Been there, done that! A novel new stamp issue by New Zealand Post provides Kiwi travellers and tourists with an effective tick list of sights and attractions across the country - and a visual record they can send to friends and family of each region they visit.
It is also a unique way of sending one part of New Zealand to another.
The 24 stamps in the Tiki Tour stamp issue together make up a map of New Zealand. Individually each stamp throws the spotlight on a particular region and artistically highlights some of the local wildlife, scenic and leisure attractions with a mix of traditional and quirky icons.
New Zealand Post Stamps Sales and Marketing Manager, James Te Puni, said: “The term ‘Tiki Tour’ is well used in New Zealand, but in other countries it’s more likely known as the roundabout way to get somewhere, or the ‘scenic route’. In New Zealand we know it reflects the idea of enjoying the journey as much as the destination.
“The stamps have been designed to capture the ‘get up and go’ spirit of the classic Kiwi Tiki Tour, celebrating some of the many home-grown attractions and icons across the land,” said Mr Te Puni.
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A Tiki Tour of New Zealand stamp issue includes a stamp sheet of 24 x 50 cent stamps, three first day covers and an A1 poster of New Zealand (Free with the sheets of stamps, and the first day cover set). These products are available from all New Zealand PostShops, REAL Aotearoa stores in Christchurch and Auckland, the Wanganui Collectables and Solutions Centre and online at www.nzpost.co.nz/stamps from 5 August.
Schedule of areas and the attractions/features included in the stamps
1. (includes the Far North)
Signpost (Cape Reinga)
Lighthouse (Cape Reinga)
Red snapper (fish)
Surfcasting
Tane Mahuta (our oldest kauri)
Quill pen (Waitangi)
Stone Store (Kerikeri)
2. (includes Whangarei)
Hole in the rock tour (Cape Brett)
Dolphins
3.
Maui snaring the sun (Maori legend)
White heron (kotuku)
4. (includes Kaipara)
Yachting (a popular pastime for Kiwis)
Aeroplane (carrying people to Aotearoa)
5. (includes Auckland and Coromandel)
Rangitoto Island (volcano)
Sky Tower (tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere)
Surf boat
L&P® bottle (Paeroa)
Car towing caravan
Hibiscus flower
6.
Marlin fishing (where the big ones are caught)
7.
Waikato rugby (home of the Mooloos)
Balloon festival
Waka (canoe)
8. (includes Waikato and Central North Island)
Mud pools (Rotorua)
Rowing (Lake Karapiro)
Statue of shearer (Te Kuiti)
Trout (Taupo)
Kiwifruit (Te Puke)
Maori carving
9. (includes East Cape and Bay of Plenty)
Pohutukawa tree
East Coast-style whare (meeting house)
Surfing
Horse riding
10. (includes Taranaki)
Maui gas rig
Mt Taranaki
Wind Wand (designed by Len Lye)
Hang gliding
11. (includes Manawatu and Central North Island)
Gumboot (Taihape – gumboot capital of the world)
Fruit basket of NZ
Wind turbines
Vikings (Dannevirke)
Waimarie river cruise (Wanganui)
Giant kiwi (Eketahuna)
State Highway 1 sign
12. (includes Hawkes Bay)
Tractor tour (Cape Kidnappers)
Gannet colony (Cape Kidnappers)
Pania of the Reef (Napier)
13. (includes West Coast)
Tribute statue (Greymouth)
Pancake Rocks (Punakaiki)
Municipal building (Westport)
14. (includes Nelson, Marlborough and West Coast)
Mussel beds
Fly fishing
Glass blowing
Wine growing
15. (includes Wellington and Wairarapa)
Richard Seddon statue (Parliament)
Westpac Stadium (Wellington)
Daffodil capital of the world (Carterton)
Golden Shears (Masterton)
Windsurfing
Cook Strait ferry
16. (includes West Coast and Mackenzie Country)
Mount Cook lily
Coal mining
Statue of Mackenzie’s dog (Lake Tekapo)
17. (includes Christchurch and North Canterbury)
Red deer
Roadside crayfish caravan (Kaikoura)
Punting on the Avon (Christchurch)
French settlement (Akaroa)
Neil Dawson’s Chalice sculpture (Christchurch)
18.
Whale watching
19.
Crayfish (Chatham Islands)
Black robin
Fishing boat
20. (includes Fiordland and Queenstown Lakes)
Milford Sound
Kayaking
Skiing
Jetboat (Shotover River)
21. (includes South Canterbury, the High Country and North Otago)
Kea
Wings over Wanaka
Clock (Alexandra)
Museum building (Oamaru)
New Zealand cockle (clam)
22. (includes Southland and Te Anau)
Kakapo
Country and western festival (Gore)
Museum building (Invercargill)
Burt Munro bike (Oreti Beach where he raced)
23. (includes Otago)
Larnach Castle (Dunedin)
Moeraki Boulders
Curling (Central Otago)
Seal colony
24. (includes Stewart Island)
Stewart Island shag
Chain sculpture (Rakiura track, Oban)
Blue cod (fish)
For more information:
James Te Puni
Sales and Marketing Manager
Tel: 04 496 4522
Mob: 027 226 1435
Email: james.tepuni@nzpost.co.nz