1 00:00:07,133 --> 00:00:10,453 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Team podcast 2 00:00:10,613 --> 00:00:11,693 Speaker 1: from News Talk SEDB. 3 00:00:12,853 --> 00:00:14,853 Speaker 2: Yes, it is time to talk travel, and I'm joined 4 00:00:14,853 --> 00:00:17,133 Speaker 2: by Mike Yardly. Good morning, Good. 5 00:00:16,933 --> 00:00:21,773 Speaker 3: Morning, Francesca. Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas? Are your bells jingling? 6 00:00:26,373 --> 00:00:26,773 Speaker 1: Sorry? 7 00:00:27,733 --> 00:00:33,213 Speaker 2: I don't know why, it's just okay, yeah, yeah, yes, 8 00:00:33,573 --> 00:00:35,453 Speaker 2: I don't quite know where my bells are right now. 9 00:00:35,493 --> 00:00:38,573 Speaker 2: Actually I'm not even quite too sure what the day is, 10 00:00:38,573 --> 00:00:41,813 Speaker 2: but we're getting there. It is Saturday, isn't it? Over 11 00:00:41,853 --> 00:00:43,973 Speaker 2: the holidays, though clearly in need of a few days 12 00:00:44,013 --> 00:00:46,933 Speaker 2: off over the holidays, a lot of us are staying home. 13 00:00:47,013 --> 00:00:48,853 Speaker 2: I'm staying home a bit, but some of us are 14 00:00:48,853 --> 00:00:51,293 Speaker 2: tripping around the country and there's all sorts of things 15 00:00:52,373 --> 00:00:53,173 Speaker 2: taking place. 16 00:00:54,733 --> 00:00:58,253 Speaker 3: Yes, there are some signature spectacles that you could actually 17 00:00:58,333 --> 00:01:02,373 Speaker 3: thread into your domestic vacation plans the summer. Interestingly, if 18 00:01:02,413 --> 00:01:06,053 Speaker 3: I say to you Auckland and January, chances are you'll 19 00:01:06,093 --> 00:01:10,133 Speaker 3: think the tennis the ASB Classic. But there is actually 20 00:01:10,173 --> 00:01:12,933 Speaker 3: another primetime sporting gig waiting in the wings. And you 21 00:01:13,013 --> 00:01:16,053 Speaker 3: will recall earlier this year we had the dolphin related 22 00:01:16,133 --> 00:01:21,253 Speaker 3: debacle and christ Jurge, so sil GPS along awaited Auckland 23 00:01:21,333 --> 00:01:25,253 Speaker 3: debut will roar into life January eighteen and nineteen off 24 00:01:25,293 --> 00:01:28,293 Speaker 3: Winyard Point. There's obviously a lot of vantage points around 25 00:01:28,333 --> 00:01:31,853 Speaker 3: the harbor, but if you want prime grandstand seating, I 26 00:01:31,973 --> 00:01:34,213 Speaker 3: checked out the website. There are still plenty of tickets 27 00:01:34,213 --> 00:01:37,253 Speaker 3: available to get right up close to those flying f 28 00:01:37,253 --> 00:01:38,653 Speaker 3: fifties as they do bettle. 29 00:01:39,173 --> 00:01:40,493 Speaker 2: Do you know when you said to me, you know, 30 00:01:40,533 --> 00:01:43,133 Speaker 2: what do you think of when I say Auckland and January? 31 00:01:43,213 --> 00:01:46,693 Speaker 2: I just think of the nineteen eighties because what basically 32 00:01:46,733 --> 00:01:48,573 Speaker 2: happens is everyone leaves. 33 00:01:49,053 --> 00:01:51,493 Speaker 3: Well, it is absolutely really. 34 00:01:51,333 --> 00:01:55,053 Speaker 2: That place to be, especially that sort of Christmas and 35 00:01:55,093 --> 00:01:58,013 Speaker 2: over New Year and things like that. Everyone goes. You 36 00:01:58,053 --> 00:02:00,533 Speaker 2: can drive anywhere and everywhere. You can kind of get 37 00:02:00,573 --> 00:02:03,893 Speaker 2: a park reof you want. You can really make the 38 00:02:03,973 --> 00:02:06,893 Speaker 2: most of everything that Auckland has to offer with ease. 39 00:02:07,893 --> 00:02:08,093 Speaker 1: Yeah. 40 00:02:10,413 --> 00:02:12,573 Speaker 2: No, no, but you know it is. I don't I 41 00:02:12,573 --> 00:02:14,293 Speaker 2: don't know whether people sort of think everyone sort of 42 00:02:14,413 --> 00:02:17,093 Speaker 2: takes off to beaches or late yea and they don't 43 00:02:17,133 --> 00:02:19,693 Speaker 2: sort of think about coming, but actually, yes, and tennis 44 00:02:19,773 --> 00:02:21,293 Speaker 2: is a great reason to come. I think that kicks 45 00:02:21,293 --> 00:02:23,413 Speaker 2: off on the thirtieth and runs till the eleventh and 46 00:02:23,413 --> 00:02:26,293 Speaker 2: then we do have sale GP, but definitely just those. 47 00:02:26,333 --> 00:02:28,293 Speaker 2: If you were ever thinking of popping up and checking 48 00:02:28,333 --> 00:02:30,333 Speaker 2: it out and going to the gallery and do all 49 00:02:30,333 --> 00:02:32,133 Speaker 2: those sort of bits and pieces, it is a great 50 00:02:32,253 --> 00:02:32,893 Speaker 2: time to come. 51 00:02:33,093 --> 00:02:35,693 Speaker 3: It's fair h good, Yeah, very good. Yeah. 52 00:02:36,053 --> 00:02:38,133 Speaker 2: There are some other exhibitions happening in Auckland as well, 53 00:02:38,133 --> 00:02:38,653 Speaker 2: aren't there. 54 00:02:39,133 --> 00:02:41,293 Speaker 3: That's true, Yeah, I mean yeah, you could tie this 55 00:02:41,373 --> 00:02:43,733 Speaker 3: in with a generary visit to the Quencity as well. 56 00:02:43,773 --> 00:02:46,693 Speaker 3: Dinosaurs of Patagonia, which I'm sure you know about Francisco 57 00:02:47,213 --> 00:02:49,773 Speaker 3: that's on at the showgrounds until the end of next month. 58 00:02:50,173 --> 00:02:53,373 Speaker 3: The Starring attraction. I really want to see this dinosaur. 59 00:02:53,773 --> 00:02:58,773 Speaker 3: He's called Petigo Titan, the largest dinosaur ever found. He 60 00:02:58,893 --> 00:03:03,853 Speaker 3: weighs seventy tons, which is unbelievable, and his length his 61 00:03:04,053 --> 00:03:07,853 Speaker 3: span is thirty eight meters, which is about the length 62 00:03:07,893 --> 00:03:12,053 Speaker 3: of three school buses. That is utterly insane. And an 63 00:03:12,093 --> 00:03:15,413 Speaker 3: Ausland museum. The big sum summer gig is the Sharks exhibition. 64 00:03:15,813 --> 00:03:18,813 Speaker 3: It's just opened. I actually was chatting to some friends 65 00:03:18,813 --> 00:03:21,133 Speaker 3: in Australia who saw this a few months ago. They 66 00:03:21,213 --> 00:03:25,053 Speaker 3: reckon it's extraordinary. So I was created by the Australian 67 00:03:25,173 --> 00:03:30,373 Speaker 3: Museum very much focused on the fascinating and often misunderstood 68 00:03:30,373 --> 00:03:35,013 Speaker 3: word of sharks. Very immersive apparently, lots of really interactive displays. 69 00:03:35,573 --> 00:03:40,493 Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, summer and then a shark exhibition that 70 00:03:40,653 --> 00:03:42,573 Speaker 2: kind of takes me back to the summer that I 71 00:03:42,613 --> 00:03:45,213 Speaker 2: watched Jaws and my parents had just taken us to 72 00:03:45,253 --> 00:03:47,893 Speaker 2: Australia for the first time to see our cousins who 73 00:03:47,973 --> 00:03:50,813 Speaker 2: lived on the Gold Coast. And on the first night 74 00:03:50,933 --> 00:03:52,733 Speaker 2: my cousin played Jaws and I didn't go on the 75 00:03:52,773 --> 00:03:54,093 Speaker 2: water for two weeks. 76 00:03:54,973 --> 00:03:55,893 Speaker 3: Oh, well we go. 77 00:03:55,973 --> 00:03:57,733 Speaker 2: No, this does look this does look amazing. 78 00:03:57,773 --> 00:04:01,693 Speaker 3: Though before helped you mystify your fears. Apparently, well there 79 00:04:01,733 --> 00:04:02,773 Speaker 3: we go perfect. 80 00:04:02,493 --> 00:04:07,053 Speaker 2: From me perfect what if legos you're kind of thing? 81 00:04:08,133 --> 00:04:11,813 Speaker 3: Yeah, down South and dunners to her a Otago Museum. 82 00:04:11,853 --> 00:04:15,813 Speaker 3: It's been taken over this summer by Lego minifigures. So 83 00:04:15,933 --> 00:04:19,813 Speaker 3: the exhibition is called Relics a New World Rises and 84 00:04:19,853 --> 00:04:24,293 Speaker 3: it was created by those Australian lego masters, Jackson Harvey 85 00:04:24,333 --> 00:04:26,973 Speaker 3: and Alex Tower. It was a smash hit an oz 86 00:04:27,253 --> 00:04:30,093 Speaker 3: all sorts of really cool things, like they have repurposed 87 00:04:30,093 --> 00:04:34,133 Speaker 3: a retro video arcade and turned it into a futuristic 88 00:04:34,573 --> 00:04:38,413 Speaker 3: spaceport all in Lego, so the kids will go crazy there. 89 00:04:39,133 --> 00:04:42,133 Speaker 3: If you're in rally to Papa, they traditionally turn on 90 00:04:42,173 --> 00:04:44,533 Speaker 3: a big summer headliner and I reckon, this is a 91 00:04:44,533 --> 00:04:49,733 Speaker 3: bit of you, Francisca. This summer's exhibition is the premiere 92 00:04:50,453 --> 00:04:54,413 Speaker 3: of the global tour of the then Westwood and Jewelry, 93 00:04:54,893 --> 00:04:58,373 Speaker 3: So it's all about the extensive history of her jewelry 94 00:04:58,413 --> 00:05:01,693 Speaker 3: design and creations, which all began back in the seventies 95 00:05:02,053 --> 00:05:05,253 Speaker 3: with a store at the Portobello Market in London. So yeah, 96 00:05:05,253 --> 00:05:08,853 Speaker 3: that's on, gets on until April. It starts next month 97 00:05:09,173 --> 00:05:09,773 Speaker 3: at Tapapa. 98 00:05:09,973 --> 00:05:11,893 Speaker 2: Got a bit of time for that one. Now, at 99 00:05:11,893 --> 00:05:13,773 Speaker 2: this time of the year, doesn't New Plymouth have a 100 00:05:13,773 --> 00:05:14,853 Speaker 2: Festival of Lights? 101 00:05:15,573 --> 00:05:18,973 Speaker 3: Yes, tonight the night they turn on the lights, transforming 102 00:05:19,013 --> 00:05:23,893 Speaker 3: Poky Cuda Park into a lavishly illuminated nighttime wonderland for 103 00:05:24,133 --> 00:05:28,293 Speaker 3: five weeks. This is apparently New Zealand's favorite and longest 104 00:05:28,373 --> 00:05:31,893 Speaker 3: running light festival. I checked with the organizers. Over one 105 00:05:32,013 --> 00:05:35,853 Speaker 3: hundred and fifty thousand people flock to the festival, half 106 00:05:35,973 --> 00:05:39,693 Speaker 3: from out of town, so lots of ingenious installations, nightly 107 00:05:39,813 --> 00:05:42,093 Speaker 3: entertainment and if you want to check out the lights 108 00:05:42,093 --> 00:05:46,573 Speaker 3: from a different perspective, book a glow row boat. They 109 00:05:46,613 --> 00:05:50,053 Speaker 3: are wildly popular, so you'll want to book your boat 110 00:05:50,093 --> 00:05:50,733 Speaker 3: in advance. 111 00:05:51,853 --> 00:05:54,653 Speaker 2: Caroline Bay is, does it still have a speech carnival? 112 00:05:55,493 --> 00:06:01,053 Speaker 3: Yeah, the one hundred and fourteenth edition. Impressive, isn't it? 113 00:06:01,133 --> 00:06:03,253 Speaker 3: I know? It kicks off on Boxing Day runs for 114 00:06:03,293 --> 00:06:06,653 Speaker 3: a fortnight. There is a real sort of timeless, un 115 00:06:06,693 --> 00:06:10,413 Speaker 3: home vibe to that carnival in Timadoo. Some say it's 116 00:06:10,413 --> 00:06:12,893 Speaker 3: a bit hoki, but I reckon it's as classic as 117 00:06:12,933 --> 00:06:15,493 Speaker 3: hokey pokey and no disrespect to some of the other 118 00:06:15,533 --> 00:06:18,813 Speaker 3: beach carnivals in New Zealand. January four is the day 119 00:06:18,813 --> 00:06:22,653 Speaker 3: for the Cocks Beach Carnival in Fisijunga and also the 120 00:06:22,693 --> 00:06:25,653 Speaker 3: Openaki Beach for Carnival and Taganaki. 121 00:06:25,413 --> 00:06:28,653 Speaker 2: Bringiant any other events to mention super quick. 122 00:06:28,733 --> 00:06:31,093 Speaker 3: If you're on the wild West Coast in late January, 123 00:06:31,373 --> 00:06:34,853 Speaker 3: check out the Driftwood Festival on Hoka Tika Beach January 124 00:06:34,853 --> 00:06:38,973 Speaker 3: twenty two. It's incredibly creative, so basically all these competitors 125 00:06:39,453 --> 00:06:44,413 Speaker 3: construct the most whimsical, skopful pieces, some of them are enormous, 126 00:06:44,653 --> 00:06:47,373 Speaker 3: all based on driftwood washed up from the Testamon Sea. 127 00:06:47,653 --> 00:06:50,653 Speaker 3: The size and the audacity of the sculptures is so good. 128 00:06:51,013 --> 00:06:55,133 Speaker 3: And wine time Finally, Francesca. Two of our nation's very 129 00:06:55,133 --> 00:06:58,613 Speaker 3: best wine festivals are bubbling on the horizon. So toast. 130 00:06:58,733 --> 00:07:04,853 Speaker 3: Marsinborough returns January nineteen, and just across the water, Marlborough, 131 00:07:04,933 --> 00:07:07,733 Speaker 3: New Zealand's longest running wine and food festival is back 132 00:07:08,093 --> 00:07:11,853 Speaker 3: on February eight. Blend them Accommodation Wild book out, so 133 00:07:12,133 --> 00:07:15,533 Speaker 3: locking your plans pronto for what Marlbrough February. 134 00:07:15,613 --> 00:07:17,693 Speaker 2: I lenty to do. Thank you so much, Mike. He 135 00:07:17,773 --> 00:07:18,813 Speaker 2: an lovely Christmas. 136 00:07:19,373 --> 00:07:21,053 Speaker 3: You two, Francisca, take care. 137 00:07:21,093 --> 00:07:24,493 Speaker 2: Take care. I of course there's more tips on summer 138 00:07:24,493 --> 00:07:27,013 Speaker 2: attractions with traveling for Mike. 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