Ka Mate! Ka Mate!
New Zealand is a great sporting nation, practising team sports, as well as adventure sports in the middle of the wilderness amidst beautiful scenery. The great outdoors and a healthy lifestyle have enabled New Zealand to cultivate great sporting and adventure opputunities. Rugby, one of the most popular sports in New Zealand, is almost embedded in the culture. The national team, The All Blacks, has an invincible reputation of rugby giants around the world and is also able to remain representative of the cultural mix of the nation. Aboard your motorhome you can follow the in the footsteps of The All Blacks, one of the best rugby teams in the world.
New Zealanders are passionate about rugy, their national sport, and proud of it since its start in the country in the in the 1860s. The All Blacks, wearing their all-black sporting clothes, is one of the most legendary teams in the world and in the history of rugby. Since the 1980s its supremacy has been well established at an international level and the team is a regular favorite in regional and international competitions, twice the world cup champion in 1987 and 2011. The All Blacks' record for number of points scored in a single game is still unmatched today with its victory against Japan in 1995 (145-17).
Some players have become true heroes in New Zealand, such as Dan Carter, Jonah Lomu or Tana Umaga. Rugby is followed absolutely everywhere in New Zealand. Several stadiums host home matches, such as the famous Eden Park in Auckland and the North Harbour Stadium, Westpac Stadium, AMI Stadium and Waikato Stadium.
We can say that rugby is an integral part of the New Zealand culture, both from a sporting and ethnic point of view. The famous Ka Mate dance is one of the various Hakas performed at the beginning of each rugby match by the team. It is a Maori dance ceremony of celebration or to indicate the starting of war. It aims to motivate team, but also to destabilize and disrupt the opponent. Many original Maori people and Pacific Island players are represented on the team, showing the mixed cultural identity of the country.
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General Info
Explore this safe country with beautiful scenery and very warm and friendly people who respect the nature around them
The driving distances are reasonable with easy, beautiful routes; one quickly gets used to driving on the left. You will save money on expensive accomodation by camping.
The ski slopes on the South Island guarentee great snow!
Plan to travel in December, January or Febuary: book 6 - 9 months in advance
Motorhome travel will allow you to access rafting spots, moutaineering spots and other extreme sports areas in complete freedom! The passage between the two islands by ferry is easy in a motorhome.
