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City Circuit Free Bus Auckland

3 Reviews This is a fantastic free of charge service that travels around the city in a clockwise direction. It leaves every 10 minutes between 8am-6pm. Look out for the bright red buses - you cant miss them!...

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getting around Christchurch

29 Reviews - PUBLIC TRANSPORT - new Central Station since 25 Oct 2011 Bus service had become veeeery time-consuming, not just because of traffic jams but because we lost the central Bus Exchange (in the Red...

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Fullers Waiheke Ferry Waiheke Island

4 Reviews Frequent ferries connect the island of Waiheke with downtown Auckland. I caught one of these ferries, operated by "Fullers", for a daytrip to the island during my visit to Auckland in March 2006. The...

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Auckland Air Bus Auckland

4 Reviews A good way to get from Auckland Airport to the city centre is to catch the Airbus. It operates 24/7 and runs every 10mins during the day and every 30mins during the night. I must admit I did find the...

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Getting There Christchurch

17 Reviews - Update 27 April 2011 - and update of the update 17 January 2012 AIR ASIA FLIGHTS TO CHRISTCHURCH Kuala Lumpur-based budget airline Air Asia has been flying to Christchurch since 1 April 2011....

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SeaLink Waiheke Island

3 Reviews A car is a must if you want to see around Waiheke - although there is a good bus system and taxis as well as tourist operators, nothing beats having your own vehicle and travelling at your own...

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THE LINK AUCKLAND BUS Auckland

3 Reviews The LINK is a very cheap environmentally friendly bus (satisfying the Euro5 standards) that will lead you from the city centre to all the main touristic actractions in Auckland for 1.60NZ$! I...

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Bus Exchange Christchurch

9 Reviews On 25 October the two temporary bus exchanges will merge into one single central bus exchange which will make connecting bus journeys easier and quicker. The new exchange will not be on the same site...

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Fullers Coaches. Waiheke Island

2 Reviews Although infrequent, there is a great bus network serving part of the island (note that in much of the eastern part not all the roads have been sealed, hence no bus service). All buses converge on the...

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Devonport Ferry Auckland

1 Review The Devonport Ferry is the cheapest way to get aboard a boat and see the Auckland Harbour. The 10 minute ride leaves from the bottom of Queen St and takes you to beautiful Devonport, a quaint town...

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Waiheke Auto Rentals Waiheke Island

1 Review WAIHEKE AUTO RENTALS are situated on the ferry wharf at Matiatia where you arrive. They offer cars, station wagons, 4WDs convertible sports cars, coaches and minivans. Plenty of options available too,...

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Driving New Zealand

by swellmel

A delight to visit. We drove North and South Islands for 3 weeks in a small rented manual shift car. No problem at all. Small cars are better because of some quite narrow roads. The people were so kind and helpful. The food is very good and the motels (shoulder season) were plentiful, complete with kitchens and very reasonable and clean. We had reservations only for arrival night.. the rest was free wheeling. Wish we could have stayed longer. I long to return for a longer period of time.

Update on Kiwi Experience after latest Accident

by Kakapo2

Following a horrific accident which miraculously ended with only a few bad injuries here some information about the company that was published in The Press today (23 April 2007):Kiwi Experience obviously has a history of accidents, so you should probably think twice about with which company you travel.The latest accident happened on Saturday, 21 April 2007. The bus with 44 backpackers aboard plunged 40 metres down a steep hill on the winding road between Franz Josef and Fox Glaciers on the West Coast. Obviously the driver bent down to pick up something that had fallen to the floor (obviously a pen), and as he was a heavy guy he then fell from his seat... Already on TV it had been reported that this was not the first time Kiwi Experience has been in trouble but it had also been said that the problems had become less under new ownership. I cannot comment on this because I am not into such...

Jucy Rentals

by Gypsygirl05

As a broke college student in need of transportation, Jucy Rentals was one of the rental companies that was well-known and wouldn't break the bank. They'll rent to anyone over 18 with an English driver's license, and while their cars obviously aren't new Jaguars, they're in good shape, work well and aren't held together with duct tape, which is always a good sign. Service was great and they made sure you were covered on pretty much everything.

Length of North Island

by unaS

From Rotorua to Wellington is a very long trip. I chose to fly with Air New Zealand. The site is easy to use and to make reservations from outside of NZ in advance.First time in my life I flew on a 2 engine prop plane! Only 10 seats, double seats on one side of the plane and single seats on the other. A nice wide aisle between them. Interesting experience. We flew low enough that one could actually see details of the land below. Regretfully none of my photos came out well. Didn't yet own a digital back then...Tiny one room airport, tiny plane...a truly new experience for me at the time.

Campervan in NZ

by wctan72

Campervan gives much flexibility and fun to your trip. NZ is one of the place that campers are build for and you will be spoilt for choices. For our trip we used Apollo and they are great! Well maintain campers and customers services provided. They are easy to drive once you are familiar and don't be intimidated by the size on first sight.Most suitable for family travel up to six persons. Will definitely do it again nest time.

Car Rentals in Kiwi Land

by RockyDaniels

If you're going to rent a car while in New Zealand, forget the big U.S. names you might be used to (Hertz, Budget, Avis...) and go with the Kiwi owned operations with names you've never heard of. Why? One of the delightful things about NZ is that the price you're given is the price you pay. Everything IS taxed (food, rooms, sundries, rental cars) but the quoted price is all inclusive. EXCEPT for rental car companies with U.S. names. With those companies, the price excludes all the taxes (just like in the USA). So a really good sounding price from, say, Hertz turns out to be 20% to 30% higher than quoted while the NZ company's prices is 0% higher than quoted. So that's one reason.The other reason is that the U.S. franchised companies are quick to add charges. I had the experience of losing a hubcap off my rental car from Hertz. It was on the car at the beginning of the day's drive; it was...

Jucy Rentals

by wrldtravler

Campers are big in New Zealand. So you can rent cars or campervans. And i'm not talking about the big RV's from meet the fockers, but minivans with all the goodies (like the A-Team Van).We rented a car from jucy rentals (the El Cheapo package - no seriously) for 25 NZ$ a day and unlimited miles. Was a good car too.

Sailing

by wrldtravler

New Zealand has some of the best sailing waters in the world. And you can make the most of it by renting a sailboat for the day or longer. It's perhaps the best way to take in the vast New Zealand coastline.We learnt to sail on our NZ trip and even got full certification. If your in the Bay of Islands for your sailing trip you must check out terry and crissy's outfit called Great Escape Yacht charters. They rent out boats to qualified skippers or you can get a boat with a day skipper or do one of the courses.

Te Waipounamu

by wrldtravler

We rented Motorcycles from John at Te Waipounamu in Christchurch for our ride around the South Island.We paid around 80-90 NZ$ for the smaller suzuki and around 130-150 NZ$ for the BMW. The prices we paid were for the shoulder / lean season.He also has motorcycle gear for rent, which is a very affordable NZ$1 per item per day. But if your used to riding in your own gear or you think you might be an odd size i recommend you take your own gear.We also happened to meet Ian in Kaikoura (who runs the other big motorcycle outfit, NZ Adventures) we were staying at his mums lodge and he was over visiting. He seems like a good option too. We chose John cause he was cheaper.

Taking the ferry to the South (or North) Island

by IslandGirl10

I have a net friend on the South Island of New Zealand and I don't think that when we were chatting some years ago that we would actually ever meet, but my hubby lucked out and got the business trip and it just so happened that he worked in Wellington and that is where the ferries leave to go to the South Island. So we were going to make this happen! The hotel that we stayed in was about one half a block from the Bluebridge ferry. Now my friend Chris had informed me that this was the *slower* ferry, but we are glad we chose this one because it was very close so we didn't have to worry about where we were parking the car, not to mention that the prices was several NZ cheaper! We had a very smooth journey, because going through the Cook Strait *can* be rather sickening (just look up New Zealand ferry Cook Strait on youtube.com, you will understand!) and I would highly recommend this...

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Q: Last time in NSW/Australia it was quite easy to find good parking-places for my small motorhome, partly INside the villages, but...

A: With "official parkinglots" I mean rest-area along highways and other roads, such "Rest and revive-places" that are announced along the bigger roads ! I also saw some of...

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