4 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Advertiser
A low-cost flight experience that's surprisingly high on comfort
Excited schoolchildren in traditional dress launch into the haka, while a representative from seemingly every tourist attraction mills about. I meet Julia from Zealong Tea - NZ's only commercial tea estate, and spot Middle-earthers handing out Hobbiton mugs (Hamilton, on the North Island, is 45 minutes from the Hobbiton Movie Set). JQ165 operates four times a week, departing at the not-quite-decent hour of 6.15am.