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Prizes
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The following prizes will be awarded at the end of the 1999 World Championship:
| World Champion | : | A New Zealand-inspired trophy (there'll be a pic here at some stage!) |
| A flight from anywhere in New Zealand to Nelson, home of Tantrix | ||
| "Plate" Winner | : | A Tantrix CD |
| "Fantasy Tantrix" winner | : | A Tantrix CD |
The rest of this page concerns the flight, a prize donated by our sponsor, Origin Pacific Airways.
The prize is a return flight from anywhere in New Zealand (looking at the timetable, this means Auckland, Christchurch, Hamilton, Napier, New Plymouth, Palmerston North or Wellington) at any time up to the end of May 2000, which means during the New Zealand summer. There are no alternative additional prizes.
If you live in New Zealand and win the prize, it would be well worth taking advantage of it, since Nelson sounds like a wonderful place to take a break - see below.
If you don't live in New Zealand, the disadvantage is that you have to get to New Zealand somehow in order to claim your prize! But hey, it's a country you've always wanted to visit isn't it, and Mike and Britta will offer you a week's accommodation and vehicle and a big welcome, so you could make it a special part of a tour of the whole country.
What has Nelson got to offer? Well, it's a tourist orientated 'café culture' city of 50,000. It's also famous for its artists and has the highest sunshine hours anywhere in NZ annually.
In addition, within an hour by car are:
- some of NZ's best beaches
- the famous Abel Tasman National Park (beaches, kayaks, trekking, etc)
- two mountainous National Parks
- the deepest 'hole' in the Southern Hemisphere (you won't be thrown in!)
- the largest system of caves in the Southern Hemisphere
- one of the best places to learn paragliding
- Mike's probably a great teacher of paragliding too :-)
- the best cross country paragliding in NZ (yes, he's obsessive too!)
- the best craft market in the country
- the 'centre of NZ' a monument built on the exact geographical centre
... and of course it's the home of the world-famous Tantrix game!
For even more information, visit the Official Nelson Region Tourism Site. If you have any further questions, feel free to contact Mike and Britta.
Good luck in the tournament!
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