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- Wellington
- Capital
- New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
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- 3,864,129
- Population
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New Zealand Slideshow
Top Hotels in New Zealand
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Mercure Leisure Lodge Dunedin
153 reviews -
Wyndham Vacation Resorts Wanaka
27 reviews
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Kingsgate Hotel Whangarei
29 reviews -
Goldridge Resort Queenstown
69 reviews
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Heartland Hotel Queenstown
92 reviews
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Kingsgate Hotel Autolodge Paihia
64 reviews
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Central Stratford Apartment Hotel Wellington
36 reviews
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SilverOaks Hotel Geyserland Rotorua
119 reviews -
Heartland Hotel Cotswold Christchurch
49 reviews -
Lakeland Resort Taupo
30 reviews
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Bay Plaza Hotel Wellington
86 reviews
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Grand Chancellor Auckland Hotel
119 reviews
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Scenic Suites Queenstown
126 reviews
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Ascot Park Hotel Invercargill
51 reviews -
Pavilions Hotel Christchurch
92 reviews
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Novotel Gardens Queenstown
837 reviews
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Abel Tasman Hotel Wellington
50 reviews
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Arrowfield Apartments Arrowtown Queenstown
31 reviews -
Park View Motor Lodge Hamilton
51 reviews
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All Seasons Christchurch
116 reviews
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CQ Quality Hotel Wellington
102 reviews
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Pounamu Apartments Queenstown
381 reviews
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Elliott Street Hotel Auckland
10 reviews
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Heritage Hanmer Springs
102 reviews
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Quest Christchurch
48 reviews
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Flag Hotel Camelot Cathedral Square Christchurch
53 reviews
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Elliott St Apartments Hotel Auckland
35 reviews
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Hotel Armitage Tauranga
34 reviews
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Bealey's Christchurch
18 reviews
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Edgewater Wanaka
93 reviews
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Kelvin Hotel Invercargill
19 reviews
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Ramada Suites Nautilus Orewa
24 reviews
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Quay West Suites Auckland
151 reviews
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Tanoa Paihia Hotel
48 reviews
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Oakwood Manor Motor Lodge Mangere
92 reviews
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Parkview on Hagley Christchurch
32 reviews
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The Ashley Hotel Greymouth
42 reviews
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Quality Inn Collegiate Wanganui
11 reviews
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Bealey's Hotel Christchurch
17 reviews
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Trinity Hotel Wellington
89 reviews
New Zealand
Travel Blogs from New Zealand
Wanaka
This is a top pick! Following a chance encounter with someone who I survived D of E with five years ago, in a Wanaka supermarket, Oscar had a third passanger, which was fortunate as it apparently takes three graduates half and hour to fit two snow chains. Once this ...
Sealord
This is a top pick! ... is known for its excellent climate afterall. Just before 3pm, I made the 20 minute journey to Sealord's and met the other new starters outside the gatehouse. We were soon greeted by a supervisor, and we spent nearly 2 hours with her, getting acquainted ...
:)
This is a top pick! Today's earlier entry was from rainy, dreary Invercargill. This entry is after a great trip back to Te Anau. I mainly went through Riverton and Tuatapere, but the usually short two and a half hour drive took me about six hours. I saw so many signs ...
Go Insane
This is a top pick! I've made it to Seacliff. Seacliff probably has more horses than people, however it's a great place on the coast. I arrived last night after driving up through Dunedin. I'm WWOOFing (Willing Workers On Organic Farms) at the Asylum Lodge. The place is ...
A year on...
This is a top pick! Well, we left home a year ago today and now here we are in New Zealand with just 5 weeks until we're home. Today we left Invercargill and after a boring drive from Dunedin south, we took the advise of the guy who owned our campsite and took a scenic ...
Pancake Rocks...
This is a top pick! ... again, but I promptly got back into the swing of things and went on a 45 minute walk to the geographical centre of New Zealand. The monument that represented this was unimpressive, but the hike uphill provided great views of Nelson, and the weather was ...
Not more seafood...!!
This is a top pick! ... some stage as we keep in touch via text messages, but this was yet another coincidence that is the norm whilst travelling in New Zealand. Unfortunately Shortbread Cottage, being a small hostel, was booked up for the following few days so Jacco had to go ...
Auckland
This is a top pick! Our Kiwi fan club, otherwise known as Jemma and Charles, had amazingly flown up from Christchurch for one final autograph! It was fantastic to see them again, as we will do again in January for their wedding - hopefully, although to date donations to ...
Christchurch
This is a top pick! Returning to Christchurch, I was jokingly dreaming of a famous English victory versus the All Blacks. Before this dream was comprehensively shattered, we had spent the previous night at Lyttleton winter festival (Christchurch's harbour). Live music, ...
Waipoua Forest
This is a top pick! You haven't seen a big tree until you have been to Waipoua Forest and seen the majestic kauri beasts that scatter this region. Once in huge numbers across North Island, this is one of the few areas that now remains after the dramatic effects of ...
Mangonui & Keri Keri
This is a top pick! ... happily stocking up on drop in a Dutch shop, we were on our way. We couldn't resist having lunch at what was apparently New Zealand's best Fish & Chip shop. It did not disappoint as, sat overlooking Mangonui harbour, we filled up for the rest ...
Taupo Bungy!
This is a top pick! ... room. After chatting for a while, inevitably the talk turned to these adventure activities that seem to be everywhere in New Zealand! I looked at her skydive pictures, and also some photos of her Bungy Swing in Queenstown (something that I definitely ...
Kaikoura Part 1
This is a top pick! Kaikoura We left Christchurch at 8am and had a long drive to Kaikoura arriving early afternoon. A combination of the Pacific Ocean, deep trenches and underwater canyons up to 3 KM in depth that are only a few Km's away from the shore and a marine ...
Back in Auckland
This is a top pick! Well, we got back to Paihia, but I only stayed for two days, just to say my good byes and to pick up the rest of my stuff. I really found it hard; I had made some lovely friends there and had a great time. My aid parcel had arrived from my sister-in-law ...
Te Anau
This is a top pick! I had arranged to meet Esther today so that we could have a proper chat and catch up on each other's news. Esther had hired a car for the last part of her trip so if we wanted to we could go for a drive. She kindly came and picked me and my washing up, ...
Wellington-gateway to the South
This is a top pick! I packed up all my stuff on the Friday night before I left, I realised I might have a bit too much stuff again so I have left some stuff in Jackie's care. I really can't thank Jackie and Ian (her husband) enough, they are both very kind and generous ...
Crampons and axes!
This is a top pick! ... managed this, the rest of the day was spent climbing progressively longer and steeper walls. For this we had to add a new skill, which was belaying each other. I have to say this wasn’t my greatest skill having absolutely no arm muscles ...
Auckland Again
This is a top pick! I arrived back in Auckland to rain and loads of it. I had booked back into base again; you know what you are getting with Base. We arrived back at about 8pm after a shower and some food I headed down to the bar and met up with Neil and Simon again, it ...
Wellington to Auckland
This is a top pick! A very early start, the coach turned up at 7am and we were off. Driving from Wellington to Auckland oh what fun! I had done this journey before but it was in a car and I could stop wherever I wanted it took longer but it made the trip a lot easier. We ...
Gorillas to Gizzy
This is a top pick! ... decided to go to sleep. It was odd to be back in the same place in Wellington. The last time I was there I was in New Zealand for two days. It was quite different then. I stayed the night and the headed out in the morning. Thursday I headed West ...
Penguin kisses
This is a top pick! ... like kingfishers. We parked at the top of a steep hill leading down to the beaches where, hopefully, we would encounter some of New Zealand's rarer wildlife. First sighting was a one-year old Hooker's sea lion, still looking rather pup-like as he lazed on ...
Hills, Falls and Crutches
This is a top pick! We had been in the house for Two days and we were loving it, I friend I had met on my last stay here was coming over to see me after she finished work at about 10.30pm. Yannie had phones me saying that she couldn't find the drive way that led to the ...
Evil smells!
This is a top pick! ... nose against his friend's, as opposed to our more formal hand shake. He seemed genuinely interested in where I was from and why I chose New Zealand, and so far this has been the case with most of the Kiwis I have encountered on my travels. Sweet as! ...
From Raglan to Rotorua
This is a top pick! After my stay at raglan, I got back on the Stray bus and headed off to Hahei, which is in The Coromandel peninsula on the East coast of the North Island. We stopped at Waitomo along the way, this place is famous for its glow worm caves, I opted out of ...
Beautiful Birdsong...
This is a top pick! ... coastal route being just as impressive as the Great Ocean Road in my opinion. We arrived at Birdsong, one of my favourite backpackers in New Zealand, at about 6pm. It is a spotless place full of character, and I get on really well with Neil, the owner. ...
The Tale of the Mandarin Man and the Pukenui Pig
This is a top pick! ... and removed the bastard window from the door before it could fall and smash inside the door. Phew...no break. Luckily New Zealand is warm and our new vehicle with no driver window was comfy for the rest of the amazing drive. We ...
Grounded...
This is a top pick! We had a bit of adventure on Saturday night with a mouse in our van (both of us being afraid of mice) - hopefully he won't be back! In fairness to Paul he put his fears aside and took things apart trying to see if he could shift him. He said he took ...
The big game
This is a top pick! ... of fans tried to pack onto the free buses into town. It was reminiscent of a scene from a rock concert as everyone surged forward when a new bus opened its doors! By some miracle, all 6 of us managed to get on the same bus and after 30 minutes of drunken ...
Just Landed
This is a top pick! ... day will nearly have it's own entry (have to build up those dots on the map) As you know we left Australia on Friday for New Zealand. The flight into New Zealand was unbelievable! There were so many mountain ranges, rivers and we even flew over Fox ...
Barry Town day Two
This is a top pick! I had signed up for a day of knife making. I wasn't sure what to expect, but the drivers on the bus had all said that it was one of the best activities on the tour and it sounded like something I would really enjoy. There were only five people including ...