.
If you want to catch all the action live, read on to find out the best way you can do exactly that from wherever you are. And the best bit? It’s absolutely FREE!
How to watch the Epsom Derby 2018 for free: UK stream
This year the Epsom Derby 2018 will be aired on ITV live meaning it’s free for anyone to watch via TV, the ITV app or a TV player online. Alternatively, if you’re watching online, we’d heartily recommend TVPlayer.com, which offers a host of channels with a high quality stream
Coverage of the main Investec Derby race will be at 4.30PM BST but coverage of the Epsom Derby starts at 1.30pm on Saturday.
Get the Epsom Derby live stream for free from anywhere else in the world
1. Download and install a VPN
If you don’t have easy access to watch the Epsom Derby 2018 online in your country, the best way to watch it for free is to download and install a VPN. We’ve tested all of the major VPN services and we rate ExpressVPN as the absolute best. It’s compatible with all of your devices, supports most streaming services and ranks amongst the fastest. You can even install it on devices like an Amazon Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Xbox and PlayStation. So for a one-stop shop, you can’t go wrong with Express – but there are more fantastic VPN options out there as well:
The best 3 VPNs for streaming sports online
1. ExpressVPN: the best all-round VPN for streaming, comes with 30-day trial
2. NordVPN: SmartPlay tech makes NordVPN a great choice for streaming
3. VyprVPN: blazing speeds make VyprVPN a great choice for 4K video
2. Connect to the appropriate server location
Simply open the VPN app, hit ‘choose location’ and select the appropriate location – it’s super easy to do. Choose UK to stream the Epsom Derby 2018 live for free (use the links below).
3. Go to TVPlayer.com
The TVPlayer service is free and the best legal way to stream all of the action at this year’s Epsom Derby live. Once your VPN is up and running with a UK location, simply head to TVPlayer.com.
Where can I watch the Epsom Derby 2018 using a VPN?
A VPN will enable you to watch the Epsom Derby 2018 from literally anywhere. So that obviously includes: the United States, France, Russia, Spain, Japan, Italy, Poland, Germany, Mexico, New Zealand, Czech Republic, Ireland, Austria, Thailand, Canada, Australia, Denmark, China, South Africa, Argentina, Singapore, Turkey and more!
Images courtesy of going.thejockeyclub.co.uk
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How to watch the Derby: live stream horse racing from Epsom anywhere in the world
Epsom Derby 2018 – where and when
This year the Epsom Derby weekend, at the Epsom Downs racecourse, is due to run across Friday June 1 for Ladies Day and Saturday June 2 for Derby Day.
The main event – the Investec Derby – will be held on Saturday June 2 with the race set to start at 4.30pm BST (11.30am ET, 8.30am PT in the US).
The Epsom Derby weekend is an annual two day event, started in 1780, that’s considered to be one of the biggest and most prestigious race events of the year. The £850,000 prize fund for the main event – the Investec Derby on Saturday – probably doesn’t hurt that image, making it the UK’s richest horse race. And you can get a free live stream wherever on earth you dwell.
This year’s favourite for the Derby race win is Saxon Warrior which won the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket earlier in the season. The horse is unbeaten in four runs and so should be a real challenge to beat. But trying to rise to that challenge will be second-favourite, Roaring Lion who recently won the Dante Stakes at York.
The Epsom Derby race sees three-year old horses making up the starters. This makes for exciting high-speed racing along the course with often surprising results. Last year’s winner, Wings of Eagles, was a 40-1 outsider.
If you want to catch all the action live, read on to find out the best way you can do exactly that from wherever you are. And the best bit? It’s absolutely FREE!
How to watch the Epsom Derby 2018 for free: UK stream
This year the Epsom Derby 2018 will be aired on ITV live meaning it’s free for anyone to watch via TV, the ITV app or a TV player online. Alternatively, if you’re watching online, we’d heartily recommend TVPlayer.com, which offers a host of channels with a high quality stream
Coverage of the main Investec Derby race will be at 4.30PM BST but coverage of the Epsom Derby starts at 1.30pm on Saturday.
Get the Epsom Derby live stream for free from anywhere else in the world
1. Download and install a VPN
If you don’t have easy access to watch the Epsom Derby 2018 online in your country, the best way to watch it for free is to download and install a VPN. We’ve tested all of the major VPN services and we rate ExpressVPN as the absolute best. It’s compatible with all of your devices, supports most streaming services and ranks amongst the fastest. You can even install it on devices like an Amazon Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Xbox and PlayStation. So for a one-stop shop, you can’t go wrong with Express – but there are more fantastic VPN options out there as well:
The best 3 VPNs for streaming sports online
1. ExpressVPN: the best all-round VPN for streaming, comes with 30-day trial
2. NordVPN: SmartPlay tech makes NordVPN a great choice for streaming
3. VyprVPN: blazing speeds make VyprVPN a great choice for 4K video
2. Connect to the appropriate server location
Simply open the VPN app, hit ‘choose location’ and select the appropriate location – it’s super easy to do. Choose UK to stream the Epsom Derby 2018 live for free (use the links below).
3. Go to TVPlayer.com
The TVPlayer service is free and the best legal way to stream all of the action at this year’s Epsom Derby live. Once your VPN is up and running with a UK location, simply head to TVPlayer.com.
Where can I watch the Epsom Derby 2018 using a VPN?
A VPN will enable you to watch the Epsom Derby 2018 from literally anywhere. So that obviously includes: the United States, France, Russia, Spain, Japan, Italy, Poland, Germany, Mexico, New Zealand, Czech Republic, Ireland, Austria, Thailand, Canada, Australia, Denmark, China, South Africa, Argentina, Singapore, Turkey and more!
Images courtesy of going.thejockeyclub.co.uk
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