Cromwell Holiday Guide

On January 4 the Cromwell Cherry Festival celebrates this delectable summerfruit and a feature is the annual New Zealand Cherry Stone Spitting Championship.

Cromwell' Central Motor Speedway, located on Sandflat Rd off SH 6, plays host to five major meetings, before the end of January.

Find all Cromwell events listed here. Click on each link for more information.

The first Bannockburn Mountain Bike Classic attracted a total of 144 riders in 1996. It has grown since then, so much that in the past five years over 500 riders - and up to 723 in 2008 - have participated.

After a two-year, $1 million redevelopment, the Cromwell Golf Course was officially reopened on Saturday.

After 12 years without the ice-cream van and its equally recognisable Greensleeves tune, a husband and wife team have set about bringing Mr Whippy back to the Wakatipu.