Hi
Just adding a few links that as a local, I think visitors will find useful.
I will add to the list as they come to hand.
Please feel free to add your links.
Cheers
New Zealand Travel and Accommodation Links
Department of Conservation (DOC) camping areas
The Department of Conservation (DOC) camping areas on conservation land throughout New Zealand, there are 235 vehcile accessible camping grounds and it has searchable maps, PDF documents to download etc.
Jasons Travel info
This is a very useful site with the ability to search for all types of accommodation, from campgrounds to hotels.
It also has lots of other useful travel info, like sking, wine trails etc.
Top 10 is the premier New Zealand holiday parks and campgrounds (motor camps) group
Top 10 has lots of good campgrounds throughout New Zealand
It also has a club membership which entitles you to 10% off each time you stay, more details can be found
here, this membership also applys to Big4 holiday parks in Australia
Big4 Holiday parks
Communications whilst visiting New Zealand (Cellular and GPS info)
Vodafone - Visitor Info
Vodafone NZ is the only GSM network provider in New Zealand. We have 900MHz 2G coverage of 97% of the nation's population, including nearly all the main visitor destinations.
Telecom is the other major player in the market
However is not a GSM network, so you will need to buy a phone
GPS Recreational Society in New Zealand
This is a very useful site with alot of useful information on hardware/software and any related GPS info
Brents New Zealand Street maps for your Garmin GPS
These are very good
Brents New Zealand Street Maps for your Magellan GPS
Again very good
New Zealand Map and Placename index
This lists in alphabetical order every town/city and placename in New Zealand
Interactive NZ maps. Easy to use interface
This has lots of useful info, includes a moving map for PDA's and Moving Maps software for GPS