Matakana Country Park

The Rodney district is one of the fastest growing tourist attractions in New Zealand. Surrounded by lush valleys and vineyards and only minutes from fine sandy beaches, Matakana Country Park hosts a wide range of activities and attractions from horse rides, animals and adventure playground for children, to arts and crafts, farmers markets, the RD6 restaurant, pottery shed and art gallery for adults.

Created to provide "joy to the people" where visitors can enjoy the pleasures of being in the country with a selection of attractions to suit all tastes. Spend time with the variety of animals from miniature ponies to llamas. For horse lovers, riding lessons and horse rides are available. Children can play in the magical playground or in holiday time, enjoy the School Holiday programmes and events.

There are also many local attractions in the surrounding area including the beautiful white sand beaches and islands of the nearby Pacific Ocean as well as numerous wineries and vineyards.