A drive through the country roads of the Wairarapa leads you to Martinborough. It’s a gorgeous little town famous for vineyards, and most of them within walking or cycling distance of the village square.
And a delightful village square it is, with a grassed and tree area, the town’s offical war memorial and roads radiating off it. Start at Memorial Square with a delicious Wairarapa picnic, of local food and wine, if you like….
Lake Ferry, Lake Onoke - welcome to the hotel, and real New Zealand fish and chips
Nau mai, haere mai, ki te Hōtēra ō Ūpokokirikiri. Welcome to the hotel. And a place with kai moana (translation: seafood) that will knock your socks off (translation: make you very happy).
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Greytown is one of a collection of towns that cluster in the Wairarapa. It’s a beautiful and largely rural region in the southern parts of the North Island, with a spectacular coastline. And the region is also famous in New Zealand as wine country... who wouldn't want to visit here!
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