Port by Port Through New Zealand: Excursions, Wildlife & Scenic Cruising

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Sheri from CruiseTipsTV

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🗓️ 4 February 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

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New Zealand has a reputation for being breathtaking—but what is it actually like to experience it by cruise? In this episode, I'm sharing a port-by-port review of my New Zealand itinerary, including Waiheke Island in Auckland, a pearl farm and beachcomber cruise in Picton, Lord of the Rings filming locations in Christchurch, wildlife encounters in Dunedin with Nature's Wonders, and scenic cruising through Milford Sound.

Next week, I'll also share my honest review of the ship and explain why it plays such a big role when cruising to destinations like New Zealand. If New Zealand is on your travel list, or you're curious whether a cruise is the right way to experience it, this episode offers a grounded, realistic look at what makes this destination so special. Follow and chat with us live on AmazonLive! at https://www.amazon.com/live/cruisetipstv

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Cruise Tips TV Unplugged podcast. New Zealand is one of those places that
0:06.8	people describe with words like, beautiful and bucket list. And I don't think any of those words
0:13.4	actually prepare you for what it feels like to be there. Because New Zealand isn't loud,
0:20.6	doesn't perform for you. it just kind of exists,
0:23.9	and somehow the land and the people make their way into your heart.
0:28.3	I experienced New Zealand by cruise moving port to port through landscapes that felt unreal
0:32.9	and meeting people who were warm without trying, taking excursions that didn't feel like tourist checkboxes, but real windows into the country.
0:47.4	Welcome to Cruise Tips TV Unplugged. I'm your host Sherry, and we invite you to join our cruise-loving family as we travel the world
0:57.1	creating cruise videos and vlogs. In this podcast, we talk tips, tactics, and strategies to help you
1:04.2	make every cruise your dream cruise. Hello, Mr. Cruise TV. I'm home. Yeah, it's good to have you back.
1:12.0	I'm, yeah.
1:13.0	You've been gone forever.
1:14.1	I was only home for seven days in the month of January.
1:16.5	We had the Carnival Legend Cruise and then this Discovery Princess, unexpected and kind of last-minute adventure to New Zealand.
1:23.4	That was incredible.
1:25.6	But I am glad to be home, and I missed you.
1:28.9	Yeah, you're crossing a lot of things off your bucket list. Yeah, exactly. I'm not sure Carnival Legend was on my bucket list,
1:34.6	but it certainly was fun. But this one, this New Zealand trip, it was pretty amazing.
1:40.3	Yeah, my bucket list is not going down like there it is. We're going to have to work on that. Yeah. Well, in this episode, I'm going to take everybody kind of port by port through the New Zealand itinerary, talk about what I did. This was a press trip. What surprised me about the cruise in New Zealand, what kind of lived up to the hype. And then also my honest thoughts on the ship, because when you're going somewhere like New Zealand,
2:02.2	how you travel there really matters. And I think there's some pros and cons to traveling by ship.
2:07.1	So my hope is that if people are watching this and New Zealand is on their maybe list or their
2:11.7	someday list or like we've been saying kind of the bucket list, I really think that this episode is for them. And maybe people
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