About Us
Must Do New Zealand is the place to find awesome NZ activities in all of their multimedia glory.
High quality videos and images gives you the best travel guide information.
Ruth Lawton Photography and Action adventure videos
‘Must Do New Zealand’ website has been created to showcase New Zealand’s top tourist activities. Our goal is for the site to be a success with all domestic and international visitors so that they truly enjoy their New Zealand experience.
Both domestic and international travellers will be able to use this resource to plan their itinerary and the activities throughout New Zealand before they arrive. If already travelling within NZ then they can check out all the activities and attractions there is to experience as they travel throughout each region.
This resource of local information on the Must do New Zealand website can be linked to by accommodation providers websites showcasing what there is to see and do in their region which encourages travellers to stay longer. Vehicle rental companies, tour companies, overseas travel agencies and airlines will also benefit from this resource.
The regional overview video is placed at the top of the page for each region of the ‘mustdonewzealand’ website with ‘MUST DO’ activity providers information listed directly below. This then links to a second page with more information about the chosen operator along with links to ‘Booking Availability’.
If you wish to advertise your tourism product with us please contact us on 0800 485 584 or email: [email protected]
So make your ‘bucket list’ now for some of New Zealands top ‘Must Do’s’.
Director and creator of ‘Must Do New Zealand’ Ruth Lawton has specialised for the last sixteen years as a professional tourism and commercial photographer for many operators throughout New Zealand providing images for both brochure and web.
Clients include: Explore NZ, Whale Watch Kaikoura, Intercity, Salt Air Scenic Flights, Waitangi Treaty Grounds, The Rock Overnight Cruise, The Kauri Museum, Auckland Adventure Jet, Auckland Jet Boat Tours, Destination Northland, Te Hana Cultural Village, the Department of Conservation and also providing both landscape and adventure imagery for various magazines and tourism promotions. and more recently, media images for the Waitangi Museum and Treaty Grounds.
Ruth also specialises in property and accommodation photography for clients such as the Millennium Hotel Group which includes Copthorne and Kingsgate hotels, Scenic Group Hotels, Ramada & Distinction Hotels throughout New Zealand and many other individual motels, hotels, luxury lodges, B&B’s and holiday homes all over New Zealand and Pacific Islands including the Scenic Matavai Resort in Niue & Scenic Hotel Tonga
Having travelled extensively around New Zealand I saw the need for a website that was totally focused and dedicated solely to the best tourist activities that New Zealand has to offer from the relaxed to the extreme. A website that was not cluttered and combined with irrelevant other products that could distract visitors from the site. Yet this website can still be used as a promotional tool and can be utilised by accommodation providers which showcases all the things to do within their region of New Zealand.
I have used the resources of John Watkinson of ‘Action Adventure Videos’ who owns an extensive stock footage library of both regional and tourism activity product throughout New Zealand. which has been a huge asset to this website.
John has a vast knowledge of the tourism industry in New Zealand having been involved for over 29 years as an accommodation provider and tourism operator. John created his own promotional material and video content for successful international marketing, selling the tourism business in the year 2000 he set up Action Adventure Videos pursuing a lifelong hobby along with providing accommodation both both domestic and international travellers . ( Accommodation Paihia )
John will be providing and arranging all the video content to the website from the various regions to the operator content.
From his extensive library of stock footage John has provided video content and video editing services for clients such as Air New Zealand, Tourism New Zealand, Destination Northland, Solomon Islands Tourism, Vanuatu Tourism, Vanuatu airlines inflight entertainment, International TV documentaries and numerous other clients more reently for the Scenic Hotels in Tonga & Scenic Matavai Resort in Niue.
Action Adventure Videos have created numerous video promotions for many of our New Zealand tourism operators, such as Scenic Group Hotels and Millennium Hotels Throughout New Zealand and Pacific. Explore NZ both in Auckland and the Bay of Islands, Destination Northland, Whale Watch Kaikoura, Wings over Whales, Auckland Adventure Jet, Vidboost TV, Air New Zealand, Tourism New Zealand, Auckland Jet Boat Tours, Hokitika Wild Food Festival, Waitangi Treaty Grounds, The Rock Overnight Cruise, The Kauri Museum, Salt Air, Southern Discoveries, Te Hana Cultural Village, and the Department of Conservation. Overseas John has been involved with promotions for Solomon Islands Tourism, Solomon Airlines, Vanuatu Tourism, Scenic Group hotels Tonga & Niue and Vanuatu Airlines Inflight.
Action Adventure Videos also provide video production services in the commercial sector for: Safety Defence, Maritime New Zealand, Ministry of Transport, Adventure Smart, Transpower, Telecoms, Auckland City Council, Environment Waikato, Environment Bay of Plenty, Greater Wellington Regional Council, Environment Canterbury, Environment Southland, Commercial Ship Safety and other commercial and industrial areas such as Kerikeri excavator and equipment hire and more recently three pre-flight safety videos for Inflite helicopters
We chose Steve Gardner from Brave Web for building our website. A web development company operating from Kerikeri in the Bay of Islands, Steven has provided us with development, design and technical expertise on the’ Must Do New Zealand’ site.
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