Websites You Need to Know About in New Zealand
Apart from NZPocketGuide.com, where we’ve tried to do a good job on giving you all there is to know about backpacking in New Zealand, there just might be some other websites worth knowing about for travelling, working and living in New Zealand. So what are the useful websites for a working holiday or backpacking in New Zealand?
Boring legal note: we do not endorse the point of views expressed in any of these websites’ articles. This list is merely to help you guys out.
For helpful tips, check out our 10 Essential New Zealand Travel Tips, as well as The New Zealand Working Holiday Visa: Everything You Need to Know!
NZPocketGuide.com
Ok, we might be a little biased by putting our website at the top. NzPocketGuide.com is the ultimate resource for travelling in New Zealand. If you don’t know where to begin, then we suggest starting with our 30 Tips for Backpacking in New Zealand.
Here are the links: Our Facebook and our YouTube Channel.
TradeMe.co.nz
Find a flat, buy a car, or apply for a job. You will use this website for your working holiday needs.
Newzealand.com
The official website of Tourism New Zealand.
DOC.govt.nz
The website of the Department of Conservation (DoC), for walking tracks, national parks and conservation-related information. See our article to learn more about who DoC are.
GreatWalks.co.nz
The best portal to get started with the best hikes of your life. Learn about the Great Walks of New Zealand here.
Radio New Zealand
New Zealand’s most trusted news source.
Localist.co.nz, Yellow.co.nz
Find a business or a person in New Zealand.
MetService.com
For an up-to-date weather forecast.
WorkingHolidayStarter.com
Don’t know where to start your working holiday in New Zealand? Start here.
NZPost.co.nz
New Zealand Post will take care of all your mail and parcel needs in NZ.
AucklandAirport.co.nz, WellingtonAirport.co.nz, ChristchurchAirport.co.nz,
QueenstownAirport.co.nz
Get familiar with your landing airport.
NZTA.govt.nz
The New Zealand Transport Agency website is your best resource for all road, car, and public transport needs.
Eventfinder.co.nz
Any event, any place in New Zealand, any time of the year. Find a gig for any night of your gap year in New Zealand on this website.
For More Website-based Information…
Check out real-life stories from people have travelled in New Zealand. Here are the list of blogs we love.
Sources:
The information in this guide has been compiled from our extensive research, travel and experiences across New Zealand and the South Pacific, accumulated over more than a decade of numerous visits to each destination. Additional sources for this guide include the following:
- MBIE Immigration and Workers Rights (Working rights in New Zealand - Updated [2024])
- Immigration New Zealand (Visa and immigration advice - Updated [2024])
- Stats NZ (Statistics and travel data - Updated [2024])
- Council websites (Local travel advice region by region - Updated [2024])
- New Zealand Customs Service (Customs and Biosecurity - Updated [2024])
- Tourism Export Council New Zealand (Tourism trade association - Updated [2024])
- TIA (Independent tourism association - Updated [2024])
- Tourism New Zealand (General travel advice - Updated [2024])
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