Last week, two of my fellow international judges from the Air New Zealand Wine Awards visited Waiheke Island, about a 30-minute ferry ride from Auckland.

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Stock up on picnic fixings of manuka wood-smoked New Zealand venison salami from Basecamp Salamis and organic camembert from The Cheese Barn, and catch a ferry from the nearby Fullers terminal to the art galleries and vineyards of Waiheke Island.

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