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Spanning some 15,000 kilometres ( 9,300 miles) the coastlines of both North and South Island are a wonderful canvas of bays and beaches, offering perfect conditions for cruising. Famous for its outdoor lifestyle, not only does its unmatched landscape of rainforests, glaciers, rivers, lakes, alpine mountains and spectacular coastlines lend itself to adrenalin- pumping activities, it also has something for the more traditional sportsman as New Zealand is home to more than 400 golf courses.