Head off for a South Pacific hoedown

Yee Ha!

Norfolk Island's eighth annual Country Music Festival is now only weeks away.

Air New Zealand has rerouted the Auckland-Noumea service to Norfolk, to ensure New Zealand fans can get to the festival, held from May 20-27.

The special flight is in addition to the scheduled twice-weekly service connecting Auckland with Norfolk.

Among the travel packages available is a Brendan Dugan escorted tour priced from $1329 a person, share triple, including airfares from Auckland.