THE NEW ZEALAND GUIDE TO
Time Travel
Vintage car at Art Deco Weekend, Napier © Hawke’s Bay Tourism RIGHT: Wagon ride at Erewhon Station, Canterbury © Canterbury Tourism
It’s hard to get your hands on a DeLorean in New Zealand. Time travel via touristic hot spots is your only option, and probably the better one, too.
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Hooters Vintage & Classic Vehicle Hire, Hawke’s Bay, North Island
If you’ve ever read The Great Gatsby wishing you could parade around town with as much panache as the New York elite, it’s time to don a pocket watch and visit Hawke’s Bay. Famed for its post 1931-earthquake rebuild into an art deco mecca, including an annual festival celebrating the era’s razzle dazzle, visitors can hire the only open-top vintage cars in the country. Following a one-hour mandatory lesson, in which you’ll fully master the complexities of ‘double de-clutching’, you’ll be given the keys to a 1926 Dodge, a gleaming 1950s Citroën or something equally spiffy. The day is yours to roar around Hawke’s Bay. Should your gallivanting include wineries, fully chauffeured guided tours are also an option.
