This guide is the big picture, the overall view, but if you want detailed information on what to see, where to go, where to eat, where to stay go to my (Not quite) Complete Guide to New Zealand Travel

Where to stay, where to eat, what to see.  Yes, all that.  But much more. It is aimed primarily at self-drive travellers and they need to know much more.

The problem is how to deliver this information in a logical way - and I have decided to serve it up as the road rolls under you.  That is, the information is given kilometre by kilometre for each of the state highways. 

It is a work in progress. And so far it has been seven years in the making.  It is far from complete, but if you are touring NZ you may find it useful.

Click here to visit the (Not quite) Complete Guide To New Zealand Travel.

A New Zealand Travel Guide

Accommodation Links

The following is a collection of accommodation links in no particular order or state. They are just places I found in my travels across the net.

Pauanui Pines Motor Lodge is on of New Zealand's premier holiday resort complexes and a perfect place to relax and enjoy the many features of the beautiful Coromandel Peninsula. Accommodation includes 18 one and two bedroom luxury motel units in nine "Pioneer Style" cottages.

Trelawn Place, Queenstown Bed and Breakfast accom.

BK's Pioneer Motor Lodge, 205 Kirkbride Road. Email: info@bkspioneer.com Phone: 09 275 7752 Fax: 09 275 7753. Reservations Freephone: 0800 222 052 Near new motor inn and, considering that, very reasonable at $99 a night tw/dble.

Purangi Garden Homestay. 321 Lees Road, Hahei. Ph (07) 866 4036. Email  pgh@wave.co.nz

Wallace Court Motel, 88 Wallace St, Mt Cook, Wellington.

If you are taking a camping holiday, Kiwi Holiday Parks New Zealand is  a group of campground and caravan tourist parks offering several campsite accommodation options for your camping holiday throughout NZ. They can also provide a motor home / camper van rental for those seeking a self drive tour option. Their  itinerary planner and map will help with planning an itinerary.
 

A New Zealand Travel Guide is written by David Morris and published by

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148 Hillsborough Rd, Hillsborough, Auckland 1042, New Zealand.
Phone (Country code 64, area code 9) 625-6469
Email: drm@visitnz.co.nz

Last updated 24 July 2011

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Get inside tips on New Zealand rental cars

If you want to rent a car in New Zealand you could spend a long time trawling the net looking at options and finish up totally confused.

Get expert local advice by clicking here.

Here's the problem: New Zealand car rental is unlike most other places in the world because the country is split into two islands with a sizeable stretch of water between. 

Taking a car across Cook Strait is expensive. Some rental companies allow you to drop a vehicle in Wellington and collect another in Picton (or vice versa). Some don't. 

Along with a host of other complications it means if you are trying to sort out car rental in New Zealand you may need a cup of tea and a lie down long before you've figured it all out.

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