Lonely Planet New Zealand

by Harding, Paul; Bain, Carolyn; Bedford, Neal

• ISBN13: 9781740591966
• ISBN10: 1740591968
• Edition: 11th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-09-01
• Publisher: Lonely Planet

Summary

-- coverage of popular adventure sports including bungee jumping, the luge, year-round skiing and snowboarding
-- special focus on Maori culture and the country's outstanding flora and fauna
-- accommodation options from low cost to luxury

Table of Contents

The Authors	10	(3)
This Book	13	(1)
Foreword	14	(1)
Introduction	15	(2)
Facts About New Zealand	17	(21)
History	17	(7)
Geography	24	(1)
Geology	24	(1)
Climate	25	(1)
Ecology & Environment	26	(1)
National Parks	27	(1)
Government & Politics	28	(1)
Economy	28	(1)
Population & People	29	(1)
Arts	30	(3)
Watching Wildlife	32	(1)
Society & Conduct	33	(3)
Religion	36	(1)
Language	37	(1)
Facts For the Visitor	38	(47)
Suggested Itineraries	38	(2)
Planning	40	(1)
Tourist Offices	41	(1)
Visas & Documents	41	(2)
Embassies & Consulates	43	(1)
Customs	44	(1)
Money	44	(2)
Post & Communications	46	(2)
Digital Resources	48	(1)
Books	48	(1)
Maori Culture & Arts	49	(1)
Culture	49	(1)
Mythology	49	(1)
In The Beginning	49	(1)
And Then Came Aotearoa	50	(1)
Tribal Society	50	(2)
Key Values	52	(3)
The Marae	55	(2)
War (Pakanga)	57	(1)
Arts	58	(1)
Song (Waiata) & Dance (Haka)	58	(2)
Carving (Whakairo)	60	(2)
Tattoos (Moko)	62	(1)
Clothing (Kakahu)	62	(1)
Greenstone (Pounamu)	63	(3)
Newspapers & Magazines	66	(1)
Radio & TV	66	(1)
Video Systems	67	(1)
Photography & Video	67	(1)
Time	67	(1)
Electricity	67	(1)
Weights & Measures	67	(1)
Health	67	(3)
Women Travellers	70	(1)
Gay & Lesbian Travellers	70	(1)
Disabled Travellers	71	(1)
Senior Travellers	71	(1)
Travel With Children	71	(1)
Dangers & Annoyances	71	(1)
Legal Matters	72	(1)
Business Hours	72	(1)
Public Holidays & Special Events	72	(1)
Courses	73	(1)
Work	73	(2)
Accommodation	75	(3)
Food	78	(3)
Drinks	81	(1)
Entertainment	81	(1)
Spectator Sports	82	(2)
Shopping	84	(1)
Activities	85	(18)
Tramping	85	(5)
Skiing & Snowboarding	90	(4)
Mountaineering	94	(1)
Rock Climbing	94	(1)
Caving	94	(1)
Mountain Biking & Cycle Touring	95	(1)
Water Activities	95	(5)
Aerial Activities	100	(1)
Other Activities	101	(2)
Getting There & Away	103	(5)
Air	103	(4)
Departure Tax	107	(1)
Sea	107	(1)
Getting Around	108	(13)
Air	108	(1)
Bus	109	(5)
Train	114	(1)
Car & Motorcycle	114	(4)
Bicycle	118	(1)
Hitching	118	(1)
Boat	119	(1)
Urban Transport	119	(1)
Organised Tours	119	(2)
Auckland Region	121	(52)
Auckland	121	(2)
History	123	(1)
Orientation	123	(5)
Things to See & Do	128	(6)
Activities	134	(1)
Organised Tours	135	(2)
Special Events	137	(3)
Places to Stay	140	(1)
Places to Eat	141	(5)
Entertainment	146	(2)
Getting There & Away	148	(1)
Getting Around	149	(2)
Around Auckland	151	(1)
Regional Parks	151	(1)
Devonport	151	(3)
West of Auckland	154	(4)
Hauraki Gulf Islands	157	(1)
Rangitoto & Motutapu Islands	158	(1)
Waiheke Island	158	(6)
Great Barrier Island	164	(7)
Motuihe Island	171	(1)
Tiritiri Matangi Island	171	(1)
Other Islands	172	(1)
Northland	173	(50)
North of Auckland	174	(1)
Whangaparaoa Peninsula	174	(1)
Orewa & Waiwera	175	(1)
Puhoi	176	(1)
Warkworth	176	(1)
Kawau Island	177	(1)
Warkworth to Bream Bay	178	(1)
Waipu & Bream Bay	179	(1)
Kauri Coast	180	(1)
Matakohe	180	(1)
Dargaville	181	(2)
Around Dargaville	183	(1)
Dargaville to Hokianga	184	(2)
Hokianga	186	(1)
Omapere & Opononi	186	(2)
Rawene	188	(1)
Kohukohu	188	(1)
Mitimiti	189	(1)
Puketi & Omahuta Forests	189	(1)
The Far North	189	(1)
Kaitaia	189	(2)
Around Kaitaia	191	(2)
Cape Reinga & Ninety Mile Beach	193	(3)
Karikari Peninsula	196	(1)
Doubtless Bay	196	(2)
Doubtless Bay to Bay of Islands	198	(6)
Bay of Islands	200	(4)
Bay of Islands Maritime & Historic Park	204	(1)
Paihia & Waitangi	204	(5)
Russell	209	(3)
Kerikeri	212	(4)
Paihia to Whangarei	216	(1)
Russell Road	216	(1)
Tutukaka Coast	217	(1)
Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve	218	(1)
Whangarei	218	(4)
Around Whangarei	222	(1)
Coromandel Region	223	(22)
Coromandel Peninsula	225	(1)
Thames	225	(3)
Coromandel Forest Park	228	(1)
Thames to Coromandel Town	229	(1)
Coromandel Town	230	(2)
Far North Coromandel	232	(1)
Coromandel Town to Whitianga	233	(1)
Whitianga	233	(4)
Hahei & Hot Water Beach	237	(1)
Tairua & Pauanui	238	(1)
Opoutere	239	(1)
Whangamata	240	(1)
Waihi	240	(2)
Hauraki Region	242	(1)
Miranda & Kaiaua	242	(1)
Paeroa	242	(1)
Te Aroha	243	(2)
Waikato & The king Country	245	(30)
Waikato	245	(2)
Auckland to Hamilton	247	(1)
Hamilton	248	(5)
Waingaro Hot Springs	253	(2)
Raglan to Kawhia	255	(1)
Kawhia	256	(1)
Te Awamutu	257	(2)
Cambridge	259	(1)
Karapiro	260	(1)
Matamata	260	(1)
Tirau	261	(1)
The King Country	261	(1)
Otorohanga	261	(2)
Waitomo	263	(5)
Marokopa Road	268	(1)
Te Kuiti	269	(2)
Te Kuiti to Mokau	271	(1)
Taumarunui	272	(3)
Taranaki	275	(16)
New Plymouth	275	(8)
Around New Plymouth	283	(1)
Mt Taranaki/Egmont	284	(3)
Around Mt Taranaki	287	(4)
Wanganui & Manawatu	291	(19)
Wanganui Region	291	(1)
Whanganui National Park	291	(6)
Whanganui River Road & Pipiriki	297	(1)
Wanganui	298	(6)
Manawatu	304	(1)
Palmerston North	304	(4)
Rangitikei	308	(1)
Horowhenua	309	(1)
Central Plateau	310	(31)
Tongariro National Park	310	(8)
National Park	318	(2)
Ohakune	320	(3)
Raetihi	323	(1)
Lake Rotokura	324	(1)
Waiouru	324	(1)
Lake Taupo Region	324	(1)
Taupo	324	(9)
Around Taupo	333	(3)
Turangi	336	(5)
Bay of Plenty	341	(38)
Rotorua	341	(15)
Around Rotorua	356	(4)
Western Bay of Plenty	360	(1)
Tauranga	360	(6)
Mt Maunganui	366	(2)
Around Tauranga	368	(3)
Eastern Bay of Plenty	371	(1)
Whakatane	371	(3)
Whakaari (White Island)	374	(1)
Moutohora	375	(1)
Whakatane to Rotorua	375	(1)
Ohope Beach	376	(1)
Opotiki	376	(3)
The East Coast	379	(30)
East Cape	379	(2)
Opotiki to East Cape	381	(1)
East Cape to Gisborne	382	(1)
Raukumara & Waioeka	383	(1)
Poverty Bay	384	(1)
Gisborne	384	(6)
Gisborne to Wairoa	390	(1)
Hawkes Bay	391	(1)
Wairoa	391	(1)
Wairoa to Napier	392	(1)
To Urewera National Park	392	(3)
Napier	395	(6)
Hastings	401	(4)
Around Hawkes Bay	405	(4)
Wellington Region	409	(32)
Wellington	409	(1)
History	409	(3)
Orientation	412	(1)
Information	412	(2)
Things to See & Do	414	(4)
Organised Tours	418	(1)
Special Events	418	(1)
Places to Stay	419	(4)
Places to Eat	423	(3)
Entertainment	426	(2)
Shopping	428	(1)
Getting There & Away	428	(2)
Getting Around	430	(3)
Hutt Valley	432	(1)
Kapiti Coast	432	(1)
Paekakariki	433	(1)
Paraparaumu	434	(1)
Kapiti Island	435	(1)
Waikanae	435	(1)
Otaki	435	(1)
The Wairarapa	436	(1)
Masterton	436	(1)
Mt Bruce	437	(1)
Carterton, Greytown & Featherston	437	(1)
Martinborough	438	(1)
Wairarapa Coast	439	(1)
Forest Parks	440	(1)
Marlborough & Nelson	441	(54)
Marlborough Region	441	(2)
Picton	443	(5)
Marlborough Sounds	448	(5)
Havelock	453	(1)
Around Havelock	454	(1)
Blenheim	455	(5)
Around Blenheim	460	(1)
Kaikoura	460	(8)
Nelson Region	468	(1)
Nelson	468	(9)
Nelson Lakes National Park	477	(2)
Nelson to Motueka	479	(1)
Motueka	480	(3)
Motueka to Abel Tasman	483	(1)
Abel Tasman National Park	484	(2)
Golden Bay	486	(1)
SH60 to Takaka	486	(2)
Takaka	488	(2)
Pohara	490	(1)
Collingwood & Around	490	(2)
Kahurangi National Park	492	(3)
The West Coast	495	(35)
Murchison	495	(2)
Buller Gorge	497	(1)
Westport	498	(4)
Westport to Karamea	502	(1)
Karamea	502	(2)
Westport to Greymouth	504	(2)
The Grey Valley	506	(2)
Greymouth	508	(5)
Around Greymouth	513	(1)
Hokitika	514	(2)
Around Hokitika	516	(1)
Hokitika to the Glaciers	516	(4)
The Glaciers	520	(7)
South to Haast	527	(1)
The Haast Region	528	(1)
Haast Pass	529	(1)
Canterbury	530	(52)
Christchurch	530	(1)
Orientation	531	(1)
Information	531	(3)
Things to See & Do	534	(4)
Organised Tours	538	(1)
Places to Stay	538	(3)
Places to Eat	541	(3)
Entertainment	544	(1)
Cinemas	545	(1)
Getting There & Away	545	(1)
Getting Around	546	(1)
Around Christchurch	547	(1)
Lyttelton	547	(3)
Banks Peninsula	550	(5)
North Canterbury	554	(1)
Hanmer Springs	555	(3)
The Lewis Pass Highway	558	(1)
Central Canterbury	559	(1)
Craigieburn Forest Park	559	(1)
Arthur's Pass	560	(2)
Ashburton	562	(1)
Methven	562	(3)
Mt Somers	565	(1)
South Canterbury	566	(1)
Temuka	566	(1)
Timaru	566	(3)
To the Mackenzie Country	569	(3)
The Mackenzie Country	572	(4)
Mt Cook National Park	576	(6)
Otago	582	(57)
Dunedin & the Otago Peninsula	582	(1)
Dunedin	582	(1)
History	583	(5)
Places to Stay	588	(2)
Places to Eat	590	(1)
Entertainment	591	(1)
Getting There & Away	592	(1)
Getting Around	592	(1)
Otago Peninsula	592	(5)
Central Otago	596	(1)
Cromwell	597	(1)
Alexandra	597	(3)
Clyde	600	(1)
Alexandra to Palmerston	600	(2)
Alexandra to Dunedin	602	(1)
The Clutha District	602	(1)
North Otago	603	(1)
Oamaru	603	(3)
Waitaki Valley	606	(2)
Oamaru to Dunedin	607	(1)
Queenstown Region	608	(1)
Queenstown	608	(16)
Arrowtown	624	(2)
Glenorchy	626	(2)
Lake Wakatipu Region Tramps	628	(1)
Wanaka Region	629	(1)
Makarora	629	(3)
Hawea	632
Wanaka	631	(7)
Cardrona	638	(1)
Southland	639	(31)
Fiorland	639	(1)
Te Anau	639	(7)
Te Anau to Milford	646	(4)
Milford Sound	650	(4)
Manapouri	654	(2)
Southern Scenic Route	656	(2)
Central Southland	658	(1)
Invercargill	658	(4)
Bluff	662	(1)
Invercargill to Dunedin	663	(3)
The Catlins	664	(2)
Invercargill to Papatowai	666	(2)
Papatowai to Balclutha	668	(2)
Outer Islands	670	(14)
Stewart Island	670	(3)
Ulva Island	673	(9)
Chatham Islands	677	(5)
Other Islands	682	(1)
Subantarctic Islands	682	(1)
Snares Islands	682	(1)
Auckland Islands	682	(1)
Campbell Island	682	(1)
The Kermadecs	683	(1)
Tokelau	683	(1)
Antipodes Island	683	(1)
Bounty Islands	683	(1)
Language	684	(3)
Kiwi English	684	(1)
Maori	684	(3)
GLOSSARY	687	(4)
THANKS	691	(15)
INDEX	706	(1)
Text	706	(13)
Boxed Text	719