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The Kids' Store is a boutique store and online business located in the seaside town of Mt Maunganui. We have been providing the local and international community with a hand-picked range of clothes, footwear, toys and accessories since 2007.

Experience all the fun you can handle at Rainbow's End - a full day of fun for the whole family! Kidz Kingdom is brand new, fully covered and the ultimate place to visit for children 8 years and under. For a fun day out or a birthday party it’s a kids paradise with fun rides, lots of activities and cool places to explore. Big kids and parents will love thrill rides like the Stratosfear, Fear Fall and Invader and everyone will enjoy family rides like the Dodgems, Gold Rush and Log Flume.

Paint & Create is a ceramic painting Studio set in a serene garden setting. We host birthday parties for children and adults. Baby hand/footprints. We can come to your holiday programme or corporate event. Perfect for team building, hen parties. Brush on fun for everyone.

Take a walk through time with a visit to the Department of Corrections’ Heritage Centre.  As well as the history of corrections in New Zealand, the centre looks at Corrections today, with multi-media displays showcasing our modern facilities. Open Monday-Friday, 7.30am - 5pm.

Offering quality imaginative, contemporary fare with traditional New Zealand flavours.  Open Wednesday to Sunday for lunch and seven days a week for evening dining.

Outdoor dining available.  A very enticing menu with kids.

Enjoy a 2.5 hour horseback ride through West Coast native bush as you see 300-foot-high limestone cliffs and stroll through the surf to view the magnificence of the Pancake Rocks.  Suited to all levels of riders. Minimum of two riders required.

Do you need a facepainter for your child's birthday party?  We can work our magic transforming a delightful childs' face into a colourful display of their favourite character or design.  It's what we love to do!  Spiderman, princesses, fairies, super heroes, disney characters, butterflies, unicorns, tigers or monsters...we can paint it all. Call us today.

The Indian Star Tandoori Restaurant in Rotorua is consistently recognised as one of the finest dining experiences in the city. With our mouthwatering range of delicious Indian cuisine, all expertly prepared by our experienced chefs, the Indian Star experience is one that will keep you coming back again and again.

Our supersized indoor childrens’ playground in the centre of Picton offers an action packed, fun filled experience for both children and parents. There’s lots to do and space to play regardless of the weather. Shipwrecks offers fully catered kids parties, after school and holiday programmes.

Nestled in the heart of Auckland’s Mt Eden Village, is the extraordinary carnival themed cafe that is Circus Circus. This is a dining experience like no other! With fresh local produce, a menu that changes seasonally and several dining areas to choose from, we’ve got all the variety you could wish for making us perfect for groups of all shapes and sizes.

For fun, funky carnival vibes and to add a bit of joy to your day, come join us at Circus Circus. We sure don’t clown around with our cuisine here! What’s more, we’re the only circus themed circus in Mt Eden, so this is an experience you won’t want to miss.

Third Place Cafe is a spacious bright café with a selection of seating options from couches, booths and tables making it an excellent place to catch up with friends and family.  They also have a child friendly kids area so you can enjoy the beautiful view and fantastic food in peace while the little ones play.

Situated at the northwest tip of the South Island, the distinctive Farewell Spit curves round Golden Bay – at 25km it’s the longest sand spit in NZ and is very visible from the air. As a nature reserve, Farewell Spit is known internationally and over 90 bird species are recorded in the area. Farewell Spit has also unfortunately witnessed several incidents of mass whale beachings over the years. Despite an enormous local turn out to attempt to save the whales, these beachings have often resulted in a saddening death toll.

Kapiti Equestrian offer horses that are quiet, well trained and all rides are supervised, as well as hand led making the rides safe & fun. In addition there is a play area with swings and slides, trampolining, silks, circus rings, tumbling mats, treasure hunts and games.  There is also a BBQ, small kitchen, tables and chairs and its all undercover, making it a great all weather venue.  Party sessions run for 2 hours.

Celebrate your birthday at Laserforce where players battle it out in a live action laser game. Birthday party deals for three games range from $24 for adults and $18 for children, with a party meal combo of mini hot dogs, pizza or chicken nuggets and chips and coke from $25 for each child. Bookings are essential.

Farmers - Your Department Store for the latest trends and styles in family fashion, beauty, homeware, kids toys and more.

Uniquely located on the edge of the Pacific Ocean and within easy walking distance of the city, the aquarium’s design is based on the shape of a stingray. Wander around the different continents of the world and view sea creatures, reptiles, exotic fish and native birds. View the 1,500 fish as they swim and feed above you while you walk through the 50 metre long tunnel. Interact with the touch pool and see lizards, spiders and wetas or take a ‘behind the scenes’ tour for close encounters with the animals. The aquarium has a souvenir shop and a café and is suitable for baby buggies or wheelchairs.

Salvation Army Family Stores are a great way to recycle clothing, furniture, household goods, toys and books. The goods we sell make a huge difference to people’s lives and provide much-needed relief in tight household budgets. Profits from goods and clothing sold through our Family Stores support our community work.

Palmy's best kept secret...a hidden gem! Just good food and coffee. Fresh salads and home baked goodies.

The 30-minute walk to Wainui Falls is popular as accessible waterfalls are not common in Golden Bay. The track starts from a car park in Wainui Bay 20 km north-east of Takaka. Look for the direction sign on the road side approximately 300 metres after crossing over the Wainui River Bridge. From the car park the track crosses farmland for a short distance before entering forest and climbing rapidly to a point where you see the river surprisingly far below. Here you walk through a forest of nīkau palms, rātā trees and ferns. Keep a lookout for a possible sighting of the giant snail, Powelliphanta. Look but don’t touch! A few minutes after crossing the swingbridge over the Wainui River, you will hear the falls before they suddenly appear, usually curtained in spray. Children need to be closely supervised as there are steep drops off the edge of the track in some places. Take a picnic, there are a few little beaches perfect for a swim, picnic and a bit of boulder hopping.

Paynes Ford Scenic Reserve is located along State Highway 60, 3 km south of Takaka. It takes its name from the original ford across the flood-prone Takaka River on the main road into Takaka. A modern bridge now replaces the ford. With its impressive line of limestone bluffs emerging from a remnant patch of forest, Paynes Ford is one of New Zealand’s best rock-climbing areas. Climbers come from far and wide to enjoy the challenge of the sheer rock faces — these are definitely not for beginners! Non-climbers will enjoy a visit to the reserve to picnic, swim, walk or watch the climbers. There is a large picnic area beside the highway bridge. At the southern end of this area is a toilet, where the Paynes Ford Tramline Track (a 30-minute walk) begins. The track provides access to the climbing areas and some excellent swimming holes in the Takaka River. It follows the line of a railway that operated between the early 1880s and 1905 and was used to take timber from the Takaka valley down to Waitapu wharf.

Walk up to Sylvester Hut as day walk or overnight tramp with children - enjoy great views from the hut and explore a series of lakes on the open tops behind the hut. Sylvester Hut is an easy-ish two hour climb on an old 4WD track from a small carpark over the Cobb Dam, through beech forest until you get out onto the tussock tops. Not far away are the pretty Lake Sylvester and a few smaller alpine tarns. There is a major view to the east, D’Urville Island in the Marlborough Sounds, the Richmond Range. You can even see Mt Taranaki on a clear day. Sylvester Hut is one of the best bang for your bucks around: close to the road, great hut, excellent views.

Koi is a modern Indian-Malaysian restaurant located in the centre of New Plymouth City, which offers authentic Indian and Malaysian inspired cuisine.

We are committed to providing our guests with flavoursome cuisine, whether you dine-in for lunch or dinner in our contemporary restaurant, or prefer the convenience of takeaway.

Alpine Village Cruisers are the fun transport around Hanmer Springs! Built for 2 to 6 people you just sit back and pedal gently around the flat streets of Hanmer Springs Village. Enough storage to take a picnic and head to Hanmer Forest, or use as infant seats with seat belts.

This is New Zealand’s only narrow-gauge mountain railway along with a working pottery and wildlife sanctuary. The one hour return trip will take you through replanted native kauri forest and includes two spirals and three short tunnels as the train climbs up to the mountain-top terminus. Watch the glassblowers, brick makers and working potteries and there is a shop where you can buy the finished products, books and souvenirs.