New Zealand International Arts Festival
It is New Zealand's premier and largest cultural event and celebrates the best arts entertainment from around the world and within New Zealand. This festival is staged every two years in Wellington. It presents strong international programme which attracts visitors from all over the world. It is held over a period of 3 weeks and performances ranges from large-scale opera to mime and street artists.
The Wine Marlborough Festival
The Marlborough Wine Festival is New Zealand's longest running and most successful wine festival. The Marlborough Wine Festival 2011 will be held on Saturday 12 February. Some of the events include wine tutorials, food and wine matching competition and entertainment from New Zealand's leading performers.
New Zealand International Film Festival
This is a national event which is held annually across the country. This festival is the consolidation of several separately film festivals into a single event known as The New Zealand International Film Festival which occurred for the first time in 2009.
EVENTS
The Great New Zealand Trek Event
This is a novel event, as it provides participants the freedom to choose their mode of transport to travel around the various parts of New Zealand. The Great New Zealand Trek Event is held every year in order to create awareness about the multiple Sclerosis disease.
Rugby World Cup 2011
Rugby World Cup (RWC) 2011will be hosted in New Zealand. The event will be start on the 10 September 2011 and culminating with the final being played at Eden Park in Auckland on the 23 October. New Zealand has thirteen venues for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, including Eden Park and North Harbour Stadium in Auckland, AMI Stadium in Christchurch, Westpac Stadium in Wellington as well as a number of other Stadiums around both North and South Island. Twenty teams from across the world will be competing for the Cup. Rugby is considered to be the national sport of New Zealand. Therefore, this event holds a significant value to the New Zealanders.
SPORTS
Competitive Sports
As I mentioned above, the national sport of New Zealand is Rugby. The national team is the internationally renowned All Blacks. They won the first World Cup Rugby competition in 1987.
Maori and Pacific Islanders are a vital part of New Zealand's Rugby. But the name All Blacks is derived from the colour of their jersey and pants and not the ethnicity of the players.
Cricket is another sport that is popular in New Zealand.
It is the oldest sport played in New Zealand as it has a history of over 150 years. Their team name is known as the Black Caps and there are both men's and women's teams.
The first game they won was against the West Indies in 1956.
Leisure Sports
Sports are a vital part of New Zealanders life. On average, they spend 2.5 hours a week on physical activity. The more popular sports are swimming, cycling, tennis and golf. Golf is popular with the middle-aged people. People engage in these activities not only to keep themselves fit but to enjoy the company of others.
OTHER RECREATION
Holidays
New Zealanders are fond of going on holiday. They usually take holiday during the summer months or winter breaks to enjoy the ski-fields. Families flock to camping grounds near the sea or lakes where they can fish, swim or sail their yachts.
Gardening
Gardening is a popular hobby among thousands of New Zealanders.
They have cottage gardens, wild gardens, formal gardens, herb gardens, etc. They usually have television programmes to educate them the latest techniques and hybrids.
Reading
New Zealanders also love to read. In fact, it is estimated that they actually read and purchase more books per head of population than any other English-speaking country.
It is New Zealand's premier and largest cultural event and celebrates the best arts entertainment from around the world and within New Zealand. This festival is staged every two years in Wellington. It presents strong international programme which attracts visitors from all over the world. It is held over a period of 3 weeks and performances ranges from large-scale opera to mime and street artists.
The Wine Marlborough Festival
The Marlborough Wine Festival is New Zealand's longest running and most successful wine festival. The Marlborough Wine Festival 2011 will be held on Saturday 12 February. Some of the events include wine tutorials, food and wine matching competition and entertainment from New Zealand's leading performers.
New Zealand International Film Festival
This is a national event which is held annually across the country. This festival is the consolidation of several separately film festivals into a single event known as The New Zealand International Film Festival which occurred for the first time in 2009.
EVENTSThe Great New Zealand Trek Event
This is a novel event, as it provides participants the freedom to choose their mode of transport to travel around the various parts of New Zealand. The Great New Zealand Trek Event is held every year in order to create awareness about the multiple Sclerosis disease.
Rugby World Cup 2011Rugby World Cup (RWC) 2011will be hosted in New Zealand. The event will be start on the 10 September 2011 and culminating with the final being played at Eden Park in Auckland on the 23 October. New Zealand has thirteen venues for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, including Eden Park and North Harbour Stadium in Auckland, AMI Stadium in Christchurch, Westpac Stadium in Wellington as well as a number of other Stadiums around both North and South Island. Twenty teams from across the world will be competing for the Cup. Rugby is considered to be the national sport of New Zealand. Therefore, this event holds a significant value to the New Zealanders.
SPORTS
Competitive Sports
As I mentioned above, the national sport of New Zealand is Rugby. The national team is the internationally renowned All Blacks. They won the first World Cup Rugby competition in 1987.
Maori and Pacific Islanders are a vital part of New Zealand's Rugby. But the name All Blacks is derived from the colour of their jersey and pants and not the ethnicity of the players.
Cricket is another sport that is popular in New Zealand.It is the oldest sport played in New Zealand as it has a history of over 150 years. Their team name is known as the Black Caps and there are both men's and women's teams.
The first game they won was against the West Indies in 1956.
Leisure Sports
Sports are a vital part of New Zealanders life. On average, they spend 2.5 hours a week on physical activity. The more popular sports are swimming, cycling, tennis and golf. Golf is popular with the middle-aged people. People engage in these activities not only to keep themselves fit but to enjoy the company of others.
OTHER RECREATIONHolidays
New Zealanders are fond of going on holiday. They usually take holiday during the summer months or winter breaks to enjoy the ski-fields. Families flock to camping grounds near the sea or lakes where they can fish, swim or sail their yachts.
GardeningGardening is a popular hobby among thousands of New Zealanders.
They have cottage gardens, wild gardens, formal gardens, herb gardens, etc. They usually have television programmes to educate them the latest techniques and hybrids.
Reading
New Zealanders also love to read. In fact, it is estimated that they actually read and purchase more books per head of population than any other English-speaking country.
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