The Great Kiwi Bucket List

120 quirky and accessible mini-adventures across the four corners of Aotearoa New Zealand.

Not everyone fills their bucket list with leaping out of planes or swimming with sharks.

When it comes to bucket lists, everyone has different ideas about what should be on them, so The Great Kiwi Bucket List is jam-packed with themed lists of fun, quirky, fascinating and budget-friendly things to do around our gorgeous country.

From art lovers to star gazers, there's something for everyone among this book's 120 entries. All you have to do is get out there and tick them off as you go!

Chapters are: Introduction; Animal lovers - people who miss their pets while they're on holiday; Art aficionados - New Zealand art lovers; Audiophiles - lovers of great music; Bar flies - people who love a good old-fashioned pub; Bathing beauties - people who love to loll in hot pools; Bibliophiles - lovers of books; Bird nerds - amateur ornithologists; Caeruleaphiles - people who love blue waters; Curiosity connoisseurs - those who love a good quirky museum visit; First-place getters - people who enjoy being in the lead; Industrial fans - people who love a good engineering project; Pharologists - lighthouse enthusiasts; Pontists - people who appreciate a good bridge; Rock stars - fans of geological forms; Sports fanatics - people who eat, drink, sleep, watch and play sport; Stargazers - amateur astronomers; Time travellers - people who don't want to just read about history; Train spotters - railway enthusiasts; Tree huggers - forest fanciers; Wee tipplers - people who enjoy a drink and a bit of a yarn