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Travel, holidays & day trips in New Zealand

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Find places to go, things to do whether you want to go on a long holiday or short day trip; and find ways to get around either in the city or between cities and towns.  We also list types of travel and other useful sites to help you on your way.  And don't forget if you're going overseas to get your passport!

Places to go, things to do

Accommodation NZ - Comprehensive accommodation listings including backpackers, bed & breakfast, holiday parks, campgrounds, hotels, motels.

Alpha accommodation and tours - Speciality tours to Rotorua and other scenic attractions including Tongariro National Park, Waitomo, Tutukaka, and links to adventure activities and golf courses.

Creative tourism - Hands on interactive workshops and creative experiences, art, Maori culture, taste, nature.  << Dingdots' Pick!

Four corners - Travel and tourism guide, accommodation, transport, maps, activities and information.

Holiday guide - Complete travel and tourism guide including what's on, accommodation, things to do and travel options, incorporates full online booking facilities.

Holiday.co.nz - Web portal with New Zealand inbound products for touring packages, car rentals, accommodation adventure touring, yachting and more.

KiwiGetaway - Online directory bringing owners of New Zealand holiday homes and baches together with holiday accommodation seekers, help to arrange rentals of holiday houses.

NZ holiday homes - A guide to over 1700 New Zealand holiday homes, vacation rentals baches, cottages, cabins, rent guide and online listings.

NZ network of backpacker hostels - More than 370 members of Backpacker accommodation providers, rated hostels and much more.

NZ Tourism  - Gateway to tourism, travel, vacation and holiday sites. Over 10,000 NZ accommodation, adventure, attraction, tour and transport options. NZ information, discounts, free competitions and more.

Piha Beach - NZ's best surf beach on the west coast of the Waitakere ranges, 45 minutes from Auckland, regular surf competitions, everything about Piha and where to find accommodation, food, events, entertainment, bars and more.

Surf2surf - New Zealand surf reports all over the country, best spots, daily reports, surfing guide, news and more.

Teal Motor Lodge - Gisborne, first city to see the light, seaside destination, surf, swim, gardens, wineries, untouched coastline.

Top 10 holiday parks - Top 10 is a network of New Zealand camp grounds and holiday parks, including motor camps, campsites, tent sites and caravan parks.

Totara Motorcycle Tours - The newest and best motorcycle touring in NZ.

YHA New Zealand - Youth Hostel Association is part of Hostelling International.

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Ways to get around in the city

If you're in Auckland

Auckland traffic information - Traffic flow in Auckland regularly updated throughout the day by Transit NZ.

Connex Auckland - Train timetables, east, south, west, Britomart and Newmarket trains, service announcements.

Fullers Ferries - Ferry transport destinations and timetables on the Waitemata Harbour and Hauraki Gulf, regular services to operates regular services to Devonport, Birkenhead, Northcote, Bayswater, Stanley Bay, Half Moon Bay, Waiheke, Rangitoto and Great Barrier Islands, and tourist harbour cruises.

Maxx - Maxx regional transport has everything about getting around in Auckland by bus, train, ferry and cycle trails.  Lets you search from where you want to start, to where you want to go.

Parking - Parking guide and transport info in Auckland city.

Specific bus companies with timetables and routes are Stagecoach and Urban Express and Bayes Coachlines and Howick & Eastern Buses

If you're in Hamilton

Environment Waikato - Bus timetables for the Waikato region

If you're in Wellington

Metlink - Bus, train and ferry timetables and info around the greater Wellington region.

Parking - Parking guide and transport info in Wellington city.

Stagecoach - Bus timetables around Wellington.

Tranz Metro - Train timetables around Wellington.

If you're in Christchurch

Metro Info - Map views of city, timetables, fares.

Red Bus - Majority of urban bus services in Christchurch.

If you're in Dunedin

Bus Timetables - Otago Regional Council's buses in Dunedin.

Scarfie Rideshare - Dunedin City Council's transportation web tool for staff and students at the University of Otago, Otago Polytechnic, and Dunedin College of Education.

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Ways to get between cities and towns

AA Roadwatch - Find out where the major roadworks are anywhere in the country, warnings for slips, floods, snow and more.

carshare.co.nz - A great website for car-sharing and car-pooling allows you to network with other travellers and offers the chance to travel cheaply around the country, organise transport to concerts, ski-fields and other events, or simply to commute daily to and from work.

Totara Motorcycle Tours - The newest and best motorcycle touring in NZ.

 

Also, see Types of Travel below for many more options.

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Types of travel

All sorts of transport options - From newzealand.com such as cycling, bus, plane, train, ferry, ship, motorcycle, motorhome, rental car and more.

Bus

InterCity Coachlines  - Bus around the country.

Newmans Coachlines  - Bus around the country.

Ferry 

Bluebridge - Cook Strait's alternative ferry.

Interislander - Daily car and passenger ferry service across Cook Strait

Matakana - Car ferry from Omokoroa to Matakana Island.

Rawene - Car ferry crossing for the Hokianga harbour from Rawene on the southern side and Kohukohu on the northern side.

Fly

Air New Zealand - Fly within NZ and overseas.

Eflights - Finds the cheapest flights available anywhere, any airline, anytime.

Freedom Air - Fly to Australia.

Origin Pacific - Fly within NZ.

Qantas - Fly within NZ or to Australia.

Train

Tranz Scenic - Tourist passenger rail service.

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Other useful sites

100% Pure New Zealand - All about New Zealand from a travellers point of view.

Working holiday in NZ - Immigration NZ website for 18 to 30 year olds and the Working Holiday Schemes.

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