Australian couple on ‘cloud nine’ following skydive proposal in Queenstown

A Sydney couple are on cloud nine following a surprise wedding proposal during an NZONE Skydive jump in Queenstown.

Sydney doctor Nurojan Vivekanandamoorthy and law firm HR specialist Suge Sritharan, both 28, were keen to make the most of the trans-Tasman bubble so booked a four-day break in Queenstown as soon as they were able.

But unbeknown to Suge, Nurojan had marriage on his mind after seven years together.

After persuading Suge to take a 15,000ft jump out of a perfectly good plane, he jumped first so he could be waiting on the ground with a ‘Will you marry me’ banner, flowers, champagne and, of course, the all-important ring.

Thankfully, she said ‘yes’.

“We’ve always wanted to come to New Zealand so when the bubble opened up we booked a trip to Queenstown determined to make the most of our four days,” says Nurojan, who works at Sydney’s Westmead Hospital.

“Queenstown’s the perfect place for a proposal so I had my fingers crossed the weather would be good, although Suge took a bit of persuading to do the jump.

“She had quite a few butterflies but I was relieved and very happy when she landed and said ‘yes’. She was completely taken by surprise!”

Suge was born and raised in Sydney and Nurojan arrived in 2005 from Sri Lanka, so plans are for a big Sri Lankan wedding some time next year.

“We’ll always remember this day and the NZONE experience, and thanks to them for helping make it all happen!”

Skydive Queenstown General Manager Clark Scott says the company “loves nothing better” than a marriage proposal, especially from Australian visitors able to cross the ditch.

“We’ve been seeing small but positive numbers of our Australian friends since the bubble opened, including around 35% of our customers today. We wish Suge and Nurojan all the best for their future together!”

A video of Suge’s flight and the marriage proposal is here

The happy couple planned to round off their day with a soak in an Onsen hot pool followed by dinner, and hopefully fit in a bungy jump before getting back to Sydney on Monday.

For further media information please contact:

Clark Scott

NZONE Skydive

M: 021 592 030

E: c.scott@experienceco.co.nz

OR

Fiona Woodham

E: fiona@southernpr.co.nz

M: 0274 313 270

Garden City Helicopters launches Heli Winery Tour to Waipara Valley

Taking off from Christchurch, people can leave the car behind and fly into five wineries, all with different personalities and unique wines in the beautiful North Canterbury Waipara Valley wine region right on the doorstep of Christchurch City.

Group Marketing manager for the GCH Aviation Group says ‘Between the Vines’ is a new helicopter experience offered by Garden City Helicopters and while it is targeted at Christchurch locals looking for a new experience on their doorstep, it is also likely to add a new dimension to a Christchurch ‘stay and play’ experience for Australian visitors when the Trans-Tasman corridor opens in a few weeks’ time.

If you think about who else might like to do this trip, it will be a marvellous experience for conference partner programmes or corporate reward and incentive programmes to offer to their clients.

We want to create something that is not currently being offered in this format, showcasing different wineries that offer their stories along with their wines and something that will get people experiencing five boutique wineries during a late morning or afternoon without having to drive.

Collaboration continues to be the key in developing our new helicopter experiences. GCH Aviation’s Christchurch operation, Garden City Helicopters has worked closely with the team at Visit Hurunui to identify the wineries that perfectly align with our product to create this fun new experience.

About GCH Aviation:

Established in 1983, GCH Aviation is the only company to hold the prestigious Helicopter Association of New Zealand Diamond Safety Award for 30+ years continuous service without injury accident to self, passengers, or crew.

GCH Aviation is headquartered in Christchurch at a purpose-built aviation base at Christchurch Airport. With other helicopter bases in Nelson, Kaikoura, Wellington, Vanuatu and Fiji, the company owns more than 30 aircraft and employs over 120 staff across its helicopter and fixed wing aircraft services which as well as tourism flights, also includes certified flight training, air rescue and air ambulance operations. GCH Aviation is the only New Zealand aviation company to be an accredited Virtuoso Travel supplier. ENDS

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Helicopters Nelson is owned and operated by a large and very passionate aviation family, the Darling family.

Our CEO and Flight Training Manager is Pete Darling, a pilot with over 30 years experience, including 14 years working for two major international operators as multi-engine check and training captain.

Alongside our tourism operations, we also operate commercial helicopter services, fire and emergency services and flight training.

We specialise in creating luxury, tailored and unique helicopter tours in and around the “Top of the South”. We offer helicopter charter services and customised tours to some of the country’s most stunning remote locations – there is no better view of New Zealand than from the skies. Whether you’re looking for a corporate event, an active adventure or a romantic escape – anything is possible with Helicopters Nelson.

Your comfort and safety are paramount to us. Our professional pilots have a wealth of experience and local knowledge.

We primarily fly from our base at Nelson Airport but often fly in and out of lodges, venues or private properties nation wide.

Like many of our guests, you’ll want to tell your friends all about it!

Every flight with Helicopters Nelson is an unforgettable one.

Provision of Luxury Bed & Breakfast and Luxury Apartment accommodation.

Located on the edge of a Dual World Heritage site – ‘Tongariro National Park’, is Plateau Lodge. With a backdrop of the Tongariro volcanoes, our lodge has 25  ( Now 22) rooms covering a wide range of family friendly Two bedroom Apartments, King Studio Pods, Ensuite rooms and Lodge rooms.

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Onsite is a Communal lounge & kitchen, spa pool, ( Delete) guest laundry, Wifi, Lunch & breakfast, massages room, transport to world famous Tongariro Alpine Crossing and to the Largest Ski Field in NZ and 6 grade 3 Biking trails leading from our Village
Plateau Lodge is the perfect gateway to the Dual Heritage Tongariro National Park. We are just a short walk from National Park Village’s bus and train station. Our township has the following services, 4 Square supermarket, Restaurants, cafes, rental for ski hire and outdoor equipment.

Tongariro National Park
During summer and winter, Tongariro National Park offers spectacular views of all three volcanoes — covered with either glistening white snow or deep red volcanic rock.

There are plenty of ways to enjoy this beautiful Dual-Heritage national park. There is skiing on Mt Ruapehu, New Zealand’s best one-day hike – the Tongariro Alpine Crossing, the wonderful Tongariro Northern Circuit walk — one of just three like it in the world. Our famous mountain bike trails are suitable for all ages.

Azur Lodge – A luxury gateway to exploration!

Nestled on the hillside overlooking some of the most spectacular scenery in New Zealand, Azur offers a perfect luxury experience while you are exploring our local area. Just five minutes from downtown Queenstown, close enough to enjoy the many activities and dining options yet remote enough to relax and unwind.

Small, boutique and private, Azur consists of only nine private one-bedroom villas, all with outstanding panoramic views of the lake and mountains. Luxury service is about caring, and the Azur team are passionate about ensuring all guests have a memorable, unique experience.

Purposefully crafted luxury travel that captures your soul.

Tāpoi is a blend of our unique Indigenous cultures.  Weaving traditional values with contemporary considerations, we aim to enrich lives through the art of travel.  With over 30 years of combined service and experience in luxury travel to New Zealand & Australia, we pride ourselves on designing impressive, purposefully crafted itineraries for you, the discerning traveller.

Venture with Tāpoi Travel, to discover the wairua (soul) of our extraordinary destinations.

Guided walking and sailing adventures on Waiheke Island and in the Hauraki Gulf

Ziptrek Ecotours launches world’s first augmented zipline tour

Award-winning Ziptrek Ecotours in Queenstown, New Zealand, is taking its first steps in combining adventure tourism with digital storytelling.

With tourism going through massive change and upheaval, Ziptrek’s built on its reputation as a renowned leader in eco-tourism to incorporate XR (extended reality) technologies into adventure tourism.

Ziptrek perceives its focus is as a storyteller, contextualizing its place in nature and creating meaningful ‘wow’ moments of travel.

Business owner Trent Yeo says the challenge was to take the perception of XR as being one of technological immersion for many young people in particular, and refocus the technology application to one of nature interaction.

“That’s the basis on which we’ve developed our animated tour guide ‘Kerry the Kereru’, taking people out on our very real, touchable environments in our treehouses and on our ziplines with our guides, as always, but with the addition of a light digital overlay,” he says.

The new Kereru Interactive tour (known as K.I for short) features animated tour guide Kerry the Kereru voiced by local Kiwi author and singer Craig Smith, known to Kiwi kids and families everywhere as the Wonky Donkey man.

While the technology is still nascent and XR business cases still developing, Ziptrek is excited to build this experiment in human interaction. Alongside human guides, Kerry is a digital avatar that travels with guests as they’re taken back in time and through a physical forest zipline course. In keeping with the company’s environmental focus the story is about Aotearoa, the land of birds.

Trent says whether guests remember Roger Rabbit or Pokemon Go, this is Ziptrek’s ‘first step’ blended environment where digital assets are contextualized by spectacular natural surroundings.

“We look forward to the opportunities that augmented and mixed realities (XR) can create in the intersection with a real-life tourism experience,” he says.

The project team has been working for about 18 months, with the release delayed by Covid.  Alongside Ziptrek, its technology partner Plattar worked tirelessly to bring this to market when many businesses were contracting R&D investment.

Plattar founder Rupert Deans says the platform enables leading tourism operators like Ziptrek to move beyond traditional tourism delivery by unlocking the power of 3D and augmented reality, creating unique and shareable moments for guests.

“The tourism space is one of the most exciting expressions of this technology. We’re excited to work with Trent and Ziptrek on this pilot and look forward to building further on this,” he says.

The innovative Kereru Interactive will feature the exciting 21m ‘Kereru Drop’ after guests travel along two ziplines. For those who prefer not to do ‘the drop’ and are a bit more marginal than a Kereru at flying, there’s an alternative option to return via a small exit zipline.

The tour officially launches this month with booking available from Monday March 29. The K.I. product will take an hour and is available at an introductory price of $89, available for the first month for direct bookings via the website and in store before extending to its trade partners.

Social media handles are #kereruinteractive, #ki, #ziptreknz  #ziplinesnz

Check out the details on the K.I promotional video here 

Picture captions:

1/ Ziptrek Queenstown Kereru Interactive Tour – Guests surprised

2/  Ziptrek Queenstown Kereru Interactive Tour – Animation 

3/ Ziptrek Ecotours Kereru Tour 

For further media information or hi-res images please contact:

Trent Yeo

tyeo@ziptrek.com

021 721 901