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 Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 5:28 pm Post subject: New Zealand FAQ / Useful Info Thread |
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Please post here with any useful info or weblinks or any FAQs about New Zealand. Cheers!
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ellethebod
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| Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:28 am Post subject: Re: New Zealand FAQ / Useful Info Thread |
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| admin wrote: | | Please post here with any useful info or weblinks or any FAQs about New Zealand. Cheers! |
Spent most of 2006 in NZ. Would recommend buying a second hand car (you'll get your money's worth with all the site seeing you do!). We got our car at a car auction at Ellersie Racecourse, Auckland. Sold it then at a car auction in Christchurch. These car auctions seem to be a good place to get a cheap, decent car. Mechanic onsite to give any car you consider a once over for a small fee.
Also, would recommend staying in holiday parks (even over staying in hostels). Cheap, clean, basic accomm. Most, if not all, have cabins that'd fit 2 people. Some literally have a bed, others have a sink, kettle, toaster etc. aswell. Shared toilet facilities but you would get over that because it is so cheap to stay. Would recommend Top 10 Holiday Parks.
http://www.top10.co.nz/
If you are going to work over there, make sure you have your working visa sorted. All employers will ask for a copy (well, anyone I was employed with when I was there). Also, if you can, register with a temping agency. According to people I worked with over, I got more money per hour because I was recruited through an agency rather than directly. Dunno how true this is but tis worth a shot!
www.burgerfuel.co.nz
www.hell.co.nz
www.burgerwisconsin.co.nz
(some of my fave "cheap but excellent food" eateries in NZ)
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