New Zealand for the Independent Traveler

Web Sites for Travellers to New Zealand

The following links are arranged roughly alphabetically, within broad categories.

Listing of links below does not infer endorsement by the owners of the Travel2 New Zealand website.

We welcome your recommendations for additional links relevant to travel in New Zealand.

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General - Trip Planning and Government Sites

New Zealand's Premier Destinations web site PureNZ
Travel Planning NZ especially for women WomenTravel
Auto purchase Auckland Car Fair
Free travel guides Jasons travel guides
Miscellaneous events search events search
Mileage calculator DiscoverNZ
Newspaper - news and accom. directory Stuff
NZ Travel and Car Rental Guide Links Directory VisitNZ
NZ Automobile Association NZAA
Weather NZcity

Accommodation - Organizations, Associations

Budget Backpacker Hostels NZ BBH
Backpackers Ultimate Guide "BUG"
Farmstay accom. TrueNZ
Holiday Accommodation Parks Holiday parks
NZAA Accom. listings nz-accommodation
International Youth Hostels IYA
VIP Hostels Assoc. VIP
Youth Hostels NZ stayyha
"World Awaits" hostels worldawaits

Accommodation - Individual Listings (by locale)

Akaroa (nr. Christchurch) - Onuku Farm Hostel
Auckland - Bamberhouse Bamberhouse
or Oakland/Bamberhouse
Auckland - Oaklands LodgeOaklands
Bay of Islands - The Rock overnight cruise accom.rocktheboat
Blackball (nr. Greymouth) - "Formerly the Blackball Hilton" blackball
Christchurch - >Dorset House dorsethouse
Doubtful Sound - overnight aboard Fjorldand tour boats fjordlandtravel
Hokianga - Kohukohu Treehouse Treehouse Hostel
Kinloch/Glenorchy - Kinloch Lodge kinlochlodge
Lake Tekapo / Aoraki - Aoraki Naturally Homestay and Camping naturist
Marahau / Abel Tasman - >Southern Exposure Southern Exposure
Milford Sound - overnight aboard Fjorldand tour boats fjordlandtravel
Picton - The Villa Backpackers thevilla
Picton / Marlborough Sound - Hopewell Backpackers (very popular) hopewell
Plimmerton/Wellington - Moana Lodge - our top pick! moanalodge
Wanganui - Tamara Backpackers Lodge - riverside tamaralodge
Wellington accom. listings wellingtonnz

Destinations/Culture

Akaroa (nr. Christchurch) akaroa
Auckland Auckland
Catlins/Southland Southland
Catlins (only) Catlins
Central Otago Otago
Coromandel Peninsula peninsula
Gisborne and East Cape GisborneNZ
Greymouth Greymouth
Hokitika Hokitika
Lord of the Rings locations map LOR map
Lord of the Rings - on location anecdotes LOR anecdote
Mt. Ruapehu and area ruapehunz
Napier - Art Deco Weekend artdeconapier
Napier/Hawke's Bay hawkesbaynz
Northland Northland
Punakaiki Punakaiki
Queenstown, Wanaka and area Queenstown
Queenstown Queenstownnz
Southland / Dunedin to Te Anau southernscenicroute
Te Anau / Milford area fjordlandtravel
Wanaka Wanaka
Wanganui Wanganui
Wellington Wellington
Westport Westport

Maori cultural demonstrations

NZ Maori Arts and Crafts Institute NZ Maori
Whakarewarewa Maori thermal village Whakarewarewa
Manaia - Auckland museum Manaia

Thermal, volcanic, geysers and such

NZ Maori Arts and Crafts Institute NZ Maori
Orakei Korako Geyserland Resort Orakei Korako
Whangamata Whangamata
Whangarei Whangarei

Activities / Attractions - Commercial

Base Jumping - Auckland Sky Tower

Water Activities

Hiking and Horses

Abel Tasman Guided Walks abeltasman
Milford Track Guided Walks ultimatehikes
Horseback riding - Glenorchy - Dart River Stables dartstables

Museums

Auckland museum akmuseum
Rotorua Museum Rotorua Museum
Wellington Te Papa Museum tepapa

Unclassified

Gumdiggers Park Gumdigger
Polynesian Spa - Rotorua polynesianspa
Sheepskin tanning factory tour classicsheepskins
Waiau Waterworks waiauwaterworks
Marlborough Wine Tour deluxetravel

Activities / Attractions - Non-commercial

Cylcling Cycling
Hiking
Hiking Trails NZ (part of world-wide listing) onedayhikesNZ
Waikaremoana Track Waikaremoana
Sailing - cruising
Off-shore cruiser facilities noonsite
Free Beach Inc. Naturist

Sports - Commercial/Professional Competition

Rugby
NZ rugby general thesilverfern
Sevens Rugby Sevens
Sailing
Americas Cup americascupnews
Volvo Ocean Race 2001/2 volvooceanrace
Sheep Shearing/Wool Handling Golden Shears Golden Shears

Sports - Non-commercial Competition

Sailing NZ Yacht Clubs yachtingnz

Transportation

Auckland / Hauraki Gulf subritzky
Auckland airport shuttle supershuttle
InterCity coachlines intercitycoach
Inter-Island Ferries interislandline
Milford Road - Transit NZ milfordroad
Rail theinterislander

Rental campervans

Auto rentals - less known abroad:

Motorcycle rentals