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RCI AFFILIATED RESORTS IN NEW ZEALAND INCLUDE:
Spencer On Byron
Discover the modern architecture of Auckland’s newest business class hotel. The Spencer on Byron Hotel stands tall on the North Shore in Takapuna, with unsurpassed views. Kick back with a beer at the bar, or take in the views of the sunrise behind Rangitoto, with sails charting the Americas Cup course on the Hauraki Gulf. Wake to breathtaking silhouettes of Auckland’s skyline lighting up the harbour. At Spencer on Byron, you can expect comfortable business class suites, elegant banquet rooms, state-of-the-art conference facilities and anticipatory service anytime.
#7452 3 nights from SG$550 1brm #8407 4 nights from SG$560 1brm
that draw gilders, young and old, new and experienced. Gliding is an air sport where unpowered aircrafts, also known as gliders and sailplanes, take flight and remain airborne using natural currents of rising air.
At Piako Gliding Club on Matamata Airfield (State Highway 27), anyone can fly. If you are sitting in a glider for the first time, Piako Gliding Club’s pilot training will first take you through a trial flight, followed by the learn-to-fly course and an advanced training course. Experienced solo pilots wishing to take a gilder on a cross-country flight can pick up skills and knowledge from the panel of professional instructors. www.glidingmatamata.co.nz
RACE & GALLOP
Situated in the heart of New Zealand’s highest racehorse and breeding population, Matamata is naturally a place to watch horses race. Each morning at approximately 5am, the Matamata Racing Club gallops into life with over 500 horses out on training. The Matamata Racing Club’s racecourse comprises 158 acres of grass, plough, sand and all-weather tracks, as well as an equine pool. Visitors are welcome to watch the horses in training. View majestic horses kicking up dust in the morning sunlight, with the Kaimai Ranges as backdrop — not hitting the snooze button will be worth it. Call Matamata
Racing Club at +66 7-888 8898 to ask for training schedules before visiting.
HOLE IN ONE
Golfers will relish teeing off on the rolling green Matamata pastures set against the backdrop of the gorgeous Kaimai Ranges. Matamata Golf Club (matamatagolf.co.nz) and Walton Golf Club (waltongolf.co.nz) are two of Matamata’s best courses offering the best view and facilities.
Matamata golf course offers free draining soil, which means the course
is playable within minutes of even
the heaviest downpour. Its variety of challenges will delight golfers of all levels. Corporate and social occasions are welcomed. The Walton Golf Club
is slightly off the beaten path, meeting halfway of Matamata and Morrinsville. The club has been applauded worldwide for its wonderful hospitality and spacious clubhouse.
Both golf clubs will transform your golfing experience with their manicured fairways, fully irrigated greens and rows of lush trees.
GETTING THERE BY ROAD
Matamata is a 2-hour drive from Auckland. From Hamilton, the drive will take 45 minutes. Expect a 1-hour drive if you are departing from Rotorua.
18 MAY 2016