Rugby
World Cup 2011
Make your base in Hahei, only 2 hours to Hamilton, 2.5 hours to Auckland, 3 hours to Rotorua, and 5 minutes to Cathedral Cove and Hot Water beach.
Great seaside village with top class accommodation, great restaurants and Cafes, scuba diving and snorkelling, kayaking and scenic boat trips.
And a full size Rugby playing field !!,
Maybe you could challenge the local team at touch rugby??
Stay out of the rat race
and commute to the games... perfect