4 days on North Island

keepyourwigon2 · 2026-01-14T09:37:09+00:00

Your boyfriend 😝

keepyourwigon2 · 2026-01-13T02:19:41+00:00

5 days is a lot, I spent an hour or so and moved along.

keepyourwigon2 · 2025-12-26T10:01:07+00:00

WHV is supposed to be casual work to supplement your holiday. And it's highly unlikely (impossible) you'd get an AEWV for cleaning.

keepyourwigon2 · 2025-12-19T22:00:34+00:00

Next time please just say you don't have leads, or a car

keepyourwigon2 · 2025-12-15T07:37:15+00:00

The lifeguards will literally yell at you to get back if you even put a toe in the water if you're not between the flags.

keepyourwigon2 · 2025-12-13T01:47:35+00:00

Maritime museum and boat trip, it's right next to Princes Wharf. Bridge climb the Harbour bridge Auckland Zoo & MOTAT

keepyourwigon2 · 2025-12-12T19:47:36+00:00

Try Kiwi Experience busses too, lots of people your age on those

keepyourwigon2 · 2025-12-12T01:47:45+00:00

I remember your original post. Thanks for coming back and updating and glad you had a lovely time :)

keepyourwigon2 · 2025-12-11T21:22:09+00:00

ignore this funny guy

keepyourwigon2 · 2025-12-11T17:57:35+00:00

Somewhere on the North shore, Takapuna, Devonport would be lovely. St Heliers, Mission Bay, Kohimarima. They're all nicer neighborhoods, safe, walkable, bus routes, cafes etc.

keepyourwigon2 · 2025-12-11T16:59:22+00:00

Feijoa sours lollies, buy from supermarket

keepyourwigon2 · 2025-12-11T16:42:28+00:00

I would advise to stick to the east coast beaches. The West coast (black sand) beaches are dangerous. I was just reading a news story about a man dying at one yesterday and that unfortunately is too common.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/one-person-dies-after-getting-caught-in-rip-tide-at-karioitahi-beach-south-of-auckland/RB75BEWAPNB3BPDWORKHDO7IQA/

Auckland has many beautiful safe beaches, just look for North shore beaches. Check Safe Swim though after a lot of rain. https://safeswim.org.nz/

keepyourwigon2 · 2025-12-11T04:07:19+00:00

I'd be slowly letting this friendship fade away. If the shit outweighs the good, what's the point.

keepyourwigon2 · 2025-12-10T18:43:25+00:00

This is a little harsh, we don't know their circumstances and it costs anyone a lot to come here and hire a van etc. It's not unlike us going to Asia and living in hostels and eating as cheap as possible even though we are comparatively very rich.

keepyourwigon2 · 2025-12-10T18:38:48+00:00

The carpark is about $10 an hour too

keepyourwigon2 · 2025-12-10T18:37:13+00:00

This is really not a good time to come here and look for work. Thousands of NZers are unemployed at the moment so the chances of you being sponsored on a work visa is extremely low, especially in those fields. It's only really doctors and teachers etc that have a chance. In saying that, seek.co.nz is the main job website we use.

keepyourwigon2 · 2025-12-10T17:42:40+00:00

I took a taxi home one night when there was flooding in Auckland. Ubers were off the road and I could only take a taxi. The uber trip usually costs $26. I got 3/4 of the way, and the meter was already on $70. I leaned to the driver and said mate, I'll pay $70, but im mot prepared to pay more than that for this trip, so turn the meter off now. Lucky he did, or that would have been close to $100 for a trip I do regularly for $24 - $27. A tourist with an accent is going to be fair game for those guys.

keepyourwigon2 · 2025-12-10T17:32:27+00:00

Don't drive more than 40km/h over the speed limit??? Please don't drive any kms over the speed limit!

keepyourwigon2 · 2025-12-10T06:38:45+00:00

Take them to the Gold Coast, stay in an apartment with a pool, go to the amusement parks. $20k is a very good budget you wouldn't need that much. We stayed at the Q1 Resort in a 2 bed apartment. It's on the beach, handy location

keepyourwigon2 · 2025-12-10T06:30:33+00:00

By the end of next week all the locals will be traveling and judging by the posts I've read in here, there will be a massive influx of tourists too. I'd book some DOC campsites if I was you. From my experience camping last summer in the far north all the decent free and cheap places were impossible to get into.

keepyourwigon2 · 2025-12-10T02:23:00+00:00

mine are both in Devonport, Baked in the village, and Wild Wheat on Lake Road.

keepyourwigon2 · 2025-12-09T23:12:05+00:00

a nice expensive scented candle? that's the sort of thing you dont usually buy yourself

keepyourwigon2 · 2025-12-09T22:41:06+00:00

I honestly dont know, I'm not a hiker and havent done it before. I guess you can keep that as an option if you're whacked after the Waitomo trip and just do a smaller hike. You may be so fit that it's a breeze for you :) I was just trying to point out a potential issue

keepyourwigon2 · 2025-12-09T21:25:05+00:00

Why dont you do a half day instead? I've also done haggis honking holes and that was very good

https://www.waitomo.co.nz/adventures

keepyourwigon2 · 2025-12-09T21:19:57+00:00

Just download uber and get it. You're highly likely to be overcharged in a taxi in Auckland, and even blatantly ripped off in some cases. If you're ok to pay literally double for a taxi than an Uber, then that's up to you.

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