Cooker

We had VAR II a gas cooker (excellent Czech product) and we were satisfied at the most of the time.

If you will stay on NZ like six months and longer and if you will make your food on your own so you enjoy rather stay outdoor than serviced campgrounds. You should assume to buy liquid fuel (petrol/natural95) cooker like MSR Whisperlite (which I recommend) prior your NZ trip.

You can have one on ebay starting on $68 USD, regular lowest online price starts at $190 NZD.

Why? It's about fuel price. We have spend on "gas" like $78 NZD in first two months.

750ml gas tank cost $14 and we calculated that we are able to boil like 28L on it. It was like a 10 days of "2x breakfast coffee/ 1,5L of dinner".

TODO:

With the same "petrol/natural95" cooker (MSR whisperlite) you can boil the same amount of watter with XYZml of petrol, so for $5,5.

Car or wan

If you stay only several weeks just rent a car, there is plenty adverts, offerings for cars, vans for not so much money.

If you are going to stay two month or longer you should buy own car. In Auckland there is several places where you can.

• Saturdays backpackers car market (bk2bk)
• Backpackers car market (com2bk)
• Road Trip Campervans (com2bk, www.roadtripnz.com is what we have a good experience)

We have choosed _RoadTripCampervans, we got some recommendation from others. Creg does good job. He buy an old van or car and rebuild it to campervan etc. He builds sleeping bed (folding) inside, curtains etc. Our car was checked by technician and even was serviced. It had WOF for half a year and he pays first 1000km for you if it's a diesel.

If you stay over Saturday it's definitively worth idea to by car from other backpackers, since cars are usually well equipped. But take some special care when car is quite old.

Where to pay attention:

• check technical state of car
• check if it has valid registration
• check current and previous owners, if diesel than if odometer is prepaid (seller can give you a history report for odometer)
• at post office change owner to you (you will need an resident address/your backpacker hostel address - some less important docs about ownership transfer are to you in a few days)

Diesel cars must have prepaid tax for kilometers. Means odometer can't be back rolled. You should buy only a car with prepaid kilometers.

Guides:

• buy from registered seller (some rights come from this)
• if car takes more than 6L per 100Km then diesel is cheaper (2010)
• have a test drive, check engine/no black smog/shifting
• check life time of you battery
• check tires
• check suspension
• argue the price

You can ask for car history ownership report and more here:

• http://lisa.govt.nz

The most important, since city council stuff check the your car while parked in a city, display properly and rather double check if right your new ownership and for a diesel a prepaid kilometers at the window screen of your new car!

We have maid a mistake and we were after one month asked to pay $200 penalty fee. At the end I was able to explain the mistake later so a \"penalty\" was by honorable Lower Hutt city Council changed to \"warning\".

Prepaid SIM card

We bought our prepaid from 2degrees.co.nz for $2, you can get one in any newspaper shop. Just from the begging you will have $2 credit. Vodafone and Telecom has prepaid too, but you will have to spend at least $10 a month.

Once you charge "top up" your credit (like $20) you will have "Magic top up" rates for one month (better rates).

NZ Bank account

That for your employer to have a local account to send you your wage.

We went to _KiwiPost to get a Free Up bank account and debit card.

IRD - Invoice number

Just go to nearest KiwiPost office. Ask for IRD. You will need an resident address. If you don't have resident address you can use an address of your hostel (_BKHostel offer this service for free) or you can even use address of any KiwiPost. (we choose a _KiwiPost address).

IRD number is being issued in 3-5 days. But it takes another 14 days before is to your stated resident address sent a letter with your number and some other info.

It's not necessary to receive this document. It's enough if you call inland revenue department in five day time and ask what your number is.

You can make call from any KiwiPost office for free. Number is usually noted at the wall close to the phone.

Other

These other things are not so important, since you can get them with later or even with car.

• map of NZ (we bought a new one - HEMA, NZ Touring Atlas for $32 which I must

  recommend. Out of Auckland I have seen this map for just $25.)

• dishes, frying pan or wok, wooden board for cutting, clothespins, cooker with tank, dish-washing liquid, matches, scouring sponges, plastic basin, sun protection cream (buy a 1L in any bigger shop for cca $30), 10L or 20L box for drinking watter
• basic food - onions, potatoes, beens, rice, bread, noodles, salt, sugar, coffee, tea, spice, etc.

Most of the things, we got in chines supermarket behind a _BKHostel but some of them were quite expensive or vary bad quality as we found later.

Where to save money

• think first !
• you don't really need an BHH, YMCA or any other club card
• the most cheapest beans, rice, pasta taste the same when cooked outdoor
• pay an special attention with car. Any later repair, even simple one, is unexpected additional cost.
• buy a "natural95"/liqud cooker at home (more in _Cooker)
• exchange a money on kiwipost (airbus taxi can be paid with CCard)
• in many libraries is wireless Internet for free
• calculate, calculate, calculate

What we remember we have paid for

In first few days:

• airbus taxi, $16/person
• BKHostel Auckland, $100/2days-2people
• NZ map, $32
• change car ownership - 20
• basic expenses for first 10-14 days * food, $100-$150 * grocery, $20-$50 (to buy basic cooking equipment) * gas, $14 * entrance fees, $20-$60 * 1000km diesel - $120-$170 (with all taxes/fees)
• internet $2~$3 per hour (libraries for free)
• DOC camp sites - 9-10 per person, 6-8 offseason. (season 25oct-31jan)
• watter - 10litru za 6.50

Lowest seen prices of basic food:

• watter, 10L for $4.50 (but because it goes with 10L plastic box, later you will learn to get watter for free)
• breakfast corns, $3.35
• cheese, $3.99
• milk, 2L for $2.53
• beens can, $75c
• bread, $1.45
• yogurt, 1Kg for $3.99

Northland

Cape Brett

dlouhy trek na cape, je treba si zamluvit chatu predem. Da se zkratit a po 3h zkoncit na osamocene plazi, pak pokracovat pres byvalou wheelingstation zpatky na zacatek. - 8h minimalne

na hut cape brett neni pitna voda

Cape Reinga

Písečné duny velmi hezky kemp, hodne treku v polovine poloostrova uretti beach - velke vlny

Waipoura Forest

Trees, Kaora, Kánoe

Kawakawa

Mozaiky

Oaukura

Wanganururu

North Heual

Waikaboa

Camp site

Aucland

Surf pláž, Kare Kare

Waitakere rangers

treky (hlavne vicedeni)

prespali jsme u mesta Huia (na verejne Farme), cestou mnoho hezkych plazi

ze vesnici Litle Huia, grave road, nadherne plaze, nebezpecne koupani, cerny pisek, velke ale nijak extra zajimave jeskyne v utesech.

Rotorua

Největší gejzír Maourská vesnice

Waiotapa

Termální prameny

Orake Korako

Poschoďová terasa Penza kameny

Tongaryro

100% vyrazit na track

Sopka Egmont

Dawson (Parking) 2-3 přístupové cesty

Naipiere

Hezké město

Southern

Farewell

Jeskyně (na druhé sraně Harrarity beach)

NP Abel Tasman

Track podél moře

• delfíni
• koupání

Takaka, historický hřbitov

• parking, kemp zdarma

Cobb Hut (středozemí)

Heapy Track (HiFi)

Jen trasa podél pobřeží do Mackey Hut

Nelson Lakes

Track

• St. Arnand - angelus
• Sabibe Track

Maruia Springs

Horunai Hot Springs

Franc Josef (ledovec)

Fox Glacier

• Compland Track (chaloupka + termál)

Kaikoura

Verlyby

Jackson Bay

Levný parking .. image:: images/radka_jacksonBay.png

Ship Creek

Zastávka u silnice Jezero v písečné duně

Mount Cook

Lake Pukakay Mueler Hut (projít vše)

Other guides and blogs

Main:

• http://www.roughguides.com/
• http://exotika.orbion.cz/novy-zeland/odkazy (Czech)

Other:

• http://www.novyzeland.co.nz/5/novy-zeland-working-holiday-visa.html (Czech)

NZ Immigration

Job

Try to search for any job if possible on:

• http://trademe.co.nz.
• http://www.seek.co.nz/

We don't have a good experience with "permanent job positions".

Traveling, back country related info

See http://doc.govt.nz.