New Zealand travel guide
Before you go to New Zealand
- Currency
- NZD $
- Emergency number
- 111 / 111
- Plug type
- I
- Tap water
- safe
- Tipping
- not_expected
- Bargaining
- Not expected
- eSIM
- Available
- Card networks
- Visa, Mastercard, American Express, UnionPay, EFTPOS
- ATM fees
- Most NZ bank ATMs are free; some independent ATMs charge NZD 2-3 for foreign cards.
Cities in New Zealand
- Queenstown The adventure capital of New Zealand, set on Lake Wakatipu beneath the Remarkables. Bungy jumping, jet boating, skydiving, skiing and wine…
- Auckland New Zealand's largest city, built on an isthmus dotted with volcanic cones and framed by two harbours. Gateway airport, vibrant food and…
- Rotorua The heart of North Island geothermal country and living Maori culture — bubbling mud pools, geysers at Te Puia, hangi and haka, and…
- Wellington The compact, hilly capital at the bottom of the North Island — home to Te Papa, the Beehive parliament, a historic cable car and a…
- Christchurch The largest South Island city, rebuilt after the 2010-11 earthquakes into a garden city of street art, a transitional cathedral and revived…
- Wanaka A relaxed alpine-lake town near Mount Aspiring National Park, famous for #ThatWanakaTree, the Roys Peak hike and easy access to skiing at…
- Taupo A lakeside resort town on Australasia's largest lake, in a super-volcanic caldera. Base for Huka Falls, the Tongariro Alpine Crossing,…
- Dunedin A Scottish-heritage university city on the Otago coast, with Edwardian architecture, the world's steepest street, a Victorian railway…