NZ House & Garden is a highly popular lifestyle magazine published in New Zealand. It offers a unique opportunity to step into the lives and homes of some of the most well known people in the country. The NZ House & Garden Tours is a special event conducted by the magazine benefiting charity. As part of the tour, visitors will get a chance to visit various houses around the nation. Ticket sales in the previous years have raised over $200,000 in aid of Look Good Feel Better and the Cancer Society of New Zealand. Both charities focus on reducing the occurrence and impact of cancer, while striving to better the lives of patients currently going through treatment.
The NZ House & Gardens Tours 2012 will feature homes from Canterbury, Kapiti Coast, Auckland and Queenstown Lakes. All tours this year will stick to a theme. Starting from the 2nd of March, the Canterbury tour will have a rural theme, and will start with modern houses in the Clearwater Resort before proceeding to houses in Hororata, Darfield and Ohoka. Tour takers will get to see a variety of differently styled houses, from restored villas to more modern structures. However, those planning on taking the Canterbury tour should prepare for long drives as the homes are quite far apart.
The Auckland tour starts on the 9th of March, and visitors will be treated to a stunning array of city homes from Parnell, Mt Eden and the eastern suburbs. Houses will range from fabulous terraced houses to sophisticated modern apartments. The Kapiti Coast tour will be on from the 16th of March and will take visitors on a magical journey along the coast from Raumati to Manakau. The last in the line up is the Queenstown Lakes tour which will start on the 24th of March.
The tour provides people with an opportunity to see many different parts of the country, but with all that travelling accommodation may become an issue. Tourists looking for comfortable New Zealand hotels should try the Millennium & Copthorne Hotels NZ. They have many branches across the country and they all provide excellent service. For more details on the New Zealand hotel packages check their website.
