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Popular Warnings or Dangers | Miscellaneous Warnings or Dangers Tips | All Tips (17) Be aware, when departing New Zealand by air, that you will have to pay a departure tax fee of 25 NZD per person.
This tax is not included in the price of your flight ticket and must be paid in person at the airport upon departure.
Upon arriving at Auckland airport for your departure flight, check in for your flight as normal and obtain your boarding card. You must then pay your departure tax at one of the designated places (they are clearly signposted and can be found both upstairs and downstairs in the airport terminal).
On both occasions that I departed from Auckland airport, I paid my departure tax in cash. I do believe that you can also pay by credit card if you so wish.
Having paid your departure tax, a sticker will be placed onto your boarding card (see photo) to indicate that you have paid the necessary fee. Only then can you clear immigration and proceed to the departure lounge. Leave a Comment
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I lived in Auckland for nearly 2 years, I saw more physical violence than I have seen in the US or anywhere else I had been.
Most scenarios involved groups of Maori/Samoan thugs, wearing the same gangs colors. Much like the African/American scene in the US, but the Maori/Samoan thugs look much larger.
South Auckland was the poorer of all areas in the Auckland region, most crime reported and unreported happens there, most crime is not alchohol related.
I saw many incidents on and around K'Road including men assaulting women, transexual hookers punching/kicking each other in front of groups of people who thought it was funny rather than being in shock like myself .., but most incidents happen after midnight.
You will see many youth gangs and also some older gang members.
Older gang members with tattoos on their face some women also, many are in smaller towns also such as Hastings, Wairoa, Napier, Gisborne etc.
You will know them by their appearance.
I was going out every weekend for the first few months so I may have seen more than the average tourist.
Best advice I was given is to look the other way and go elsewhere and they should ignore you.
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Spent a few weeks in Auckland and wanted to warn people regarding tourism safety. The City of Auckland attracts a tough crowd with the very cheap lodging (NZ$10 a day), 24-hour liquor stores, a casino, and relaxed police enforcement. Some examples, I found a used syringe on a street corner in City Center, I regularly saw empty alcohol bottles on the street, and I was assaulted and mugged for money right off Queen Street (the major tourism area) at 10PM on a weekday, so watch yourself at night. Another point, tourists may not sue locals for injury while vacationing in New Zealand -- Keep this in mind when looking at their popular "extreme" activities. As others have mentioned, there are poor Auckland drivers who do not watch for pedestrians even at crosswalks. Last point, I generally got the feeling there were many "hidden fees" behind some activities here: Take a ferry and get forced into paying another fee for the manditory bus at the other side, rent a car and find out there were limited free kilometers when you return, or get shortchanged at your meal. Auckland has many activities for tourists, but do not get lulled into thinking all the Kiwi people are innocent and safe, as the NZ advertisements might have you believe.
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