

Buy your Entertainment Book from us before 5pm on 5 Aug and be in to win a free Martinborough Vineyard Winemaker's Dinner for four. More...
The $25 set lunch menu on offer every day during the festival, which runs 14-29 August, reflects Rata's focus on fresh, locally-sourced seasonal produce. More...
Order any main from the lunch menu at Rata cafe Monday to Thursday throughout August and you'll get a meal from the kids' menu absolutely free. More...
A ZEALANDIA-bred pateke (brown teal) has been hanging out on a Hutt City stream. More...

A paradise that took 80 million years to evolve was almost destroyed in the last few hundred...
Just 10 minutes from central Wellington, ZEALANDIA is a unique eco-attraction. New Zealand's incredible natural history and our world-renowned conservation movement are brought to life with a state-of-the-art indoor exhibition. Then step through our predator-proof fence into our beautiful 225ha (550 acre) eco-sanctuary for your best opportunity to see some of New Zealand's rarest birds, reptiles and insects in the wild.

Spectacular set up, brilliant close encounter with kiwi.”
