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New Zealand holiday park Athenree Hot Springs named 2026 supreme award winner

07.08.2026 09:50 1 min 1 source РУС
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New Zealand holiday park Athenree Hot Springs named 2026 supreme award winner
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Athenree Hot Springs and Holiday Park won the 2026 Holiday Park Supreme Industry Award and Medium Park of the Year at the Holiday Parks New Zealand Awards Dinner in Hamilton on July 30. Owners Peter Church and Belinda Rixon-Church, geologists with no prior park experience, bought the business in 2020 just before the Covid-19 lockdown. The park now has five self-contained units, seven cabins and about 100 campsites, including 35 semi-permanent caravan sites. Visitor numbers have grown from 18,000 to nearly 30,000 per year.

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