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SUSwilsonjay
post Mar 7 2016, 10:33 PM

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What's the cheapest flight from Auckland to Christchurch?
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post Nov 3 2016, 10:20 PM

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Hi guys, anyone have experience transiting from international flight to domestic flight at auckland airport? how long does it take to go between international and domestic airport?

I'm arriving at auckland using airasia, and planning to use jetstar from there to christchurch.
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post Jan 9 2017, 01:10 PM

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is it better to pre-book activities like sky diving or better go there and pay?
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post Feb 7 2017, 03:47 PM

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do you guys buy liability insurance when renting campervans?
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post Mar 22 2017, 09:52 AM

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is there any places of interest along the east coast of south island?

i wondering whether to take the same road back from queestown/te anau passing through wanaka, or using the road back from dunedin
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post May 18 2017, 09:02 PM

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i guess i was the lucky few that went through imigration at auckland in a short time. I think around 45 minutes, heck they even vet through my camping gears especially my tent
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post May 19 2017, 11:01 AM

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QUOTE(kienhuia @ May 19 2017, 05:05 AM)
To be fair, going through immigration can be fast but not worth risking the connection flight

I been at the departure hall for few occasion this year and I noted MAS hardly on time. But the main issue is bag collection + Custom. Sometimes it took 45m to 1hrs after the plane landed before the arrival of the flight attendant and pilot at the arrival hall sad.gif
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Which I did, my connection flight to Christchurch was 3 hours after. But still we got quite fast
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post Aug 22 2017, 11:50 AM

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QUOTE(voyage23 @ Aug 22 2017, 11:46 AM)
Thank you for your suggestion. We have tweaked our itinerary a bit to as below. Can comment if we can make it better or more efficient? We are just planning the route and leaving out the details first. As it is gonna be our first time in NZ so any input would be welcomed. And if the propose route makes any sense. Travelling as a couple.

8/1

425pm: Arrival in Auckland
- Take an airbus to have a dinner in town
- Overnight in iBis budget auckland airport.

9/1

820am: Flight to Christchurch via JetStar
945am: Arrival in Christchurch
- Pick up our campervan from Wilderness (Wave 2)
- Head to Lake Takepo via Canterbury Plains
- Mt John Observatory in the evening
- Overnight in free camp at Lake Pukaki

10/1
- Depart to Aoraki Mt Cook
- Hooker Valley Track in the evening

11/1
- Drive to Wanaka, spend a night there.

12/1
- Depart to Milford Sound early morning
- Do Milford Cruise

13/1 and 14/1
- Explore Queenstown

15/1
- Drive back to CHC.
- Clean up campervan. Overnight in CHC

16/1
- Return campervan
- Flight to Auckland at 940am
- Reaches Auckland at 11am
- Chill around Auckland
- Flight back to KL at 820pm.

Thanks in advance.
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Wanaka to Milford in one day?? holy shit that's a long drive

not just that, you'll missed alot, especially queenstown. By the time you reach queenstown it's most likely dark already which is pretty wasted

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post Mar 1 2019, 05:00 PM

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QUOTE(Level 60 Wizard @ Mar 1 2019, 01:47 PM)
Hi guys,
i plan to bring my baby to NZ next year. By then, he should be at least 1 year and 6 months minimum. When's the time/month that's good for baby?

I remember Jul will be Winter so probably will want to avoid that.

Will anywhere between Mar ~ May good?
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mind you even during autumn it was freezing cold

It was damn cold in Queenstown when i was there in May, even though it was only 2'C

also depends on location, somehow it wasnt that cold in milford compared to queenstown

 

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