It’s easy enough to contact all your friends and family to tell them how awesome New Zealand is while you’re here. New Zealand currently operates on a 3G network and phones work with or without SIM cards depending on which network you’re with. The biggest and most reliable network in New Zealand is operated by Telecom. We know Vodafone is a bad word in Aussie at the moment but they do offer a good service … more
Kiwi Facts
The official languages of New Zealand are English, Maori and NZ Sign Language. Don’t worry if you can’t speak Maori or NZ Sign Language though, we all mainly speak English. If you want to thrown in some Maori words, the best place to start is ‘Kia Ora’ which means hello as well as thankyou. It’s pronounced ‘key aura’. Another one that gets used a bit is ‘whanau’ which means family. It’s pronounced ‘far now’. Lots of our towns … more
We’ve got none! No lions, no snakes and no drop bears. We do have a spider that bites but they’re so rare we actually thought they were extinct until they were rediscovered a little way back. So feel free to frolick in the bush with no shoes on, you’ll be fine. You also do not require any vaccinations etc when coming here. more
New Zealand has six international airports located in Auckland, Rotorua, Wellington, Christchurch, Queenstown and Dunedin. This is not so coincidentally where all of our journeys start and finish. The main airlines flying to New Zealand are Air New Zealand, Emirates, Qantas, Jetstar and Virgin Australia. Auckland handles most of the longhaul flights from Asia, North America and Europe with Christchurch also receiving flights from Asia. Allairports receive flights from Australia. Current Australian flights are… Auckland from Cairns, Brisbane, … more
If you’re staying in New Zealand for less than three months then don’t worry, you can always come back. Actually, what we were going to say is that you probably don’t need a visa. New Zealand has visa exemption policies with over 50 different countries. We particularly like our Australian friends and if you’re travelling on an Aussie passport, then you do not need a visa to enter New Zealand. Of course, if you have a criminal conviction … more
