Cottage Park Motor Lodge & Conference Centre

Things to do

Kapiti Island Nature Reserve: one of the few accessible island nature reserves in the country

Reckon on a kaka landing on your shoulder or a weka scurrying over your feet, all to the calls of kakariki, bellbird, robin and saddleback. Read the story . . . 

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Campervanning: the spontaneous way to travel

If the idea of a guided tour brings you out in spots, you’ll be wanting to bring yourself to the spots you most want to see. Read the story . . . 

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Cook Strait: through one of the world’s roughest stretches of water to spectacular beauty and calm

Enjoy the 70-kilometre rite of passage for any Kiwi of merit through the Roaring Forties and one of the world’s roughest and most unpredictable stretches of water to the spectacular beauty and calm of the Marlbourough Sound. Read the story . . . 

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa: where the location itself is a treasure

Explore this waharoa to our natural and cultural heritage, home to three rugby fields' worth of beautifully crafted space, untold treasures and fascinating stories, including the ground-breaking Gallipoli: The scale of our war. Read the story . . . 

St John's Bar and Restaurant

St Johns Bar & Restaurant for eating, drinking and enjoying. The best of Wellington on the Waterfront. Delicious food, drinks and good company all come together. . . . More . . . 

Out and about

Porirua: the town of unintended consequences

Everyone had plans for Porirua. Read the story . . . 

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Loved by the locals: Wellington Central

Do what the locals do in Wellington Central. Read the story . . . 

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Classic New Zealand Wine Trail: Napier to Blenheim

What better way to taste your way across islands and through three of New Zealand's major wine-producing regions than on the Classic New Zealand Wine Trail . . . Read the story . . .