The Only New Zealand Road Trip Itinerary You Need *I promise* 

Thanks Scott=)

Be mindful that some roads have been devastated by cyclone Gabrielle. If I am not mistaken, the road to Coramandel is one of them. Pay to check first. Things to do and see in Christchurch: Arts Centre, Botanical Gardens, Christchurch Art Gallery, EQ Memorial, Quake City, Cardboard Cathedral, Christchurch Casino, Cathedral Square, Christchurch Library, OGB (old govt building), Willowbank wildlife reserve, Orana Park, Air Force Museum, Antarctic Centre, Port Hills (sign of Takahe, Victoria Park & other scenic walks). Lyttelton, Sumner Beach, Riccarton House & Bush, Punting on Avon, Christchurch Gondola, Adrenaline Forest, Christchurch Adventure Park, Christchurch Cave & Castle Hill Tour Godley Head & Lyttelton tour, Quail Island (seasonal), Ferrymead Heritage Park, Christchurch Museum under renovation for a few years. Other local fun activities: Velocity Karts, Ferrymead Paintball, Escape Artists or Code Breakers, Clip n Climb, Caddy Shack indoor golf. Food, Shops: The Tannery, New Regent Street, Riverside Market, Little High Eatery. Day Trips: Hanmer Springs - hot pools, conical hill walk, Forest Amble Walk Akaroa - Black Cat Nature Cruise, swimming with dolphins, Giant House, Akaroa light house, Lavender Farm, Akaroa Museum, Barry Bays Cheese shop Tranz Alpine Scenic Train from Christchuch to West Coast to Christchurch.

As a Dunedinite, I'd prefer they went elsewhere😂

We're planning a trip to NZ, focusing on the South Island, in a few weeks. We plan to land in Wellington, take the ferry and the train, reach Te Anau, then take the Southern Scenic Route, ending up in Dunedin.

Dunnas

Oh, I'm so glad! Thank you for the feedback=) Let me know if there's anything else you'd like to know.

​@that american in new zealand What is the approximate distance from Queenstown (the start) to the top of the north island where the light house is?

Whakatane is rough as guts 😂😂😂

Yup, the video shows Milford Sound in Fjordland National Park, but doesn't mention it by name.

My assumption is 90 days is tourist only. NZ government website would be the place to start looking

Yes, you legally can't work on a tourist visa, I believe you need to apply for a work visa before you enter the country, but that still limits your time in the country. The only way to legally move to the country is by having millions to invest, or having skills that are on the skill shortage list, eg nurses, teachers and some trades.

With out a work visa no one would employ you🤣🙄 ,Immigration would want to know that you had enough money to live on for a tourist visa 😅 you need one of the forms of Visa's to get into the country in the first place . You need to do research .

Hi Waleed, thank you so much=) I appreciate the feedback!

The white sands up north came from the the Waikato river which had ash deposits flowing into it when the Waikato river flowed out into the Hauraki gulf up to 22thousand years ago. 22thousand years ago Volcanic eruption/s at lake Taupo breached the carter/lake edge ,causing The Waikato river to change cause to it's present day flowing out into the west coast now adding sand material onto that coast ,along with Taranaki's material creating black sands (This has happened many times before over time ,the previous time was 88thousand years ago ) .Long shore drift has sifted/sorted the sands grains ,so today the finest silicate rich particles now make the white sands up in the far north .Cable bay in Doubtless bay area up north but south of the white sands has orange sands created by sea shells .We have no coral sands up north as there are no coral reefs ,like you would find in the islands or off Queensland Australia . There is a scenic flight to the Cape ,where you can see where the White sands begin ,since the Waikato river no longer flows into the Hauraki gulf ,no more silicate particles has being added for 22thoudsand years ,and now the sand is created by the rock material weathering down along the coast of northland ,which is mainly sand stones and graywacke .Northland's foundation rock is tilted upwards on the east coast exposed .The breach that changed the Waikato can still being seen today and also old flow directions of the Waikato can also be seen in the landscape .

It was Akaroa

Hook, going into Wanaka from Cromwell. There's signs

😂😂😂

Said the same about Christchurch, lol!