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New Zealand Links Part 1

This is a huge list of places I've found useful, including places suggested to me. I make no money from this website, so all these suggestions are entirely unbiased by potential reward.
I've created each link so that you can see what it's target is. I find that more useful than click here links !. That way you can see where you're going and if it's somewhere you've already been. I'm not trying to recreate every website there is, just point you towards the better ones I and others have found. Thanks to all those who have contributed to this list. I've started acknowledging your contribution at each link.
If you know of a good link that's not here, please email it or post it on my forum if you are a member.
Help me help others.

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Accommodation

Auckland

Accommodation Auckland - Does longer term rates (Thanks Wim on my forum)
http://accommodation.auckland.ac.nz/railway/index.html

Auckland Apartments - In the center of Auckland with multi-bedrooms, weekly rates, and kitchens & laundry facilities (Thanks Newil71 on my forum)
2 bedroom & 1 bathroom = $1142/week inc GST (20th Feb 2005)
http://www.aucklandcityapartments.com/latitude/latitudeintro.asp

AucklandMotorPark (Thanks annaerb on my forum)
http://www.aucklandmotorpark.co.nz/

BK's Pioneer Motor Lodge (Thanks annaerb on my forum)
http://www.bkspioneer.com/rooms.asp

BrownKiwi - 20 minutes walk from CBD, triple family rooms, kids of all ages welcome (and younger ones free) (Thanks Wim on my forum)
Lots of useful information, including pictures.
http://www.brownkiwi.co.nz/prices.htm

City Garden Lodge - On the fringe of the CBD (Thanks Wim on my forum)
http://www.citygardenlodge.co.nz/

HostelBackpackers - Mt Eden Auckland. Not suitable for kids under 6. (Thanks Wim on my forum)
http://www.hostelbackpacker.com/

NewPresidentHotel (Thanks MattandCarol on my forum)
Close to Sky Tower, ~$155/night for 2x bed apartment, like Travelodge.
http://www.newpresidenthotel.co.nz/new_pres_index.php

Oaklands - Recommended backpackers hostel near Auckland center (Thanks IainW on my forum). Not suitable for kids under 5.
http://oaklands.co.nz/

Pentlands - Mt Eden Auckland (Thanks Wim on my forum)
http://www.pentlands.co.nz/

SFern – A holiday park not far from Auckland north shore (Thanks Careym on uk2nz)
http://www.sfern.co.nz/

Auckland Airport

AA List - Links to each hotel website
http://www.aatravel.co.nz/main/searchresults.jsp?typeId=1&locationId=70723&pageNo=1

Academy at Botany Motor Inn 2 bedroom $200 for 2 +$20/extra (Deluxe 2 bedroom spa $200 for 2x, + $20/extra person)
Heated pool. 15 minutes from airport in Botany Town.
http://www.wotif.com/Hotel.jsp?hotel=24130

Airport Oakwood Manor - Only queen and single beds
http://www.wotif.com/Hotel.jsp?hotel=3073

Airport Manor Inn - Family unit, 1 double bed in a lounge & 2 single beds in a bedroom, Kitchenette, $139
http://www.wotif.com/Hotel.jsp?hotel=11439
http://www.airportmanorinn.co.nz/

Airport Goldstar ($142 for 5x persons, separate bedroom & kitchen)
http://www.airportgoldstar.co.nz/

Airport Travel Air Motor Inn - Deluxe up to 4 persons (Queen-size bed and 2 single beds) $99 + $10/child, Fully equipped kitchen, FREE 24hour airport transfers
Family room up to 7 persons $144 for 3x adults and 2x kids
http://www.jasons.com/listings/00003170/brochure/index.cfm
http://www.travelairmotorinn.co.nz/

BK's Pioneer Motor Lodge - 2-bed and family suites (for 4 people) from $219
http://www.wotif.com/Hotel.jsp?hotel=7381

Centra Auckland Airport - Queen + Single + Rollaway ($40) $125, Internet facility costing NZ$2 for 10 minutes.
http://www.wotif.com/Hotel.jsp?hotel=2794

Comfort Inn Silver Point - Family room, queen & single upstairs, 2x singles downstairs, kitchen, $135
http://www.wotif.com/Hotel.jsp?hotel=3072
http://www.silverpoint.co.nz/location.php

Dannemora Motor Inn - Deluxe 2 Bedroom spa (max 6x persons) $200 +$15/extra guest
http://www.wotif.com/Hotel.jsp?hotel=12839

Dukes Midway Lodge - Family room (max 4) $160
http://www.wotif.com/Hotel.jsp?hotel=11886

Fourcorners - List of motels
http://www.fourcorners.co.nz/new-zealand/webdirectory/index.cfm/?startRow=151&SORTBY=productname

Golflands - Max occupancy 3
http://www.wotif.com/Hotel.jsp?hotel=9972

Hotel Grand Chancellor Auckland Airport - Apart from house, occupancy too small
http://www.wotif.com/Hotel.jsp?hotel=391

Jet Inn Airport Hotel - Delux Twin has 2x double beds, $146 for 2x adults, kids under 12 free. 24 hour complimentary Airport shuttle service
http://www.wotif.com/Hotel.jsp?hotel=10624
http://www.jetinn.co.nz/home.html

Kiwi International Airport Hotel
http://www.wotif.com/Hotel.jsp?hotel=7619 - This says max occupancy 3 !
http://www.kiwihotel.co.nz/airport.html - This says "Family Unit Sleeps 4 people $150"

Ki-wi List
http://www.ki-wi.co.nz/auckland-airport.htm

Oakwood Manor ($175 2 bedrooms, no kitchen, max 6)
http://www.oakwoodmanor.co.nz

Quality Inn Manukau - Various 4x occupancy options
http://www.wotif.com/Hotel.jsp?hotel=3080

SilverOaks Group with Quality Inn Manukau - with really neat booking system
http://www.silveroaks.co.nz/
http://www.allenbypark.co.nz/location.php

Wotif List - The best site I've found My Favourite Site
http://www.wotif.com/Search.jsp?refine=simpleSearch&country=2&region=3452&viewType=all

Country Wide

AA Travel
http://www.aatravel.co.nz/accom/about.shtml

Backpack - Pick a region with the map and get a long list of backpacker accommodation with prices, facilities and ratings (Thanks IainW on my forum)
http://www.backpack.co.nz/navmap.html

Book a Bach - This is very good. Pictures, pet info, prices (Thanks annaerb on my forum)
http://www.bookabach.co.nz/cf_RentalSearch/dsp_listing.cfm?bachId=1894

Charming Bed & Breakfast
http://www.travelwise.co.nz/categories/listings_Bed_and_Breakfast.html

Cottage Stays
http://www.cottagestays.co.nz

Expedia
http://www.expedia.co.uk/

FlatFinder (Thanks Diny on ENZ)
http://www.flatfinder.co.nz/

Four Corners (Thanks Nonie on my forum)
http://www.fourcorners.co.nz/

Golden Chain - Including a list of all their motels
http://www.goldenchain.co.nz

Heritage Cottages
http://www.heritagecottages.co.nz/

Holiday Guide - with online booking
http://www.holidayguide.co.nz

Holiday Homes - Houses for rent by the day/weekly or longer all over NZ. Select a region and then more precisely with a map of the region.
http://www.holidayhomes.co.nz/

Holiday Houses - Long list of houses for short term rental (Thanks Mischief on uk2nz)
http://www.holidayhouses.co.nz/

Holiday Parks
Guide to types of accommodation
http://www.holidayparks.co.nz/index.php?page=key
Search for accommodation here:
http://www.holidayparks.co.nz/index.php?page=advancedsearch

HotelClub - Looks good. Includes availability for children (Thanks Rustie on my forum)
http://www.hotelclub.net

HotelsonSale - You can search for a hotel (Thanks annaerb on my forum)
http://www.hotelsonsale.co.nz/

Innz
http://www.innz.co.nz/accommodation/index.html

Jasons Travel Channels – Masses of accommodation links on this site.
There's probably 90 motel regions listed alone, leading to 132 motels in the Christchurch region – Wow !
http://www.jasons.com/indexcom.cfm

KaikouraTop10 (Thanks Coxy on my forum who said "the best one we've stayed in - the views are amazing")
http://www.kaikouratop10.co.nz

Kiwi Accommodation
http://www.kiwiaccommodation.co.nz

Ki-Wi
http://www.ki-wi.co.nz/

Lodgings (Thanks Kiwi on uk2nz)
http://www.lodgings.co.nz/index.html

NorthSouth - Tourist Cabins (Thanks annaerb on my forum)
http://www.northsouth.co.nz/touristcabin.html

PlacestoStay
http://www.placestostay.co.nz

PlanetHoliday
http://planetholiday.com/country/25.htm

PrivateList (Thanks annaerb on my forum)
http://www.privatelist.co.nz/rental_properties.htm

Quest Apartments (thanks Amanda on uk2nz)
http://www.questapartments.com

RatetoGo - Last minute hotel reservation service (Thanks annaerb on my forum)
http://www.ratestogo.com/

Summer Beach Apartments (Thanks Kiwi on uk2nz)
http://www.sumnerbeachapartments.co.nz/

TaurangaBay - Tourist cabins (Thanks annaerb on my forum)
http://www.taurangabay.co.nz/cabin.html

The Hospitality Club – Free Accommodation (well that's what it says !)
http://secure.hospitalityclub.org/hc/membersrcexternal.php?country=141

Top 10 Holiday Parks - Self catering units (recommended by Dan-ish)
http://www.topparks.co.nz/

Tourism NZ Online – This looks pretty good.
http://www.tourism.net.nz/index.html
Campsites and holiday parks
http://www.tourism.net.nz/accommodation/campsites-and-holiday-parks/region.html

Wave (Thanks annaerb on my forum)
http://www.wave.co.nz/~holiday/ccaintro.htm

Wotif - This displays a table with a list of hotels and prices/availability for each day, and shows where they are on a map. My Favourite Site
http://www.wotif.com/

4 GreenHouses (Thanks salpow on uk2nz)
He says “Good for short term rental which can be cheaper than motels”.
http://www.4greenhouses.co.nz/

Places we could start in

Pets & young kids OK:

Baches
Akaroa - 2 bed, 1 bath, $120, weekly rates negotiable
http://www.baches.co.nz/BHH/LISTING/1285415201/833

Holiday homes
St Albans - 3 beds, they are immigrants, John and Fiona Small, $100-150
http://www.holidayhomes.co.nz/canterbury/christchurch_suburbs/2160.html
Harewood - 5 bed 2 bath, $120-220
http://www.baches.co.nz/BHH/LISTING/1285415201/1764
Sydenham - 3 beds, 1 bath, $130/4 persons, weekly rate negotiable
http://www.baches.co.nz/BHH/LISTING/1285415201/1620

Rangiora & Kaiapoi Areas (short and long term rental)

Real Estate Agents

Bayleys

Devlin
http://www.realenz.net/index.cfm?UserID=devlin

Gillman
http://www.gillmanrentalhomes.co.nz/

Harcourts
http://www.harcourts.co.nz/harcourtsSearch/officePeopleProcess.do

LJ Hooker
rentals
Fernside: http://www.ljhooker.co.nz/property_listing.php?id=29957&type=residential&category=rent#cont
Pear Tree Lane: http://www.ljhooker.co.nz/property_listing.php?id=30061&type=residential&category=rent

Kennard Real Estate
http://www.rentalproperty.net.nz/

Nationwide

PGG Wrightson

Ray White (select region and rentals)
http://www.raywhite.co.nz/

Online Sources

Trademe: rentals rentals

Short Term Fully Furnished

List: http://www.holidayhomes.co.nz/canterbury/christchurch_suburbs.htm

Ohoka $560 pw (2 beds)
http://www.holidayhomes.co.nz/canterbury/rangiora/2420.html

Burnside/Ilam
http://www.holidayhouses.co.nz/properties/3575.asp

Air travel

AKL = Auckland , CHC = Christchurch, WLG = Wellington
LGW = London Gatwick, LHR = London Heathrow

SQ = Singapore Airlines (SIN = Changi Airport)

AffordableFlights (Thanks Moggy on my forum)
http://www.affordableflights.co.uk/

AffordableHolidays
http://www.affordableholidays.co.uk

Air New Zealand (UK)
http://www.airnz.co.uk/default.htm

Air New Zealand (NZ)
http://www.airnewzealand.co.nz/

Air Ticket Deals
http://search.air-ticket-deals.com/index.jsp?pageName=airSearch&cid=63206

Airline Network
http://www.airline-network.co.uk/Homepage/Homepage.asp

Airline Web Pages Directory
http://www.flyingwithkids.com/airline.htm

Amadeus – You can get a flight timetable for any whole week. This is very useful (Thanks Shagen on ENZ)
No prices but great for finding out who flies where and when.
http://www.amadeus.net/home/new/index.htm

AusTravel (Thanks Julia on my forum)
http://www.austravel.com/

Cathay Pacific Airlines
http://www.cathaypacific.com/
UK: http://www.cathaypacific.com/uk/0,,,00.html
Baggage Info: http://www.cathaypacific.com/uk/pretrip/baggage/0,,,00.html (more detailed than others I've seen)
Contact info: http://www.cathaypacific.com/uk/contact/0,,,00.html

Cheap Flight to Wellington
http://www.cheapflights.co.uk/flights/Wellington/index.html

Christchurch Airport - real time flight information
http://www.christchurch-airport.co.nz/airport/Realtime/

http://www.gofir.com/s_pacific/country/new_zealand/christ_church/index.htm

DialaFlight
http://www.dialaflight.com/

ebookers.com - Some negative comments on uk2nz about them
http://www.ebookers.com/

Expedia.co.uk
http://www.expedia.co.uk/daily/home/default.asp?rfrr=-1957&CCheck=1

Flight Centre (uk)
http://www.flightcentre.co.uk/
Flight Centre (nz)
http://www.flightcentre.co.nz/

Flights4Less
www.flights4less.co.uk

GlobalHolidays
http://www.globalholidays.co.uk/

Global Village Travel
http://www.globalvillagetravel.com/

Global Village Travel (note the '-')
http://www.globalvillage-travel.com/

Just the Ticket (to Auckland) - Doesn't work on Firefox, and annoyingly needs scrolling :(
http://www.justtheticket.co.uk/

Kelkoo Travel
http://travel.kelkoo.co.uk/b/a/c_172201_flights.html

LastMinute
http://engb.lastminute.com/

Malaysia Airlines
http://www.malaysiaairlines.com/products/?menu=ife

OnLine Travel
http://www.onlinetravel.com/

Opodo – I think this is a consortium of airlines. This gives more flight time details and terminals etc
http://www.opodo.co.uk/

PriceLine
http://www.priceline.co.uk

Quest Travel – Sometimes amazing prices (Thanks pleccy2000 on my forum)
Tel: ???

Singapore Airlines
http://www.singaporeair.co.uk
This one looks OK, but the database search doesn't seem to work ? http://www.singaporeair.com/saa/en_UK/index.jsp
Baggage allowance table: http://www.singaporeair.com/saa/en_UK/content/before/plan/baggage_allowance.jsp
Baggage FAQ (standard policy): http://www.singaporeair.com/saa/en_UK/content/before/travelfaq/baggage.jsp
Adults and children (2+) normally allowed 20kg. Infants (under 2): 10kg.
UK Contact details: http://www.singaporeair.com/saa/en_UK/content/company_info/contact.jsp
Singapore's airport is Changi: http://www.changi.airport.com.sg
You can see info on the transit facilities: http://www.changi.airport.com.sg/changi/index.jsp?bmLocale=en and click on 'Transit' (Thanks Coxy on my forum)
Ambassador Transit Hotel: http://www.airport-hotel.com.sg/ (Thanks Alpinekea on my forum)
Heathrow info (including check-in times): http://www.singaporeair.com/saa/en_UK/content/local/UK/before/TravelInfo_AirportInfo_Heathrow.jsp
Changi local info: http://www.singaporeair.com/saa/en_UK/content/local/SG/before/index.jsp
See this thread for lots of useful info.

Standard Return Fares to Auckland
http://www.kangarooclub.co.uk/australia/fares/standard_fares/return/akl.htm

Tesco.com
http://www.tesco.com/

ThaiAir
www.thaiair.com

Thomas Cook
Avoid paying the 11% branch commission and book direct
Telephone 0870 566 6222

Trailfinders – May be good for advice on ticket requirements for visitors.
http://www.trailfinders.com/

TravelBag
http://www.travelbag.co.uk/

TravelMood - Ask for Amber, she is really helpful !
http://www.travelmood.com/

Travelocity
http://www.travelocity.co.uk/

TravelSupermarket - Prices from a number of other sites
http://www.travelsupermarket.com/

Travel UK Flight Finder – Lists a number of companies that sell air tickets.
http://www.travel-uk.org/Flight-Search.html

Guides

Auckland International Airport – Information on the airport, visitor's guide etc
http://www.auckland-airport.co.nz/

Austravel seat pitches etc (Plan your trip > Airline Info)
Malaysia Airlines
http://www.austravel.com/plan-your-trip/airline-info/malaysia-airlines/

BAA - With links to airport websites, including Live flight information
http://www.baa.com/

Baby Air Travel Tips
http://www.flyingwithkids.com/baby_air_travel_tips.htm

EmigrateNZ – A child's eye view of flights
http://www.emigratenz.org/flights-to-new-zealand-children.html

Legroom Info
http://www.geocities.com/profemery/entertainment/legroom.html

SeatExpert.com
http://www.seatexpert.com/SQ744_1.html

Seat Guru (Thanks neilw71 on uk2nz)
http://www.seatguru.com/

Singapore Airlines Seating Info (Thanks Wigginers on uk2nz)
Select “About SIA” top left, and “Fleet Information”
If you know which type of plane you'll be flying on you can get the cabin layouts.
http://www.singaporeair.com/

Sleeping in Airports – All about – yep you guessed it !
http://www.sleepinginairports.net/airports.htm

Travel With Your Kids – There's a lot on here about travelling with kids and travelling in general
http://www.travelwithyourkids.com/

Online Bookable Air Travel in NZ

FreedomAir
http://www.freedomair.co.nz/

AirNZ
http://www.airnz.co.nz/

House of Travel - Good for booking internal flights (Thanks Mortbags on my forum)
http://www.houseoftravel.co.nz/

OriginPacific
http://www.originpacific.co.nz/

Health

CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - Info on vaccinations, travelling tips and latest outbreaks
http://www.cdc.gov/travel/

DVT - Use compression socks, level 10mmHg or 14-17mmHg eg Scholl for £11.95

Flight Health
http://www.flighthealth.org/what-is-dvt.htm
Preventing DVT: http://www.flighthealth.org/preventing-dvt.htm
Socks: http://www.flighthealth.org/dvt-socks.htm

W Brewin - from £3.99 p&p 99p. They will do 2x pairs for £7.99, with each pair a different size/colour :)
Check eBay for special offers from this company.
http://www.wbrewin.co.uk/

Insurance

See Insurance for travel insurance.

Reviews

Find out what a large selection of people think.

Airline Quality - Excellent star rated reviews, and lots of other info.
http://www.airlinequality.com

Possible Prices for us

This is for 2x adults and 2x kids between 2 and 11
Air Singapore: £798 + £598 + £379(tax) = £1774
Timetable:
SQ317 Heathrow 11:00 to Singapore 07:40 wait till SQ281 08:55 to Auckland 23:45 - Late night arrival at Auckland
SQ317 Heathrow 11:00 to Singapore 07:40 wait till SQ285 21:00 to Auckland 11:40 - Long wait at Singapore
SQ319 Heathrow 18:15 to Singapore 14:55 wait till SQ285 21:00 to Auckland 11:40 - Probably the best option <<<<
SQ319 Heathrow 18:15 to Singapore 14:55 wait till SQ281 08:55 to Auckland 23:45 - Late night arrival at Auckland
SQ321 Heathrow 22:15 to Singapore 18:55 wait till SQ285 21:00 to Auckland 11:40 - Late night start at Heathrow
SQ321 Heathrow 22:15 to Singapore 18:55 wait till SQ281 08:55 to Auckland 23:45 - Late night arrival at Auckland
See my info on Singapore Airlines above for info on them, and the transit hotel.
At the moment Singapore is 8 hours ahead of London, and NZ 13 hours ahead.
Local times: SQ319 Heathrow 18:15 to Singapore 14:55 wait till SQ285 21:00 to Auckland 11:40
UK times...: SQ319 Heathrow 18:15 to Singapore 06:55 wait till SQ285 13:00 to Auckland 22:40

Australia

OK, I know it's not NZ !

Emi-great
http://www.emi-great.com/

Expo
http://www.expo-australia.com/

GoMatilda
http://www.gomatilda.com

Immigration
http://www.immi.gov.au/

Immigrate to a New Life in Perth - A personal website of Sharon & Gareth who emigrated from the UK to Perth.
http://www.immigrate-to-a-new-life-in-perth.com

Pomsinperth
http://www.pomsinperth.com/

Simone & Pascal's site
http://home.planet.nl/~wijnb086/index.html

Books

From this site: http://www.photo.net/nz/index.html
New Zealand Handbook – FREE online parts of the handbook
http://www.photo.net/nz/moon/index
Particularly interesting is this section:
http://www.photo.net/nz/moon/practicalities
Available from Amazon here:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=1566910331/photonetA/

KiwiFruits – The New Zealand Shop – In London
Books and other stuff from NZ, available in the UK.
They apparently have more in stock than listed on the website.
http://www.kiwifruitsnzshop.com/
Long list of NZ books
http://www.kiwifruitsnzshop.com/acatalog/Kiwifruits_NZ_Shop_NZ_TRAVEL___TOURISM_13.html

Outbound Publishing - Destination New Zealand (monthly) for £19.00, The Emigrate Challenge DVD (£19.99)
DVD is £14.99 to new subscribers ! Hmmm, interesting !
http://www.outboundpublishing.com

Recommended Books

"A Land of Two Halves" by Joe Bennett - Thanks Watt Dabney on uk2nz
Written by a Pom who hitch hiked around NZ, and lived there for 15 years.

"Your Mortgage - And how to pay it off in 5 years" by Anita Bell - Thanks alanh on uk2nz
Written for NZ by an Aussie, it gives a very good lesson in budgeting.
ISBN 1869414551
http://www.fishpond.co.nz/product_info.php?products_id=1996

Shops

FishPond - Online bookshop
http://www.fishpond.co.nz/

McGovern and Prentice
http://www.websites.co.nz/bookstore1.htm

Pathfinder
http://www.pathfinder.co.nz/
Eco Architecture: http://www.pathfinder.co.nz/booklist.php?method=code&keyword=ECOARC

Whitcoulls
http://www.whitcoulls.co.nz

Building Info

Books

Fishpond - Online book store
List of DIY books
http://www.fishpond.co.nz/index.php?cPath=387_610&page=2

List of Design & Construction books (under Home & Garden -> Homes)
http://www.fishpond.co.nz/index.php?cPath=387_521_2464

Building Your Own Home: A Step-by-Step Guide - Probably US
http://www.fishpond.co.nz/product_info.php?cPath=387_610&products_id=9680

General

Association of Independent Valuing Firms
http://www.valgroup.co.nz/

Biz – Business Information Zone
http://www.biz.org.nz/public/home.aspx?sectionid=53

Building Guide
http://www.buildingguide.co.nz/

BIA – Building Industry Authority - Now the DBH
http://www.bia.govt.nz/

Department of Building and Housing - Building Act 2004. The main source of the rules.
http://www.building.govt.nz

Building Research Association
http://www.branz.org.nz/
Free Publications (under Free Information -> Publications). This is a large list of very useful technical publications on building components, techniques and durability.
http://www.branz.co.nz/main.php?page=Free%20Publications

Consumer Build (Thanks stork on uk2nz)
An independent resource for buying, building, renovating & maintaining homes. This looks very comprehensive.
http://www.consumerbuild.org.nz/publish/

Consumer Institute of NZ
http://www.consumer.org.nz/

Department of Building and Housing
http://www.dbh.govt.nz/

DIY Cavalry (seems to have gone)
http://www.diycavalry.co.nz/

EQC – How to earthquake your house & contents (Thanks toots on uk2nz)
http://www.eqc.govt.nz/safety/quakesafe.pdf

HowtoLaw (Thanks annaerb on my forum)
Select a region and then you get a whole range of HowTo categories from Accident compensation to Welfare.
http://www.howtolaw.co.nz

Institute of Building Surveyors
http://www.buildingsurveyors.co.nz/

Insurance Council of NZ
http://www.icnz.org.nz/

Land Information Memoranda
http://www.lgnz.co.nz/

Listing of Business, Products, Trade Suppliers
http://www.ubd.co.nz/

New Zealand Builders
http://www.newzealandsites.com/business/building-and-construction/builders/

NZ Institute of Architects
http://www.nzia.co.nz/

NZ Property Institute
http://www.property.org.nz/

Overseas Investment Commission - Regulations on buying lifestyle properties for non-residents
http://www.oic.govt.nz/invest/property.htm

Piperpat directory – A huge list of Residential Construction Firms
http://www.piperpat.com/nz/building/home.html

Rating Valuation Office
http://www.quotable.co.nz/

Rawlinsons Handbook – This gives detailed costs for building
http://www.rawlinsons.co.nz/handbook.htm

Real Estate NZ - Buying a lifestyle block (including overseas investors regulations, and water/shelter in the Christchurch area)
http://www.real-estate-nz.com/lifestyle-block.cfm

Registered Master Builders Federation
http://www.masterbuilder.org.nz/

Registered Architects
http://www.aerb.org.nz/

Relenti “ Build – Building Industry Search Engine (Thanks Karlos on my forum)
http://www.ralenti.co.nz/

Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
http://www.rics.org.au/

Companies

Canterbury Designer Homes - With a price guide (Thanks PeterO)
http://www.cdh.co.nz/

David Reid Homes (Thanks Toots on my forum)
http://www.davidreidhomes.co.nz/

Energy Efficient Homes (Thanks DandPB on my forum)
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~eeh/EEH.htm

Granby Post and Beam Homes - Based in Canada, but will ship to NZ.
http://www.postbeam.com/

Jennian Homes
http://www.jennian.co.nz

Lockwood (Thanks IainW on my forum)
http://www.lockwood.co.nz

The Building Company (Thanks Steph on my forum)
http://www.thehousecompany.co.nz/

Woolbloc - Sheep's wool insulation (Thanks Lloyd on my forum)
http://www.woolbloc.com/about.htm

Cute Houses

Things like log cabins.
http://www.lancasterbarns.com/acatalog/log-cabin-650.jpg
http://www.loghomebuilders.org/photosofsomestudenthouses.html

Eco Building

See also My General Links page under Ecological for all sorts of general ecological info.

BRE - UK based, but I think still useful
http://www.bre.co.uk

Earth Home – Companies that know about building earth shelters etc
http://energy.sourceguides.com/businesses/byGeo/byC/NewZealand/byP/earthome/earthome.shtml

Eco Solutions
http://www.ecosolutions.net.nz/design-guide.html

EnergyWise - A rural family is self-sufficient in energy.
http://www.energywise.org.nz/knowledgecentre/MediaItemDetails.aspx?s=e&id=174

GreenHouse - Aus based help with designing an eco-friendly house.
This is an extensive website, and looks like a must when designing a house.
http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/yourhome/index.htm

Rainbow Valley Farm (Thanks Lil on my forum)
http://www.rainbowvalleyfarm.co.nz/

SolarBuzz – New Zealand Solar Energy Organisations
http://www.solarbuzz.com/CompanyListings/NewZealand.htm

Solid Earth – Adobe Buildings
http://www.solidearth.co.nz/

SolarIndustries
http://www.solarindustries.org.nz/

Sustainablehouseholds - Tips on saving the environment by designing houses well and using the best components.
http://www.sustainablehouseholds.org.nz/actionpdfs/save_energy_action.pdf

Electricity

ESS - EnergySafetyService - Rules and Acts
http://www.ess.govt.nz/rules/rules_acts.asp
Codes if Practice
http://www.ess.govt.nz/rules/rules_codes.asp
NZECP 51 2004 - Homeowners/Occupier's Electrical Wiring Work in Domestic Installations (this looks very useful)
http://www.ess.govt.nz/rules/pdf/ecp51v18.pdf

Equipment & Services

Earth Movers, Excavators

Diamond EarthMovers - Hire of equipment and services
http://diamondearthmovers.co.nz/

Landpower - Secondhand farm equipment (An absolutely huge list)
http://dealers.industrypoint.co.nz/dealers/l/landpowernz/stocklist.asp

General Building Information

Christchurch City Council – Quick Answers
This covers water & drainage, building & planning, bylaws, rates etc – very useful.
I can't stress enough how useful this is
http://www.ccc.govt.nz/QuickAnswers/

Christchurch City Council – Safe water temperatures (Thanks Karlos on my forum)
http://www.ccc.govt.nz/QuickAnswers/WaterDrainage/WaterQuality/F1580.asp

Ecan - Environment Canterbury (Thanks SurferChick on my forum)
Loads of stuff connected with the environment and building and maps for the Canterbury area.
http://www.ecan.govt.nz/home/
Property information
http://www.ecan.govt.nz/Our+Environment/Property/

Tanks - Water Tanks & Pumps (Thanks Karlos on my forum)
http://www.tanks.co.nz/

TVShowHomes - A description of the whole building process from collecting ideas to landscaping and finishing.
http://www.tvshowhomes.co.nz/GetIntoIt/GetOrganised/default.htm

Heat Recovery

Condensation
http://www.condensation.co.nz/encon/heat_recovery_ventilator__28hrv_29.html

DryAir
http://www.dryair.co.nz

VentAxia
http://www.ventaxia.com/

Planning

Christchurch City Plan
http://www.ccc.govt.nz/CityPlan/

Davis Ogilvie - Common Questions. This is a large page covering questions like "Can I subdivide?", "Can I develop this land", and covering many aspects of the building process from a land development point of view.
http://www.dop.co.nz/index.cfm/COMMON_QUESTIONS.html

Environment Canterbury (ecan) - This has various types of plan.
http://www.ecan.govt.nz/home/
Trends and Forecasts. The 'demographics' file is fascinating for seeing how the population is changing.
http://www.ecan.govt.nz/Plans+and+Reports/annualPlansReports/CurrentAnnualPlan/eccp-part-c-2004.htm

Northland
Do I need consent?: http://www.nrc.govt.nz/consents/index.shtml
Planning: http://www.nrc.govt.nz/planning/index.shtml

Quality Planning - A list of plans for NZ
http://www.qualityplanning.org.nz/content.php?id=10&planType=1
With a forum for planners !
http://www.qualityplanning.org.nz/in_touch/forums/

Plans

BuildEasy (Thanks annaerb on my forum)
Various house plans of different styles (some you pay for them). Also free DIY project plans.
http://www.buildeazy.com/homeplan_homeplans.html

Council Planning Departments

Councils

Auckland City - Building on your property (Thanks annaerb on my forum)
A huge amount of information, including the rules on sub-division.
http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/council/services/building/default.asp

Christchurch City Council Building Approvals Process
http://www.ccc.govt.nz/building/buildapprvlproc.asp

Dunedin District Plan
http://www.cityofdunedin.com/city/?page=feat_district_plan

Waimakariri District Plan
http://www.waimakariri.govt.nz/planning/district_plan.htm

Wellington City Council District Plan
http://wcc.govt.nz/policy/districtplan/

Whangarei District Council
http://www.wdc.govt.nz
Subdivision (from main page via District Plan (proposed), then Subdivision) - Lots of info here, including minimum section sizes.
http://www.wdc.govt.nz/customerservice/?lc=reader&m=tssd&i=2724
For rural Whangarei
http://www.wdc.govt.nz/resources/5555/50-Subidivision-Rules-Countryside---Coastal.pdf

Subdivision

Christchurch City Council (CCC) - An overview of the subdivision process (Thanks annaerb on my forum)
http://www.ccc.govt.nz/planning/Subdivisions.asp
Can I subdivide my rural property? - With a list of zones and allotment sizes for the Christchurch area (from Rural 1 to Rural Q) (Thanks annaerb on my forum)
http://www.ccc.govt.nz/QuickAnswers/BuildingPlanning/Subdivision/F434.asp
This is superb. It lists Living & Rural zones and where they are. Also access & position requirements for buildings. (Thanks annaerb on my forum)
http://www.ccc.govt.nz/Subdivisions/SubdivisionCityPlanReqmts.pdf

How to subdivide your property
http://www.howtolaw.co.nz/html/ml267.asp

Warranties

Bellgully (Thanks annaerb on my forum)
http://www.bellgully.com/resources/resource_00052.asp

ChapmanTripp (Thanks annaerb on my forum)
http://www.chapmantripp.co.nz/resource_library/published_article.asp?id=4155

Department of Building & Housing (Thanks Surfer Chick on my forum)
http://www.building.govt.nz/publish/infofor/wider-building-construction-industry.php

Govt (Thanks annaerb on my forum)
http://www.med.govt.nz/buslt/bus_pol/building/review/cons-prot/discussion/discussion-02.html

Adsl (Thanks annaerb on my forum)
http://www.adls.org.nz/profession/lawnews/2005/issueno11/ln1102.asp

Rcw (Thanks annaerb on my forum)
http://www.rcw.co.nz/index.php?page=articles&ID=230

Career Guides

CV Guides

BusinessFor - General careers advice
http://www.businessfor.com/careers.htm

Icon - CV Guide
http://www.iconrec.co.nz/jobs/resume_0299_.html

IT Futures - Step-by-step guide to presenting a professional CV
http://www.itfutures.co.nz/cvguide.doc

Job – CV Preparation
http://www.job.co.nz/CV%20Preparation.htm

JobCafe “Creating an Effective Resume”
http://www.jobcafe.co.nz/entrees/resources/jobseeker/resume.asp

Resume - Tips
http://www.resume.co.nz/tips.html

WorkSite (gov gateway) - Finding a job guide (CVs & interviews etc)
http://www.workandincome.govt.nz/pdf/brochures/need_help_to_find_work.pdf (not there anymore)
This has been split into a number of pdf files, accessed from this page:
http://www.workandincome.govt.nz/publications/brochures.html
There is also this page:
http://www.workandincome.govt.nz/find-a-job/job-search-help.html

Interview Guides

IT Futures
http://www.itfutures.co.nz/interviewsuccess.doc

Job Hunting Techniques

Job Hunters Bible (interesting job hunting techniques)
http://www.jobhuntersbible.com/

Job Scene

EmigrateNZ – Top 20 Jobs done by migrants
http://www.emigratenz.org/migrant-employment-new-zealand.html

Salaries

Hays – Salary Survey (select the one for you in the left column) (thanks to Dreamcatcher on uk2nz)
http://www.hays-hps.co.nz/salary/index.asp

ManTechIT - Click on “Salary Matrix” right at the bottom
http://www.mantechit.com.au/

NZEI - New Zealand Educational Institute - Teachers can calculate what salary you will get from your qualifications, work experience etc (thanks IainW on my forum)
http://www.nzei.org.nz/pay-calculator.html

EmigrateNZ – List of salaries
http://www.emigratenz.org/Work.html

Ministry of Education - Primary Teachers' Collective Agreement 2004-2007 - Pay scale
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index.cfm?layout=document&documentid=10109&indexid=1014&indexparentid=1013

SalaryZone
http://www.salaryzone.com.au/

Cars

Buying

AutoBuy
http://www.autobuy.co.nz/

Auto Industry
http://www.autoindustry.co.uk/news/industry_news/news-BIMTA?s=rp1t0ybsqxgscn3

AutoNet
http://www.autonet.co.nz

Auto Point - Compare prices between auctions & dealers. Thumbs of cars, so really quick to scan.
http://www.autopoint.co.nz

Bike Point (Motorbikes)
http://www.bikepoint.co.nz

AutoTrader - Lots on here (like TradeMe)
http://www.autotrader.co.nz
Advanced search: here

Cars – Covers a large number of dealers for new & second hand cars
With prices and details
http://cars.co.nz/

Car Search
http://www.carsearch.co.nz/

Car Select
http://www.carselect.co.nz/

Car Fair (Ellerslie south of Auckland)
http://www.carfair.co.nz/buyers.phtml

CarWebs - Ash - Recommended by Ian & Sharon on uk2nz (see here )
http://www.carwebs.co.nz/

Dollar Save – Older fleet covered by the AA
95b Wairau Rd, Takapuna, Auckland. Tel 09-366 0646

FindA Vehicle - Quite a few cars on here with pictures, like TradeMe
http://www.finda.co.nz/findavehicle/index.php

Hammer Auctions (Thanks careym on uk2nz)
www.hammerauctions.co.nz

Hawkes Bay Commercials
http://www.hbcommercials.co.nz/stocklist.asp

Lewis Hooke Motors (Christchurch) – Prices and pictures
http://www.lewishooke.co.nz

Personalised Plates (Thanks Gingacaz on my forum)
http://www.plates.co.nz

Popular Cars in Christchurch - From my experience I highly recommended them
http://www.popularcars.co.nz

TradeMe – online auction for selling your old car. Thumbs of cars so really quick to scan. (Thanks Taz on uk2nz)
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Motors/Cars.aspx
http://www.trademe.co.nz/structure/listings/landing/motors_landing.asp
All makes of cars with numbers of adverts
http://www.trademe.co.nz/structure/listings/more_motors_makes.asp

Turners (car auctions)
You can also buy new cars on Thursday night of direct imports from Japan.
Big savings over dealers (Thanks Taz on uk2nz)
http://www.turners.co.nz/
Map of location: http://www.turners.co.nz/auctions/?a=y&p=locations.html Penrose = Auckland Super Site, Also North Shore & Whangarei near Auckland.

Your Auto Solutions – New & Used car sales (Thanks Gedclink on uk2nz)
166 St Asaph St, Christchurch
Give Craig or Adrian a call on 377 3732 and say Ged the Scotsman sent you.
Quote: “Two of the most genuine car sales guys – honest! – I’ve had the pleasure to meet.”
There is a stock list, with prices.
http://www.yourautosolutions.co.nz/

Christchurch

http://bigyellowcaryard.autotrader.co.nz/

http://www.elitemotorco.co.nz/

http://www.freedomauto.co.nz/

http://www.markbrownmotors.co.nz/

http://www.markrutherfordcars.co.nz

http://www.paulkelly.co.nz/

http://www.paulscars.co.nz

http://www.popularcrs.co.nz/

http://www.thomascarrcompany.co.nz

http://www.transworld-motors.co.nz

http://www.waynetimms.co.nz/

Northland

Watts in Whangarei - very good. (Thanks Bobadoodle on my forum)
http://www.wattsautos.co.nz/
Cnr Reyburn & Hannah Streets, Whangarei.
Stock list: http://www.autobuy.co.nz/stocklist.php?dealer_id=1283

Buying & Using Help

Check which octane petrol the car takes. Is it 91 (cheaper) or 96 (dearer) ? Look in the fuel filler. GDI means 96. (Thanks Nonie on my forum)

For price guides search for “used car price guides”

AA
http://www.aa.co.nz/motoring/MainMenu

Car - A list of car manufacturer websites (some NZ specific)
http://www.car.co.nz/links.html

Dog and Lemon - A must purchase to find out which cars/engines to avoid (Thanks Singlefin on my forum)
http://www.dogandlemon.com/ and where you can buy http://www.dogandlemon.com/site/home/kiwi-retailers/ (also online)
http://www.paperplus.co.nz/ with store locations: http://www.paperplus.co.nz/directory/index.html currently $19.99

Land Transport Safety Authority - about using cars in NZ (like driving licenses)
See “Visitors & new residents”
http://www.ltsa.govt.nz/

Land Transport Safety Authority - Road code contents list
http://www.ltsa.govt.nz/roadcode/contents.html
Second Hand Car Safety Report (Thanks Captain Cod on uk2nz)
http://www.ltsa.govt.nz/vehicle-safety/used-cars/index.html

LemonCheck - New Zealand Car Check, Vehicle Information & Auto History Lemon Checks
http://www.lemoncheck.co.nz/

Ministry of Consumer Affairs – Buying a Motor Vehicle – check before you drive
http://www.consumeraffairs.govt.nz/consumerinfo/motorvehicles/buying-vehicles/

Police – Motor Vehicle Crime – Including buying tips (Thanks Pakeha Boy on ENZ)
http://www.police.govt.nz/safety/car.crime.php
Report bad drivers. See this page for how to do it
http://www.police.govt.nz/service/road/roadwatch.php

Red Book – Car Price Guide
http://www.redbook.co.nz/

Turners Auctions – Searchable price guide with details of car
http://www.turners.co.nz/auctions/?a=y&p=lead.html?type=car

U-Save Automotive (use Vehicle check section)
http://www.usaveauto.co.uk/

Cars I Like

1km =

Things to look for:
Air Bags, ABS, Tow bar, Power Steering, Air Conditioning, Nudge Bars, 4WD

Station Wagon

Mitsubishi Legnum Viento ($13k 2000)
Subaru Forester ($18k 2002)
Subaru Legacy ($21k 2002)

Large 4x4s

NZ Names for these are "Sport Utility Vehicles" or SUV

Ford Explorer (Good safety rating)
Isuzu Bighorn
Mitsubishi Challenger (Pajero Sport, Montero Sport, Shogan Sport in UK, Nativa in US) eg $18,000 for 66,000km, 2002, dual airbags...
Mitsubishi Pajero (Shogan in UK, Montero in US) (average safety rating)
Mitsubishi Triton Charger
Suzuki Grand Vitara XL-7 (Good safety rating, but looks a bit small)
Toyota Hilux Surf
Toyota Landcruiser
Toyota Prado (looks very similar to the Mitsubishi Shogun)
Toyota 4Runner (Good safety rating)

Utility / People Movers / Coach / Minibus

Ford Courier XL Crew Cab (no airbags ?) 2001 2.5L 109k $13-14k
Ford Torneo http://ford.co.uk/ns7/tourneo/-/-/-/-/-/-
Ford Transit Minibus

Honda - I can't see any

Hyundai H100 ($14k 2002)

Isuzu Commo, Fargo

Mazda Bongo (up to 2001 ?) (crash results: http://www.nasva.go.jp/mamoru/english/2000/e00f065.html )
Mazda E1800 ($21k 2004, $21k 2006)
Mazda E2000 ($14k 2001, $25k 2006)
Mazda E2000 Minibus
Mazda E2500 (22k 2001), ($16k 2003 Turners)

Mitsubishi Delica (a van) ($12k 2001)
Mitsubishi Delica Spacegear (looks like a small car) ($12k 2001)
Mitsubishi L300 ($12k 2000, $16k 2000, $17k 2001)
Mitsubishi Town Box (maybe too small)
Mitsubishi Triton Double Cab Sport - no airbags, maybe not so good back seats. Long 'boot'.

Nissan Caravan ($12k 2000), Caravan LWB ($12k 2000)
Nissan Venette ($11k 2001)

Suzuki - I can't see any

Toyota Hiace (average safety)
Toyota Hilux DoubleCab (above average safety post 98)
Toyota Townace

Volkswagen - Caravelle ($20k 2000, $35k 2002, $70k 2005)
Volkswagen - Transporter

Crash Safety

AA NZ - A safety list by category
http://www.aa.co.nz/motoringimg/2005_Used_Car_Safety_Ratings_brochure..pdf

AAA - ANCAP - Australian New Car Assessment Program
http://www.aaa.asn.au/ancap.htm

Crash Test - Masses of useful info on here (click on each make in the table at the bottom for test results)
http://www.crashtest.com/

EuroCap
http://www.euroncap.com/

HighWaySafety
http://www.highwaysafety.org/ratings/default.aspx

Land Transport NZ - List of used car safety by make and model
http://www.landtransport.govt.nz/vehicles/used-cars/makes-models.html

LTNZ - Crash Test Results (NZ Based) - This is very good.
http://www.ltsa.govt.nz/vehicles/ancap/index.html

National Agency for Automotive Safety & Victims Aid - Japanese - this area is in English :)
http://www.nasva.go.jp/mamoru/english/index.html
Huge table (you need good eyesight !): http://www.nasva.go.jp/mamoru/english/2005/as105.html
A list: http://www.nasva.go.jp/mamoru/english/2000/e001100.html

NHTSA
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov

NCAP International - 600 cars listed. Very good. This is my favourite <<<<
http://www1.tpgi.com.au/users/mpaine/ncaplist.html

Driving Test

Land Transport Safety Authority
http://www.ltsa.govt.nz/road-user-safety/motorists/code.html

MacMillan - Official NZ Road Code for Car Drivers
http://www.macmillan.co.nz/books/getbook/0473058618/showbook

NZBooks - Road Code for Car Drivers
http://www.nzbooks.com/nzbooks/product.asp?sku=LandTransportSafetyAuthority0473058618

NZ Books - Road Code and Licence Guide for Motorcyclists
http://www.nzbooks.com/nzbooks/product.asp?sku=LandTransportSafetyAuthority0473058626

NZ Guide – Driving Reference
http://nzguide.newzealand.co.nz/guide/index.php?p=general&f=driving

NZ Theoretical Examinations 2004
http://images.tvnz.co.nz/netballnz/thegame/2004_theoretical_exams.pdf

University Bookshop - Official NZ Road Code for Car Drivers 2004 Edition
http://www.ubsbooks.co.nz/bookweb/details.cgi?ITEMNO=9780958234245

Wellington City Library - The official New Zealand road code for car drivers
http://whekenui.wcl.govt.nz/cgi-bin/cw_cgi?fullRecord+17290+2540+660980+1+0

Whitcoulls - The Official New Zealand Road Code and Licence Guide for Car Drivers
http://www.whitcoulls.co.nz/featuredbook1.asp?StoreURL=whitcoulls&bookid=0473058618

Car Forums

Mazda MPV Club
http://mazda5club.com/forum/

OffRoadExpress - NZ Based 4WD forum
http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/modules.php?name=Forums

Pajero Owners Club (POC) UK
http://www.pocuk.com/forums/

ScoobyCity - Subaru forum
http://www.scoobycity.co.uk/phpBB2/portal.php
Manuals thread: http://www.scoobycity.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=10515&highlight=manuals

4x4Wire - Website with articles and a forum for 4WD cars
http://www.4x4wire.com/

Fuel Economy

vcaCarFuelData (Thanks Coxy on my forum)
http://www.vcacarfueldata.org.uk/

FuelEconomy (Thanks Coxy on my forum)
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/

Insurance

The best from what I've read:

AA
http://www.aainsurance.co.nz/

AMI
http://www.ami.co.nz/

FMG
http://www.fmg.co.nz/

State
http://www.state.co.nz/

Reviews

NRMA - with reviews and expected prices - from an Australian point of view
http://www.mynrma.com.au/motoring.asp
Reviews: http://www.mynrma.com.au/car_reviews.asp

Product Review (Australian) - with rating for each model - and comments posted
http://www.productreview.com.au/cat.php?cat_id=1001

ReviewCentre
http://www.reviewcentre.com/consumer_reviews7.html
Mitsubishi Shogun 2.8TDI reviews (Maybe Pajero in all but UK and Ireland)
http://www.reviewcentre.com/reviews468.html

Parkers - Reviews, but from a UK point of view
http://www.parkers.co.uk/choosing/carreviews/model_list.aspx?family_id=LFX&x=17&y=21
Parkers - Mitsubishi Shogun (look under Tech Data and click on one to get detailed technical info, like size, weight etc)
http://www.parkers.co.uk/choosing/carreviews/review.aspx?model_id=578
Forum: http://forum.parkers.co.uk/

SGIO - All sorts of car related info
http://www.sgio.com.au/pub/sgio/motor/car_research/index.shtml

Security

Security
http://www.security.org.nz/Vehicles_menu.php

Specs

Mitsubishi Challenger (all the sizes etc. Very good)
http://www.mitsubishi-motors.co.nz/products/challenger/
Pajero
http://www.mitsubishi-motors.co.nz/products/pajero/
Triton Charger Diesel
http://www.mitsubishi-motors.co.nz/products/triton_diesel/

Other Info

DogandLemon - Japanese Transport Ministry complete list of car safety recalls (Thanks Apples on my forum)
http://dogandlemon.com/recall

HonestJohn - information about car problems and cures (Thanks Apples on my forum)
http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/home/index.htm

Parts

Car Manuals

http://www.autobooks.co.nz/repair-manuals-for-cars-m-cycles-marine-tractors-etc.-xidg362.html

DonsAutoPages - huge list of book related links
http://www.donsautopages.co.nz/books.htm

Manuals
http://www.manuals.co.nz

Repair Manual - Seems to be $5 for the translation of each section !
http://www.repairmanual.co.nz/afawcs0112304/Manual=246/ID=339/index.html

Subaru Manuals:

EndWrench
http://endwrench.com
NorthUrsula
http://www.northursalia.com/
Subaru - pdf versions of service manuals and owner's manuals are available for a subscription (US$34.95 for 72 hours)
http://techinfo.subaru.com
Useful info on how to use the site (really is worth reading): http://techinfo.subaru.com/html/STIS_tutorial.pdf

You can buy a service manual.
eg 1999 Legacy Service Manual
Literature #: MSA5TCD99L
Description: This is the complete Service Manual set for the 1999 Legacy on one CD-ROM. The sections that are included are: Engine; Body; Electrical; Diagnostics; Transmission and Differential; Wiring Diagram; Mechanical Components.
Price: $ 199.95

NZ Dealers: http://www.subaru.co.nz/Authorised_Dealers/
Christchurch: ArmstrongSubaru, 161 St Asaph Street: http://www.armstrongsubaru.co.nz

Headlamps (for Subaru legacy)

In theory, one of these !
http://www.slickcar.com/driving-lights.asp

Subaru Info

Interesting info
http://www.cars101.com/subaru_terms.html
Subaru Legacy FAQ:
http://www.faqfarm.com/Q/FAQ/977

Tyre pressure gauges

Pencil gauges:
SLIME 2005a pencil gauge for about $16 http://www.slimesealant.com/tirecare/gauges.php (the most accurate of the 4x gauges listed here)
Available from: Repco Ltd NZ & H.S. White & Son Ltd. Gillian White
and
AmPro T72231 for about $8

Dial gauges:
Accu-gage 60xg for about $30 made by http://www.ghmeiser.com/index.htm and only available online in the US from http://www.getagauge.com/
Super Gear 07034 for about $15

Renting

Ace Rental Cars
http://www.acerentalcars.co.nz/

Airport Rentals, Christchurch
http://www.airportrentals.co.nz/

Apex Rentals
There is a useful list of things to look our for "Useful advice on hiring a rental car in NZ"
http://www.apexrentals.co.nz/apex-cars.html

A2B Office in Parnell & Manukau, Auckland (Thanks shulaa on my forum)
http://www.a2b-car-rental.co.nz

Budget Car Rental
http://www.budget.co.nz/

Car Rentals
http://www.carrentals.co.nz/

DriveNZ – Rental cars (thanks JamesTheCarMan on movetonz)
Pick-up & drop-off in Auckland & Christchurch
http://www.drivenz.co.nz/

Drive-X
http://www.drive-x.co.nz/

Esanda AutoSelect
http://www.autoselect.co.nz/aboutus.cfm

McDonaldsRentaCar Christchurch
http://www.mcdonaldsrentacar.co.nz/index.php

Omega Rental Cars - Good website with prices & pictures. Recommended by MarkKellaway for ChCh.
http://www.omegarentalcars.com/vehicles.htm

QualityRental (Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Picton) (Thanks Kiwi on uk2nz)
http://www.qualityrental.co.nz/

Rent-a-Dent (Thanks Taffy)
http://www.rentadent.co.nz/Portal.asp

VroomVroomVroom Car Rental - compare prices across NZ
http://www.vroomvroomvroom.co.nz/

WebCarHire - Looks a bit limited
http://www2.webcarhire.com/OneWayQuote.aspx

Auckland/Whangarei

Vans: Toyota HiAce

Cars for less - Only in Whangarei
http://cars-for-less-car-rent.com

FirstChoice
Auckland Airport to Whangarei, Passenger Van eg Toyota Hiace, $115 + $10 CDR+ $120 for one-way = $245 (£94) for 1 day. $370 (£142) for 2 days.
CDR reduces standard excess from $1200 !!!! to $300 ($300 to $150 for windscreens).
http://www.firstchoice.co.nz

NZ Rent a Car (can't get a quick quote !)
http://www.nzrentacar.co.nz/

Rent-a-Dent
http://www.rentadent.co.nz

RentalCars (Pegasus) - Only rates per category. No online quote.
Freephone UK number
http://www.rentalcars.co.nz

Camper Vans

Freedom Campers- Campervan Rentals.
http://www.freedomcampers.co.nz/

KeaCampers
http://www.keacampers.com/

Maui Rentals (Thanks Alpinekea on my forum)
http://www.maui-rentals.com/

NZMCA - New Zealand Motor Caravan Association - Classified ads - A very long list
http://www.nzmca.org.nz/classifieds/latest.html

Tui Campers - Mainly campers, but also
http://www.tuicampers.co.nz/

Car Seats

KidsAuckland
http://www.kidsauckland.com/

Kids Newzealand
http://www.kidsnewzealand.com/

Car Seats
http://www.plunket.org.nz/Car_Seat_Schemes_Page.htm

Children

Outtoplay – Sell kids stuff
http://www.outtoplay.co.nz

Playcentre – About play centres
http://www.playcentre.org.nz/

Plunket (Thanks maraetai on uk2nz)
http://www.plunket.org.nz/

TePapa (Thanks Coxy on my forum)
http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/Tepapa/English

Computer/Net

See also my Computer Links Page & Computer Free Software Page

NetGuide - Good articles on all sorts of computer related stuff
http://www.netguide.co.nz/

Consumer Info

See also Renting

Citizens Advice Bureau
http://www.cab.org.nz/information/index.html

Consumer Online (non-profit making consumer guide, a bit like Which?) - I highly recommend this to all migrants.
What better way to find info on products and services in your new country ?! And it's so inexpensive for a years subscription. You could easily save that on a few well made decisions.
http://www.consumer.org.nz/

NotGoodEnough – Soon to be in NZ (Thanks Toots on uk2nz)
http://www.notgoodenough.org/index.php?page=13&sid=52cfd95304b599c2c2c87c9d37775039#nge

Cost of Living

Obviously mine ! My Cost of Living Calculator

ASA Group – Cost of Living Calculator
You can enter what you earn in the UK and it will calculate what you need to earn in NZ to live at the same standard.
http://www.australia-migration.com/page/Cost_of_Living_calculator/95

DirectMoving - Cost of Living Data – Can't find it here now !
http://www.directmoving.com/

EmigrateNZ – Cost of living calculator
I think this is implemented in a pretty stupid way. Three columns of costs but you have to enter the numbers yourself by hand. No shortcut buttons like on mine.
http://www.emigratenz.org/cost-of-living-in-new-zealand.HTML

EmigaretNZ – Food prices
The usual pretty useless shopping item list, but no shopping basket to give a total cost. Again, nowhere near as good as my cost of shopping calculator (IMHO !!!)
http://www.emigratenz.org/food-prices-in-new-zealand.html
EmigrateNZ – Supermarket guide with prices
http://www.emigratenz.org/Supermarket.html

Realtor.com – International Salary Calculator
Calculator for Cardiff UK to Christchurch NZ

Statistics NZ

The starting point for household expenditure (it's just not that clear where the info is !)
Household Expenditure Main Page

List of Tables of Household Spending to 2001

This is THE place to look. 29 tables covering all sorts of expenditure.
All the standard tables in Excel format (427kb)

Crime

Crime – A website dedicated to crime in NZ.
http://www.crime.co.nz/

NationMaster - Compare crime in different countries (and lots of other things) - Thanks Mark Kellaway on ENZ
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/cri_rap_cap

Crime in NZ

Crime Statistics
http://www.police.govt.nz/service/statistics/

Full statistics for 2003/2004
http://www.police.govt.nz/service/statistics/2004/fiscal/stats-national-20040630.pdf
Page 6 gives crime per 10,000 people for each district of NZ, page 9 gives the crime distribution by category.

Stats - The 'Table Builder' enables you to build tables or graphs of the statistics you want. This is very good.
http://xtabs.stats.govt.nz/eng/TableViewer/wdsview/dispchartp.asp

Crime in the UK

Home Office – Crime in England & Wales 2003/2004
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/crimeew0304.html

Identity Theft – Advice for your safety – This is very good
http://www.identity-theft.org.uk/HTML/protectyourself.html

Statistics in your neighbourhood - Thanks Mark Kellaway on ENZ
http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/default.asp?nsid=false&CE=True&SE=True

Summary of crime combining police recorded crime & the British Crime Survey (BCS) for the year to 2004
Page 19 gives the BCS crime numbers, page 20 gives numbers of crimes, page 22 gives the distribution of crime.
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs04/hosb1004chap123.pdf

Demographics

Things like unemployment by region, rainfall by region, that sort of thing.
These should give you an idea of how different regions of NZ compare.

You can also try Weather

Ecan. Trends and Forecasts. The demographics file is fascinating for seeing how the population is changing in the Canterbury region.
http://www.ecan.govt.nz/Plans+and+Reports/annualPlansReports/CurrentAnnualPlan/eccp-part-c-2004.htm

Election Results - See how they voted in each area (Thanks mikenangie on my forum)
http://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electorateindex.html

Globalis – Statistics for loads of countries including NZ. Also a 'Human Impact' zoomable map.
Not a very detailed map though.
http://globalis.gvu.unu.edu/

MAF – Summary of Land Use – A very big page !!!! (Thanks Karlos on my forum)
Future-issues-in-water-allocation

NationMaster - A huge database of worldwide statistics. Look at NZ info and compare it with other countries.
This is the website to use if you want to compare NZ statistics with those of another country.
http://www.nationmaster.com/

Quality of Life – Quality of life in New Zealand Large Urban Area (Thanks Yogi on uk2nz)
http://www.bigcities.govt.nz/indicators.htm

Quotable Value NZ – Demographics profiles
Profiles by region for Age, Ethnicity, Housing, Income, Employment, & Occupation.
http://www.quotable.co.nz/StaticSite/QVOnline/DemographicProfile.aspx

Retirement - Overview of the Demographic Trends - Mainly age related
http://www.retirement.org.nz/files/prg_2003/prg-tsy-odt.pdf

Statistics NZ
Table Builder - Create tables & graphs for the statistics you want. This is very good.
http://www.stats.govt.nz/products-and-services/table-builder/default.htm
Stastitics by Area
http://www.stats.govt.nz/statistics-by-area/default.htm
House hold income for renters
http://www.stats.govt.nz/analytical-reports/housing-profiles/renting-households-household-income.htm
House hold incomes for home owners
http://www.stats.govt.nz/analytical-reports/housing-profiles/owner-occupied-hholds-hhold-income.htm

Statistics NZ
Interactive map of statistics by areas of NZ
You must enable pop-ups to get the statistics pop-up !
Zoom in to the area you want info on, click 'Get Statistics', then click on the map.
http://www.nowwhere.com.au/StatsNZ/Locator/Default.aspx
Also more directly, from here
http://xtabs.stats.govt.nz/eng/statsbyarea/area_main.asp
The results from both are:
For example: Kaiapoi South , Rangiora North , Rangiora West , Raniora East (no longer work)
For example: Northland ,

Waikato University - Shows how the population of the regions of NZ are changing
http://www.waikato.ac.nz/wfass/populationstudiescentre/docs/dp-44.pdf

World Gazetteer – Populations of various regions of NZ (Thanks Karlos on uk2nz)
Also sizes, position on the globe etc. Very good.
http://www.world-gazetteer.com
Click on Countries/Cities and then NZ to get region populations, then on a region to get city/town populations

Wealthy/Poor Areas

BigCities
http://www.bigcities.govt.nz/pdf2001/social.pdf

Christchurch City Council (ccc) - Map showing the Social Depravation Index for 2001 on page 17 (2 of 9 of the pdf file)
Yellow (decile 9/10) are the poor areas. Dark grey (decile 1/2) are the low depravation areas.
http://www.ccc.govt.nz/LTCCP/Vol1_05_chchtoday.pdf

SaferWhangarei - Maps of wealthy/poor area of Northland
http://www.saferwhangarei.wdc.govt.nz/map.htm

Stats - Main Urban Areas Economic Standard of living
http://www.stats.govt.nz/urban-rural-profiles/main-urban-areas/standard-living.htm
Independant urban communities
http://www.stats.govt.nz/urban-rural-profiles/independent-urban-area/standard-living.htm

Directories

abcPacific
http://www.abcpacific.com/nz/

ACourts - Find a business by 'product', 'brand', 'business type' or 'A-Z'
This is a way to find companies that might employ you.
(searches that have worked: “computer software”)
http://www.acourt.co.nz/

Auckland Chamber of Commerce
http://www.chamber.co.nz/

Canterbury Employers' Chamber of Commerce - Members Directory
http://www.cecc.org.nz/main/memdirectory/

Canterbury Software
List of companies in Canterbury & the South Island with a high tech interest.
http://www.canterburysoftware.org.nz/directory.htm

Christchurch City Library - New Zealand Directories
http://library.christchurch.org.nz/Resources/Business/Directories/NewZealand/index.asp

Christchurch IT Directory (Thanks richard-jones on uk2nz)
This has a huge number of quality links about IT related things in the Christchurch area, and lots of other useful links. Excellent stuff.
http://ees.net.nz/chchit/

Computer Industry
http://www.computerindustry.co.nz/

FindA - Useful for finding all sorts of things like house, cars etc
http://www.finda.co.nz

InfoHelp – Categorised lists of websites for the Canterbury technology sector
http://www.infohelp.co.nz/links.html

Local Business
http://www.localbusiness.co.nz/

LocalEye Business Directories
http://www.localeye.info/pages/?catId=76

New Zealand Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Search for any member in the whole of NZ
http://www.nzchambers.co.nz/

New Zealand companies Office – A searchable database of all registered NZ companies
If you enter the “Search the Register” and “Register Search”, you can enter even part of a company name
and find out it's full name, address and names of the directors. Could be useful !
http://www.companies.govt.nz/

NZ City
http://home.nzcity.co.nz/

NZ Computer Industry
http://www.computerindustry.co.nz/

NZPages
http://www.nzpages.co.nz

NZS – New Zealand Sites
http://www.nzs.com

NZS – Computers – Consultants
http://www.nzs.com/business/computers/consultants/

NZS – Computers – Software
http://www.nzs.com/business/computers/software/

NZS – Electrical & Electronic Businesses (6 pages, with brief description of each company)
http://www.nzs.com/business/electrical-and-electronic/

NZS – Engineering
http://www.nzs.com/business/engineering/

NZS – Employment – Job Listings (a long list of jobs related websites, like free job ads)
http://www.nzs.com/business/employment/job-listings/

NZS – Manufacturing – Appliances
http://www.nzs.com/business/manufacturing/appliances/

NZS – Employment – Recruitment Agencies
http://www.nzs.com/business/employment/recruitment-companies/

NZWeb (Easy to find things by location)
http://www.nzweb.co.nz/index2.asp

Pipers – A huge resource (click on All)
http://www.piperpat.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=53

Pipers – Careers – A huge list of mainly agencies (click on All)
http://www.piperpat.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=91

Pipers – Engineering Ind (click on All)
http://www.piperpat.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=382

Pipers – Electrical Ind (Quite a long list of electronics companies)
http://www.piperpat.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=379

Pipers – Telecommunications Companies
http://www.piperpat.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=392

Pipers – Unclassified companies (some useful ones)
http://www.piperpat.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=375

Piper Links still to Update->>>>>>
Pipers NZ – Business Directories, Resources & Publications
http://www.piperpat.co.nz/nz/business/direct.html

Pipers NZ Business Long Table on Contents
http://www.piperpat.co.nz/nz/contents.html

Pipers NZ Electronics companies
This is quite a long list of electronics companies
http://www.piperpat.co.nz/nz/industry/electron.html

Pipers – NZ Software Development companies
http://www.piperpat.co.nz/nz/software/develop.html

Product Finder - Find companies by name, brand or product type
Another directory that you can use to find jobs
http://www.productfinder.co.nz/index.jsp

TradeFinder – Find a tradesman near you, or various other services
http://www.tradefinder.co.nz/default.asp
A good set of home improvement related links
http://www.tradefinder.co.nz/links.asp

UBD New Zealand Business Directory
This has a nice map for regional searches.
http://www.ubd.co.nz/

VicDir – Not the easiest system in the world, but worth a check
For example, type in “in-manufacturer; ps=electronics”
http://www.vicdir.com/

White Pages
http://www.whitepages.co.nz

WinStuff
http://www.winstuff.co.nz/directory/

Yellow Pages
http://www.yellow.co.nz/
Order a paper copy from here (£70 for 2x in 3 days) (Thanks Babette & Andy on emigrateNZ)
More info than the web version.
http://www.yellow.co.nz/site/directorydistribution/
Directory coverage areas
http://www.yellow.co.nz/sites/6874/docs/direct_coverage.pdf

DVDs

The main thing about DVDs is that they are set to play particular region DVDs.
It's possible to unlock them.
To see my links, visit my computer links page Unlocking DVDs

Earthquakes

Geological & Nuclear Sciences (GNS)
Lots of information on earthquakes & volcanoes (how, when, where, why etc)
http://www.gns.cri.nz/kids/index.html
Interactive map giving fault activity. This goes right down to local details. Very good for a summary of active parts of NZ and for detail. From the Research Database.
http://maps.gns.cri.nz/website/af/index.html
Suggested reading
http://www.gns.cri.nz/outreach/qt/quaketrackers/sug.reading.html
NZ Volcanoes
http://www.gns.cri.nz/what/earthact/volcanoes/nzvolcanoes/index.html
The Auckland Volcano
http://www.gns.cri.nz/what/earthact/volcanoes/nzvolcanoes/aucklandprint.htm

GeoNet
Recent quakes – Reports of recent quakes within one hour (of the 200 per year in NZ)
http://www.geonet.org.nz/
Latest (Thanks Apples on my forum)
http://www.geonet.org.nz/latest.html

Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management (MCDEM) (Thanks JaffaRuss on uk2nz)
Information on how to cope in an emergency
http://www.mcdem.govt.nz/memwebsite.nsf
The 'Be Prepared' page
http://www.mcdem.govt.nz/memwebsite.nsf/wpg_URL/All-New-Zealanders-Be-Prepared-Index?OpenDocument

Mtaspiring - Very good simple descriptions of where, when and why.
http://www.mtaspiring.school.nz/Tephra/WhydoesNZhavelotsofearthquakes.htm
http://www.mtaspiring.school.nz/Tephra/ThewhereandwhenofNZearthquakes.html
This explains that what's under your feet is important.
http://www.mtaspiring.school.nz/Tephra/Howmuchwillitshakewhereyoulive.htm

Mt Ruapehu Eruption Resources
http://url.co.nz/resources/ruapehu.php

Nature and Co
Map of Active Tectonic Areas
http://www.natureandco.co.nz/land_and_wildlife/landforms/tectonics/act-faults.php3
Volcanoes of NZ
http://www.natureandco.co.nz/land_and_wildlife/landforms/volcanics/idx_volc.php3
Volcanic Areas – This is a very good quick summary of the volcanic areas
http://www.natureandco.co.nz/land_and_wildlife/landforms/volcanics/volc-fields.php3
Good map showing active and dormant volcanoes on the North Island
http://www.natureandco.co.nz/travel_and_adventure/sightsee/volcanics/map-volc-ni.php3

NIWA – Tsunami (Thanks Toots on my forum)
http://www.niwa.co.nz/pubs/mr/archive/2002-11-11-1

Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC)
http://www.prh.noaa.gov/pr/ptwc/

The Great Globe Gallery
All sorts of globe maps, showing earthquakes and lots of other things
http://hum.amu.edu.pl/~zbzw/glob/glob34f.htm

Environment Waikato – Tsunami (Thanks Toots on my forum)
http://www.ew.govt.nz/enviroinfo/hazards/naturalhazards/coastal/tsunami.htm

USGS – Earthquakes Hazard Program (Thanks Tom on my forum)
Maps of worldwide recent earthquake activity
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/activity/world.html

Vulcan – Volcanoes & Volcanics
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/NewZealand/framework.html
Descriptions of the main volcanoes
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/NewZealand/description_new_zealand_volcanoes.html

Education

BetterLiving Forum - Various aspects of parenting
http://www.betterliving.co.nz/net/forums/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=31

Christchurch City Council - Useful guide to the school years
http://www.ccc.govt.nz/Christchurch/Migrants/Schools/

Heurisko School Server
http://www.chch.school.nz/

Education Gazette
http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/

Learn4Good - Distance learning (Thanks Belinda on my forum)
http://www.learn4good.com/distance_learn/distance_learn_new_zealand.htm

LocalEye - Educational Directories. This is very useful for finding education related sites.
http://www.localeye.info/pages/?catId=295

Ministry of Education
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/
Really good page on general education statistics, like the number of schools etc, from the Introduction to School Statistics page
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index.cfm?layout=document&documentid=5399&data=l
Term times
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index.cfm?layout=document&documentid=3767&indexid=1010

mynzed - NewZealandEducated.com
http://www.mynzed.com/

NZKinderGarten
http://www.nzkindergarten.org.nz/Default.aspx

NZ Schools Direct - Find every pre-school/school in NZ - This looks very useful (Thanks annaerb on my forum)
http://www.nzschoolsdirect.co.nz/

Playcentre
http://www.playcentre.org.nz/

SchoolZones - Search for schools and find there enrolment zone. Also get a map of where they are.
Allow pop-ups.
http://www.schoolzones.co.nz/

TeachNZ - Curriculum Schools (Thanks annaerb on my forum)
http://www.teachnz.govt.nz/curriculum/p1_curric.html

Finding Schools

Cantatech - Links to a cluster of 14 area schools and high schools in the Canterbury area, with on-line links
http://www.cantatech.school.nz/cantatech.htm

Canterbury High Schools - A list of all the Canterbury high schools
http://static.namesdatabase.com/NZCB.html

TKI - School website search - This is brilliant for finding schools
http://www.tki.org.nz/e/schools/

School Performance

Education Review Office (decile rating 1 is poor, 10 is rich, see http://www.ero.govt.nz/reports/MoEInfo.htm)
http://www.ero.govt.nz/index.htm
Publications about the evaluation reports
http://www.ero.govt.nz/Publications/index.htm
Search for a report - This is the place to start if you want to find out about a school.
Enter 'Christchurch' to get a list of all the schools in the Christchurch area (for example).
http://www.ero.govt.nz/reports/search.htm

NZQA - You can see the results for any school, and compare it with the national average or another school. (Thanks Alpinekea on my forum)
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/qualifications/ssq/statistics/index.do

Christchurch

Canterbury Playcentre Association
http://www.canplay.org.nz/

Caspa - Creative after school programmes (Thanks Jell on my forum)
http://www.caspa.org.nz

EducationChristchurch - Can't find much on here ?!
http://www.educationchristchurch.com

TKI - List of school websites for the Christchurch area
http://www.tki.org.nz/e/schools/graphical_search.php?gs_region=Christchurch_City

Christchurch Schools

Banks Peninsula

Akaroa Area School ero (2003) decile = 8, roll = 112, years 1-13, pretty good write up ((Mäori 16%, Päkehä 84%) nzqa
Devauchelle School ERO decile = 10, roll = 36, good write-up
Diamond Harbour School ero decile = 9, roll = 127, years 1-8, very good write-up
Governors Bay School ero decile=10 roll=92, good write-up
Little River School ERO decile = 6, good write-up
Little River Playcentre ERO
Lyttlelton Playcentre ERO

Rangiora/Oxford/Ashley areas

List of Waimakariri schools
http://www.tki.org.nz/e/schools/graphical_search.php?gs_region=Waimakariri_District

Ashgrove School ERO decile = 7, good write-up
Ashley School ERO decile = 9, good write-up - very good comment from parent.
Colburn intermediate - Can be expensive on uniforms. Run more like an old fashioned grammar school in the uk
Fernside School ero
Kaiapoi Borough
Oxford - Oxford Area School ero (2003) decile = 8, roll = 479, years 1-13, ? improving ? (Pakeha 94%, Māori 3%, Asian 3%)
Oxford - View Hill School ERO decile = 9, good write-up.
Rangiora High
Swannanoa School ERO decile = 10, growing fast, quite good write-up
West Eyreton ERO decile = 9, good write-up

Northland

KeriKeri High School
http://www.kerikerihigh.ac.nz/welcome.htm

Kamo Primary School ERO decile = 5, roll = 379, good write-up (Mäori 28%, Päkehä 62%, Cook Island Mäori 1%, Samoan 1%, Other 8%)
Ruakaka School ERO decile = 3, roll = 84, good write-up (Mäori 60%, Päkehä 40%)
Ruakak - Bream Bay College ERO decile = 4, roll = 482, school has been badly run. New principle now.
Ruakaka - One Tree Point School ERO decile = 2, roll = 248, good writeup
Parua Bay School ERO decile = 8, roll = 232 (Pakeha 82%, Mäori 15%, Others 3%), good writeup
Waipu Primary School ERO decile = 7, roll = 189, very good writeup, (Pakeha 75%, Mäori 20%, Samoan 3%, Chinese 1%, French 1%)
Whangarei Girls High School ERO decile = 5, roll = 1130 (Pakeha 69 %, Mäori 25 %, other 6%)

TKI – The online learning Centre

Main page
http://www.tki.org.nz/

Schools' Link (Info on NZ schools)
http://www.tki.org.nz/e/schools/

Home Schooling

Canterbury Home Educators Inc (a group of 250 members educating their children at home)
http://www.che.org.nz/

NZ Home Schooler
http://www.nz-homeschooler.net.nz/Links/Support.htm

Minedu
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index.cfm?layout =
document&documentid=6893&indexid=6852&indexparentid=5611

Home School
http://www.home.school.nz/

Zoning & Enrolment

Ministry of Education - Enrolment Schemes (explains about school zones) (Thanks annaerb on my forum)
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index.cfm?layout=document&documentid=8146&indexid=1010&indexparentid=1072#P261_29299

NZPLC Massey - Zoning and some rules (Thanks annaerb on my forum)
http://nzplc.massey.ac.nz/legal/default.asp?page=docs/student/zoning.htm

Electricity

Consumer Online - Find the cheapest source (Thanks Lil on my forum)
http://www.consumer.org.nz/powerswitch/default.asp?bhcp=1

Genesis - Possibly the cheapest (Thanks Lil on my forum)
http://www.genesisenergy.co.nz/genesis//residential-customers/pricing-plans/pricing-plans_home.cfm

Ministry of Economic Development – Electricity Pricing Report
http://www.med.govt.nz/ers/inf_disc/pricing-reports/report/report-01.html

Emigration Help

There is a lot of help available from all the forums. Check out the forums section.

Christchurch City Council - Migrants Guide to Christchurch (Thanks JJG on my forum)
http://www.ccc.govt.nz/christchurch/migrants/

Culture Shock - An interesting article on the effects of emigrating and how to help yourself (Thanks Nonie/Tayberry on my forum)
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/CGuanipa/cultshok.htm

Kiwi Ora - Free assistant for emigrants
http://www.kiwi-ora.com/

Expos

ConsylPublishing – Info Days
http://www.consylpublishing.co.uk/infodays

Expo New Zealand – Opportunities New Zealand Expo
http://www.expo-newzealand.com

London Expo
http://www.smallworldmedia.co.nz/

Our Exhibitions
http://www.outboundpublishing.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?location=000011&showitem=000001

Small World Media
http://www.smallworldmedia.co.nz/

Eyes

Rangiora Optometrists
http://www.rangioraoptometrists.co.nz/

Fauna & Flora

Bugs

Gardens NZ - White Tailed Spiders DIY Spray (Thanks Moggy on my forum)
http://www.garden-nz.co.nz/article/archive/974/

NZ Medical Journal - White-tailed spider bites – arachnophobic fallout? (Thanks Moggy on my forum)
http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal/117-1188/748/

Pest - A pest removal company
White Tail Spiders (with pictures)
http://www.pest.co.nz/htmlpages/whitetailedspider.html
Ahhhh, sweet little rats & mice:
http://www.pest.co.nz/htmlpages/rats.html

What's That Bug (Thanks Laura on my forum)
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/
Mantis
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/mantis.html

Wildlife

Kiwi Wildlife
http://www.kiwi-wildlife.co.nz/

TrekNature - Excellent photos of birds & wildlife - Good for identifying that bird you just saw (Thanks Lil on my forum)
http://www.treknature.com/members/coasties/photos/page4.htm

Farming

If you're thinking of keeping animals (chickens, goats, sheep, pigs.....)

BackYardChickens - All about keeping chickens (Thanks Alpinekea on my forum)
http://www.backyardchickens.com/coops/ben.html

GoodbyeCityLife - Chickens and other animals (Thanks Alpinekea on my forum)
http://www.goodbyecitylife.com/barn/chickens.htm

2Farm - A guide to buying rural land and livestock - (Thanks PeterO on my forum)
http://www.2farm.co.nz/farm-essentials.html

Fire

Know your RAPID (Rural Address Property IDentification) number to get prompt help from the fire services
http://www.fndc.govt.nz/buildingproperty/streetnumbers/irapid.asp

Food & Drink

Brewing Beer
http://www.brewing.co.nz/

Maori Food (Thanks Moggy on my forum)
http://maorifood.com/

Meat cuts (beef & lamb) (Thanks Apples on my forum)
http://www.recipes.co.nz/cookingtips/cuts.html

E Numbers and what they mean (Thanks buyeyeguy on movetonz)
http://www.nzfsa.govt.nz/consumers/
food-safety-topics/food-processing-labelling/food-additives/additivelists.htm

Food Down Under - If you want to find out what to do with that strange thing you just bought in NZ ! (Thanks Lil on my forum)
http://fooddownunder.com/

LifeStyleBlock – Information for those with some land around their house (Thanks Karlos on my forum)
http://www.lifestyleblock.co.nz/

Tree Crops – About things that grow on trees (with a forum) ! (Thanks Karlos on my forum)
http://www.treecrops.org.nz/

Forums

Emigration Forums

Backpack New Zealand
http://www.backpack-newzealand.com/nz/index.php

Benz1 - For Long Term Business Visa People
http://www.benz1.com

BritishExpat – General info & forums (including NZ) (note no 's')
http://www.britishexpat.com/expatforum/country/index.php
Main page
http://www.britishexpat.com/

BritishExpats – General info & forums (including NZ) (note the 's')
http://www.britishexpats.com/forum/
Main page
http://www.britishexpats.com

British-Expats (note the '-' & 's')
http://www.british-expats.com/phpBB/

BritsNZ - Now closed due to hacking :(
http://www.britsnz.co.nz/forum/

Emigrate NZ - With a forum
A reasonable forum, but I can't recommend it due to the moderators. A strange over-powering control imposed.
What ever you do, don't go off topic or mention your own website – or you'll be banned !
http://www.emigratenz.org/
Old forum - I was “steve – netwriter”
http://www.emigratenz.org/forum
New Forum - I was “steve – netwriter”
http://www.emigratenz.org/forum

Emigrating Forum – Started by someone who hadn't found uk2nz etc.
http://emigrating.hyperboards.com/index.cgi

How2Immigrate – USA, Canada, Australia, NZ & Brazil
http://www.how2immigrate.net/forum/index.php

LifeStyleBlock – Kiwi chat
http://www.lifestyleblock.co.nz/forum/default.asp

Lonely Planet (Thanks to drumminj on movetonz)
http://thorntree.lonelyplanet.com/categories.cfm?catid=10

KiwiLife - A new forum with lots of nice people on it who have already emigrated. So lots of help for those who want to emigrate, and lots of chat about what it's like living in New Zealand.
http://www.kiwilife.org/forums/

MovetoNZ (Tammy's site/forum)
http://www.move2nz.com

Move to NZ (Taffy – Jay)
Taffy is very knowledgeable & now in Hamilton, NZ. He knows even more than me !!!!!
A very forward thinking forum, with some interesting contacts.
I'm “Steve - Netwriter”
http://www.movetonz.org

My personal forum. There's lots of chat about emigrating to NZ on here, but I don't really have time to cope with more members. Sorry.
NeuralNetWriter Forum

New Zealand NZ
http://www.newzealandnz.co.nz/discussions/ultimatebb.cgi

New Zealand Here We Come
http://groups.msn.com/NewZealandHereWeCome/messages.msnw

The Travel Forum – Australia and New Zealand
http://www.thetravelforum.com/f13

UK2NZ
A forum specifically for UK – NZ people. Lots of useful chat, but rather too many personal arguments and silliness for me.
I was “Steve - Netwriter”...but I don't go on there anymore.
http://www.uk2nz.co.uk

General Forums

BetterLiving
http://www.betterliving.co.nz/net/forums/

Fun Sites

No PC here !
http://www.42below.co.nz/flashad/storyof42.html

NZCartoons (Thanks Alpinekea on my forum)
http://www.nzcartoons.co.nz/index.php

Gardening

See also Farming & My General Links Page under Gardening.

Best Gardening - Everything for the New Zealand gardener
http://www.bestgardening.com

Burkes Back Yard (Thanks Tammy on my forum)
http://www.burkesbackyard.com.au/

EllerslieFlowerShow (Thanks Tammy on my forum)
www.ellerslieflowershow.co.nz

ePlants (Thanks Tammy on my forum)
www.eplants.co.nz

Gardens (Thanks Tammy on my forum)
www.gardens.co.nz/Links_nz.cfm

Garden NZ (Thanks Tammy on my forum)
http://www.garden-nz.co.nz/

GardenShows (Thanks Tammy on my forum)
www.gardenshows.co.nz/gardenz3.htm

Garden Web - Forum for gardeners
http://www.au.gardenweb.com/forums/nzgard/

Harrisons (Thanks Tammy on my forum)
www.harrisons.co.nz

Horticulture - An online community of people with a shared interest in gardening, horticulture, trees, plants....and more.
http://www.horticulture.co.nz/

Lifestyle Block - with forum
http://www.lifestyleblock.co.nz/default.htm

NaturallyNative (Thanks Tammy on my forum)
www.naturallynative.co.nz/Plants/newthismonth.html

OrganicPathways (Thanks Tammy on my forum)
http://www.organicpathways.co.nz/
www.organicpathways.co.nz/garden/story/28.html

Worms - for composting (Thanks Coxy on my forum)
http://www.worms.co.nz/

MooseyesCountryGarden (Thanks Tammy on my forum)
www.mooseyscountrygarden.com/chelsea-flower-show/new-zealand-garden-show.html

Nurseries & Plant Suppliers

Evergreen Nursery
http://www.egn.co.nz

NZ Natives - With prices
http://www.nznatives.co.nz

Pests & Diseases

Hortnet - Fireblight
http://www.hortnet.co.nz/publications/hortfacts/hf205017.htm

General New Zealand Information

AA Guides
http://www.aatravel.co.nz/editorial/about.shtml

abcPacific – Click on “New Zealand Information”
http://www.abcpacific.com/nz/

Information on Business, Working, Living in NZ
http://www.movetonz.govt.nz/

LJHooker Locality Guide - Go to a local area and it gives a brief description of it, facilities, public transport, community, preschools, primary schools, secondary schools, tertiary schools & sport. Unfortunately only phone numbers and no websites are listed.
http://www.ljhooker.co.nz/locality/locality_main.php

mKiwi - A big site with links, a new chat forum, Company Lists
You could spend the day here !
http://www.mkiwi.com/

National Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/travelnewzealand/

New Zealand InfoCenter
http://www.newzealand-infocenter.com/

NewZealandNZ
http://www.newzealandnz.co.nz/

nz.com
http://www.nz.com/mainpage.html

NZ-Immigration (loads of information & a forum)
http://www.nz-immigration.co.nz/

Pacific Island Travel
http://www.pacificislandtravel.com/

Teara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand - A government site. 'Te Ara' means 'the pathway'.
http://www.teara.govt.nz/

The Official Tourism NZ Site for Destination NZ
http://www.purenz.com/

The World Factbook – Lots of general info on NZ
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/nz.html

Unemployment Statistics
http://www.stats.govt.nz/domino/external/web/prod_serv.nsf/htmldocs/Household+Labour +
Force+Survey+-+Information+Releases

Geology

Waikato University - This is a great summary of the geological history of New Zealand. There is also a map of the geology of NI & SI.
http://sci.waikato.ac.nz/evolution/geologicalHistory.shtml

Government

Beehive – The Official NZ Government Website
http://www.beehive.govt.nz/

Business Migrants
http://www.business-migrants.govt.nz/Bml/away/doing-business/business_env.htm

Department of Labour
http://www.dol.govt.nz/

Employment Relations Service (minimum wage, holiday entitlement etc)
http://www.ers.dol.govt.nz/

General Information Publications on Tax
http://www.ird.govt.nz/library/publications/generalinformation.html

Government Executive
http://www.executive.govt.nz/

Government Gateway
http://www.govt.nz/

Inland Revenue
http://www.ird.govt.nz/othertaxes/
Some useful address, phone numbers & websites
http://www.govt.nz/urn.php?id=24

Knowledge Basket
http://www.knowledge-basket.co.nz
eg new migrant tax bill
http://www.knowledge-basket.co.nz/gpprint/docs/bills/20062682.txt

Legislation
http://www.legislation.govt.nz/

Local & Regional Councils
http://www.govt.nz/en/search/topic-service-single-record/?urn=urn:nzgls-sn:100002:1000011

New Plymouth Online
http://www.npdc.govt.nz/

NZ Legislation – Statutes
http://www.legislation.govt.nz/browse_vw.asp?content-set=pal_statutes

NZ Statistics – This is THE place to find statistics about NZ
http://www.stats.govt.nz/

UK Government Gateway
http://www.gateway.gov.uk/

Info Sites

Sites with information about the immigration process.

Malcolm Pacific FAQ – A long list of simple questions and answers (a bit out of date on some)
http://www.malcolmpacific.co.nz/faq.html

New Zealand Now - By the Department of Labour (Government site) (Thanks Lil on my forum)
http://newzealandnow.info/

Health

Dental Council of New Zealand - Search for Dentists
http://www.dcnz.org.nz/cgi-bin/search.pl

Diagnostic Medlab
http://www.dml.co.nz/index.html

Everybody - Consumer Health Information for New Zealanders
http://www.everybody.co.nz/index.html

Everybody - How the Health System Works
http://www.everybody.co.nz/docsd_h/heasyst.htm

Everybody - NZ Hospitals
http://www.everybody.co.nz/hospitals/hosp_index.html

Ministry of Health - 2003 Directive
http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/49ba80c00757b8804c256673001d47d0/
9af751044550ee034c256960001156ef?OpenDocument

NZ Endo - Endometriosis
http://www.nzendo.co.nz/index_home.htm

NZIS - Health .pdf file
http://www.immigration.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/
03EEF6D5-C06D-45C6-8FDC-7DF41798F834/0/Health.pdf

Southern Cross HealthCare
http://www.southerncross.co.nz/

Companies

ASB Bank, ING Life, State, American International Assurance, PSIS, TSB Bank, Bank of New Zealand, Southern Cross, Tower Health & Life, FMG, Sovereign & UniMed

Buckingham Cape - independent Financial Advisors -
http://www.buckinghamcape.co.nz/

Tower – Recommended by Sadie of uk2nz
$80.55/month for 2 adults including specialist cover 12 Aug 2004
http://www.tower.co.nz/

Dentists

Kaiapoi
Quite a few people have recommended this guy.
Peter Van Kuijk, 129B Williams St, Kaiapoi. Tel 327 7199 (Thanks Watt Dabney on uk2nz)

Drugs

DrugFreeAZ - This site has lots of information of drugs. A very useful resource for parents.
http://www.drugfreeaz.com/about/about_message.html
Show this to your teenagers !
http://www.drugfreeaz.com/audience/teens_methlady.html
And get then to read these stories
http://www.drugfreeaz.com/audience/teens_stories.html

Health & Food/Bugs

Christchurch City Council - Superb, very detailed page on all forms of food poisoning and bacteria involved.
http://www.ccc.govt.nz/Health/foods3.asp

FlatRock - How to Avoid Food Poisoning
http://flatrock.org.nz/topics/lifestyles/how_to_avoid_food_poisoning.htm

Kids

Ministry of Health - Children's Dental Care
http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/wpg_index/about-children's+dental+care

Paranoia & other emigration problems

Suntan Lotion & Skin Cancer

Bupa - How good are sun lotions ? (Thanks Milliemoo on uk2nz)
http://www.bupa.co.uk/health_information/html/health_news/061003lotion.html

Cancer Help - (Thanks Milliemoo on uk2nz)
http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/help/default.asp?page=5515
The Ozone layer and UV radiation
http://www.cancernz.org.nz/INFO/PDF/sun.pdf/ozoneuv.pdf

Heating

AT Heat Pumps
http://www.atheat.com/

Holidays

ERS - NZ public holiday dates 2006-2009 (Thanks Neilw71 on my forum)
http://www.ers.dol.govt.nz/holidays_act_2003/dates/2006_9.html

House Exchanges

Have you thought of swapping houses with someone in NZ, so you can try out NZ for very little money ?
Well, this is a list of possibilities.

SmallSteps – Gary's 4 bed house just south of Christchurch.
http://www.smallsteps.co.nz/house/

Houses

What to watch out for when buying, how to do it etc.

See also Real Estate Agents

BNZ - Guide to buying a farm - a useful list of things to check
http://www.bnz.co.nz/Agribusiness_Solutions/1,1184,4-25-424-2083,00.html

BuildingServeyors - Damage Surveying & Remediation of modern monolithic clad buildings (Thanks Lil on my forum)
http://www.buildingsurveyors.co.nz/damage.htm

Consumer – House buyers checklist
http://www.consumer.org.nz/PDF/house-checklist.pdf

Consumer – Money saving tips for your house (Well worth a read)
Money saving tips

LawLink (Thanks Lil)
http://www.lawlink.co.nz/
About LIM reports
http://www.lawlink.co.nz/resources/limreports.pdf

National Bank (Thanks a real kiwi chick on uk2nz)
There's a good lot if information here about house buying etc.

Borrow to Build
http://www.nationalbank.co.nz/promos/nbborrowing_build_landing.htm

Home Loans
http://www.nbnz.co.nz/personal/product/index/homeloan.htm

Moving to NZ
http://www.nbnz.co.nz/personal/life/index/residents.htm

Tips for buying a home
http://www.nbnz.co.nz/personal/product/tips/home.htm

NZ Property Magazine - News on the property market (Thanks Coxy on my forum)
http://property.goodreturns.co.nz/

PropertyTalk - Forum about property- very active (Thanks corlissg on my forum)
http://www.propertytalk.co.nz/forums.html

Quotable Value NZ – Hazards – You need to register & pay
This may well be worth using when you decide to buy a house.
Earthquake, ground shake, liquefaction, fault rupture, landslide
https://www.quotable.co.nz/StaticSite/QVOnline/HazardReports.aspx

Prices

Quotable Value - With a map showing changes all over NZ (Thanks auldduck on uk2nz)
https://www.qv.co.nz/onlinereports/propertyvaluemap.htm

REINZ - Market news
http://www.reinz.co.nz/reinz/public/news/residental-market/residental-market-news_home.cfm

Rates

Christchurch City Council – Find out the rateable value of a property by address
http://www.ratesinfo.ccc.govt.nz/

Immigration

See my Misc Guides page for specific things I've learnt about the emigration process.

IELTS - English Language Exams (Thanks Alpinekea on my forum)
http://www.ielts.org/

New Zealand Immigration Services - Your main source of immigration facts
http://www.immigration.govt.nz
London email address for EOI/ITA correspondence: skilledmigrantslondon@dol.govt.nz
London address: Mezzanine Floor, NZ House, 80 Haymarket, London, SW1Y 4TE
Tel. 09069 100 100 from within UK for £1 per minute (not a good idea !)
Tel. +44 1344 71 61 99 from outside the UK, or 01344 716199 from within the UK !
http://www.immigration.govt.nz/Branch/LondonBranchHome

NZ Immigration Guide
http://www.globe-online.com/nzguide/

Notary Society - List of where you can get notarised copies. You don't need notarised copies - only certified copies.
http://www.thenotariessociety.org.uk

Passports – The UK Passport Service
http://www.ukpa.gov.uk/

Passport Photo Requirements
http://www.ukpa.gov.uk/_2_howtoapply/2_photographs.asp

Police forms
See my Misc Guides page for a list of options, under 'Police Checks'.

Insurance

Accident Insurance

Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) - This is a government run scheme, paid into by all workers, which pays out if you have an accident.
http://www.acc.co.nz/

House Insurance

Maybe the first to check:

AA
http://www.aainsurance.co.nz/
AMI
http://www.ami.co.nz/
AMP
http://www.amp.co.nz/

State
http://www.state.co.nz/
Tower
http://www.tower.co.nz/
Westpac
http://www.westpac.co.nz/

Travel Insurance

I'm going to split these into those that seem to be suitable for people emigrating, and who need one-way insurance, and those that aren't or I'm not sure about.

Suitable:

Direct-travel ?
http://www.direct-travel.co.uk/
All FAQ: http://www.direct-travel.co.uk/FAQ/index.asp?Action=ShowQuestions

DuInsure - DownUnderInsurance (Thanks AndyA on my forum) ?
http://www.duinsure.com/sites/duinsure.nsf/quote1?openform

GoWalkAbout – One way travel insurance
http://www.go-walkabout.co.uk/
Policy wording: http://www.go-walkabout.co.uk/economywording.htm

Planet Travel Services – One way travel insurance (Thanks jaffadutch on my forum)
They do offer emigration travel insurance, and will exclude repatriation back to the UK (with conditions).
See this thread on my forum.
http://www.planet-travel.uk.com/

Don't know

Columbus (Thanks Steven & Ann on uk2nz)
Tel. 0207 3750011

InsureandGo
http://www.insureandgo.com/Travel-Insurance/default.asp

John Wason
http://www.johnwason.co.uk/

MikeHenry – In NZ (Thanks Stranded in Paradise on uk2nz)
http://www.mikehenry.co.nz/

OutBackerInsurance
http://www.outbackerinsurance.com/

Sweeneys – Specialised insurance (Thanks Steven & Ann on uk2nz)
Tel. 0208 6562544 (not sure of phone number)

TravelInsuranceWeb
http://www.travelinsuranceweb.com/

Probably not suitable

Option Insurance (Thanks Fred on uk2nz) - I think only suitable if you are resident in the UK.
Year long travel insurance for 2 adults for £94, Recommended by Which.
http://www.optionsinsurance.co.uk/general/default.asp

Internet

See also my Computer Links Page for worldwide information.

Can I get broadband ? Just enter a phone number.
http://www.telecom.co.nz/chm/0,,100551-203657,00.html

JetStream - Test your connection speed (Thanks Neil on my forum)
http://www.jetstreamgames.co.nz/speed/index.html

Maxnet - Test your connection speed (Thanks PeterO on my forum)
http://speedtest.maxnet.co.nz/

Domain Name Registrars

DiscountDomains ($33.70 inc GST)
http://www.discountdomains.co.nz/

1st Domains ($28.13 first year, then $38.25 inc GST) (Thanks Neilw71 on my forum)
http://www.1stdomains.co.nz/

ISPs

Actrix
http://www.actrix.co.nz/

Blink - with 10MB free hosting, 5x email boxes (only 128kbps upload speed !)
http://www.bliink.co.nz/

ICONZ (Thanks annaerb on my forum)
http://www.iconz.co.nz
Webmail login
http://www.iconz.co.nz/webmail.php
Secure login
https://iconzsecure.net/radius/
Support email: support@iconz.net
Email to change plan, login or password: provisioning@iconz.net
Forgotten password: Tel. 0800 843 638
Intellihost - Hosting
http://www.intellihost.co.nz/
Hosting options & features
http://intellihost.co.nz/hosting/
ocoloco - Help
http://ocoloco.com/help/index.html

IGRIN (Internet Group Northland) Based in Northland (Whangarei) (Thanks Bobadoodle on my forum)
Flat-rate 300 is $240/year=$20/month (or $27/month) for 300 hours/month (10 hours/day), with free 5MB homepage. (June 2005)
http://www.igrin.co.nz/

IHug
http://www.ihug.co.nz/

Inspire - $30/month, 256/128kbps, 1G cap with 64kbps throttle with no call toll "restrictions or special offers". <<< The best
I think this is the ISP with the best customer rating, and the cheapest broadband package.
http://www.inspire.net.nz/
Usage page: https://secure.inspire.net.nz/
You do not have to email/phone to ask for a direct debit form. It comes with the "Welcome" letter which has technical info.

Internet Service Provider Directory
http://www.newzealandisp.orcon.net.nz/

Internet Service Provider Directory – Directory of ISPs
http://www.newzealandisp.orcon.net.nz/nationalisp.htm

Jetstream
http://jetstream.xtra.co.nz/

Kiwi On Line (KOL) (Thanks Lil on my forum)
$9.95/month unlimited access for dial-up.
http://www.kol.co.nz/

Maxnet
http://www.maxnet.co.nz
Dynalink modem/router info page: http://www.maxnet.co.nz/content/2/232/0.htm

NZPages – Internet & Computers
http://isp.nzpages.co.nz/Internet_and_Computers/isp/

Orcon
http://www.orcon.co.nz/start/

Paradise
$20/month dial-up 250hours max with 10MB homepage space.
http://www.paradise.net.nz/

Slingshot
http://www.slingshot.co.nz/
Broadband Internet - with 50MB free hosting
http://www.slingshot.co.nz/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=999&tabid=11&subnav=3

Telstraclear
http://www.telstraclear.co.nz/products/internet/

World Net
http://www.world-net.co.nz/

Modem/Router Info

Dynalink
http://www.dynalink.co.nz/modemsadsl_cur.htm?prod=RTA1025W

Dick Smith (search for routers)
http://www.dse.co.nz/cgi-bin/dse.storefront
Rangiora store:
R R T Ltd., The Gables, 96-98 High St., Rangiora
Phone: (03) 310 7383, Fax: (03) 310 7384

DLink
http://www.dlink.com.au/
ADSL modem 302G: http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=67

DragonPC - Linksys WAG54G modem & router wireless for $214.34, (with bank payment details, so online payment)
http://www.dragonpc.co.nz/p.aspx?46515

Ferrit - Linksys WAG54G - wireless modem/router
http://www.ferrit.co.nz/product/details.asp?PID=4412408

Linksys WAG54G - Modem and router
Found under "Site Map -> Service Provider Products -> Routers and Gateways"
here
Acer laptop - Broadcom 802.11g Network Adaptor driver: here & http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/46568
Broadcom: http://www.broadcom.com/support/ethernet_nic/

Wirelessmon (30 days trial):
Testing software: http://www.passmark.com/products/wirelessmonitor.htm
Comments: http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/PassMark_WirelessMon/1110347787/1

Netstumbler (free): http://www.netstumbler.com/downloads/

That explains how to find out what your laptop MAC is
http://www.marquette.edu/pages/home/its/help/network/wireless/mac
Basically, open a DOS window and enter ipconfig/all and it's the "physical address".

Downloads for Acer Laptops
ftp://ftp.acer-euro.com/notebook/
Launch Manager for Acer 3020/5020 models:
ftp://ftp.support.acer-euro.com/notebook/aspire_3020_5020/driver/launmgr.zip

LinkSys WRT54G
LinkSys Broadband Routers
TomsNetwroking Review:
http://www.tomsnetworking.com/2005/06/06/linksys_wrt54g_wireless/
LinkSys story: http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/tutorials/article.php/3562391
RoJakPot Review: http://www.rojakpot.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=237&pgno=0
BoingBoing Review: http://www.boingboing.net/2005/12/22/the_great_linksys_wr.html
Ranges: http://www.consumersearch.com/www/computers/wireless-routers/index.html

NetGear
http://www.netgear.com/Products/RoutersandGateways.aspx
WGR614: http://www.netgear.com/Products/RoutersandGateways/GWirelessRouters/WGR614.aspx
Forum review: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=20374
2 year old thread: http://stores.tomshardware.com/rating_getprodrev.php/masterid=704711/id_type=masterid

Hosting Companies and Reviews

Activated Internet – Web hosting prices
http://www.activatedinternet.co.nz/hostingratecard.htm

AffordableHosting
http://affordablehosting.co.nz/index.html

DigiWeb - Prices page
http://www.digiweb.co.nz/fusebox.cfm?FuseAction=showHosting

Domainz.net.nz – For getting domain name info for NZ, web hosting, design.
http://www.domainz.net.nz

FreeParking
http://hosting.freeparking.co.nz/

FreeParking
http://www.freeparking.biz/

GlobeCom
http://www.globecom.co.nz/hosting/

iServe
http://www.iserve.co.nz/index.php

Kamcom Web Design (with a long list of hosting sites)
http://www.free-webhosts.com/

Kiwi Web Hosting - This looks very good.
http://kiwiwebhost.co.nz/webhosting.htm

NetNeeds
http://www.netneeds.co.nz/index.html

Quik - Hosting & web design
http://quik.co.nz/

PCW Forum
http://pressf1.pcworld.co.nz/showthread.php?t=52397

Rysr
http://www.rysr.co.nz/index.php

Super Host
http://www.superhost.co.nz/

SurgeMedia (Thanks Jodie - who works there)
www.surgemedia.co.nz

Webfarm
http://www.webfarm.co.nz/

WebHosting - NZ based companies by market share
http://www.webhosting.info/webhosts/tophosts/Country/NZ
Web Hosting Forum
http://forums.webhosting.info/

Website Designers

Creative Ideas
http://www.creativeideas.co.nz

Wifi and Travelling Access

CafeNet - $20 ticket gets you 70M of internet access. Make sure you sign off. (Thanks AndyA on my forum)
http://www.cafenet.co.nz/

PrePay Dial-up access from anywhere (Thanks PeterO on my forum)
$55 for 200 hours, with toll free phone number. Instant online sign-up.
http://prepay.pl.net/pricing.php

Investment

Books

Anita Bell on Fishpond - If you do a search for "Anita Bell" on you'll find quite a few books to do with money/investment.
http://www.fishpond.co.nz

Good Returns - List of property related investment books (including 8x free books !)
http://www.goodreturns.co.nz/books/default.php?cPath=30&affiliateID=76

RBNZ (Reserve Bank of NZ) - Snakes and Ladders - A guide to risk for savers and investors
A free book which you can also download. Well worth a read.
http://www.rbnz.govt.nz/publications/snakes&ladders.pdf

General

Creating Wealth - A site dedicated to managing and protecting your wealth
http://www.creatingwealth.co.nz/index.htm

HomeBuzz - An independent site for home businesses and small businesses
http://www.homebizbuzz.co.nz/

Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ)
http://www.rbnz.govt.nz/
This includes a "CPI Inflation Calculator". You can see how your investment has performed relative to inflation.
You can also instantly see the effects of inflation over any period.
http://www.rbnz.govt.nz/statistics/0135595.html

Property Investment

Approved Mortgage Brokers - NZ Rental Property Investing.
This is a very long article all about making a profit from renting out property. Well worth a read.
They quote 5-10% yields plus capital gain. Property management fees are typically 7-9%+GST of the gross rental
http://www.approved.co.nz/resources/rental_property.php

dbh - Taxation on Rental Income
http://www.ird.govt.nz/library/publications/geninfo/ir264.pdf

Global Village (Christchurch) - Under 'Investment Property'
http://www.global-village.co.nz/

InvestRealEstate – Brazier Property Investment (Thanks 'a real kiwi chick' on uk2nz)
http://www.investrealestate.co.nz/publications/

Property Talk – Property Investment Forum
http://www.propertytalk.co.nz/

Property Management Services

Companies that will manage your property for rental or from which you may be able to rent.

Bayleys Property Management Services (Rental)
http://www.easyrenting.co.nz/

Jobs

See Directories as well for finding companies & agencies.
See Career Guides for advice on writing CVs, interview advice & salary information.
See Search Engines to search for agencies/companies.
See Societies & Groups for groups & societies that may have help for your field.
Even Libraries may get you some leads & information.

Agencies/Papers

Absolute IT - IT Jobs
http://www.absoluteit.co.nz/

Adecco - General Jobs
http://www.adecco.co.nz/

Adroit - IT Jobs
http://www.adroit.co.nz/

Advanced Personnel Index - Trade jobs
http://www.advancedpersonnel.co.nz/homepage.cfm

Allied Workforce – For blue-collar industries
http://www.alliedworkforce.co.nz/

Best NZ Jobs
http://www.bestjobsnz.com/bt-jobs.htm

Candle – IT Jobs
http://www.candle.co.nz/

Career Engineer - For design engineers etc
http://www.careerengineer.co.nz/

CCSL - IT Jobs
http://www.ccsl.co.nz/

Crown Recruitment (Recommended as emigrant friendly !)
http://www.crown.co.nz/

DeWinter International - IT
http://www.dewinter.co.nz/

Duncan & Ryan - IT (Thanks IainW on my forum)
http://www.duncanryan.co.nz/

ElanIT - IT Jobs
http://www.elanit.co.nz/

Engineering Jobs
http://www.engineerjobs.co.nz/vacindex.htm

Enterprise - This gives me a good list in Auckland (IT Permanent)
http://www.enterprise.co.nz/jobs/

Executive Recruiters (Carey Marsh – CareyM on the forums)
http://www.executiverecruiters.co.nz/

Hudson Resourcing
http://www.hudsonresourcing.co.nz/

Icon
http://www.iconrec.co.nz/

IT Futures
http://www.itfutures.co.nz/Frames/candidate_services.html

ITManiacs - IT Jobs
http://www.itmaniacs.co.nz/

Job
http://www.job.co.nz/

JobCafe
http://www.jobcafe.co.nz/

Job Hunt – Electrical.Electronics
http://www.ipenz.org.nz/jobhunt/search2.asp?type=58&location=1-0-0&seniority=0-0

Job Hunt – Software Engineering/Design
http://www.ipenz.org.nz/jobhunt/search2.asp?type=13&location=1-0-0&seniority=0-0

JobStuff
http://www.jobstuff.co.nz/

JobUniverse - Information Technology & Computer Industry (including 'Software Engineer')
http://www.jobuniverse.co.nz/

JobWeb
http://www.jobweb.co.nz/

JobWeb Links
http://www.jobweb.co.nz/links/sites/

Lateral Profiles
http://www.lateral-profiles.co.nz/

Match2 – Electronics
http://www.match2.co.nz/electronics_jobs.htm

NetCheck
http://www.netcheck.co.nz/

New Zealand Herald
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/employment/

New Jobs
http://www.newjobz.co.nz/

NZJobs (now merged with seek)
http://www.nzjobs.co.nz/

NZJobs - Engineering - Electronics
http://www.nzjobs.co.nz/engineering_mining/index.cfm?groupid=38&class=625

NZPages - Lots of Job Searches
http://www.nzpages.co.nz/job_search.html

Pinnacle - IT
http://www.pinnaclenz.co.nz/

RealContacts – Software jobs
In coorperation with the Canterbury Software Cluster. This allows employers to post job ads free, and just pay 2% if a successful employee if found.
You need to join to look at the job details. They ask for: name, email address, country, password.
You then select your preferences.
The idea is that you build a network of contacts that can help each other find jobs.
http://jobs.realcontacts.com/myjobs/myjobs.asp?i=1019067&mode=o

Recruit - IT (Thanks IainW on my forum)
http://www.recruit.co.nz

Rob Law – Engineering/Science & IT&T/Technology
http://www.roblaw.co.nz/jobbank/jobbank.html

Sabre - IT (Highly recommended by AndyA on my forum)
http://www.sabrenz.co.nz/jobs/jobs.asp?country=NZ

Seek
http://www.seek.co.nz/

Seek (for IT jobs)
http://www.it.seek.co.nz/

Spherion
http://www.spherion.co.nz/

StaffLink
http://www.stafflink.co.nz/

Technical Recruitment Solutions Ltd – Electrical Engineering (but includes electronics/software)
http://www.trs.co.nz/jobs.asp?cat=2

Verax Consulting (Recommended as emigrant friendly !)
http://www.veraxconsulting.com/

WinStuff - List of Industries in Christchurch
http://www.winstuff.co.nz/directory/Regional/Oceania/New_Zealand/Canterbury/
Christchurch/Business_and_Economy/Industries/

WinStuff - List of recruitment agencies
http://www.winstuff.co.nz/directory/Regional/Oceania/New_Zealand/Business_and_Economy/
Employment/Recruitment_Companies/

Working in New Zealand
This is well worth a look. Lots of links to recruitment agencies and companies with descriptions of the company and what they are looking for. Also lots of job categories.
http://www.workingin-newzealand.com/

Company Based Sites (ie not via an agency)

HiTechNZ - Electronics in the Canterbury region
http://www.hitechnz.org.nz/

Employment Law

Department of Labour - annual holidays - general entitlements (Thanks annaerb on my forum)
http://www.ers.dol.govt.nz/holidays_act_2003/annual.html

Forums

Canterbury Software Forum
http://www.mail-archive.com/csforum@spis.co.nz/maillist.html

Government Sites

Department of Labour (DOL) – (Thanks Rob of uk2nz)
Labour Market Reports (Various info on the jobs market & migration)
http://www.dol.govt.nz/lmr-external-migration.asp

EducationGazette - A list of teaching vacancies throughout NZ
http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/vacancies/index.php

KiwiCareers - Gov sponsored site with lots of links
http://www.kiwicareers.co.nz/

Kiwi Careers – Job Vacancy Links
http://www.kiwicareers.govt.nz/lists/vacancy/vaclist.htm

Kiwi Careers - Vacancy List Links - Engineering
http://www.kiwicareers.govt.nz/lists/vacancy/vaclist.htm#engnz

Kiwi Careers – Job Vacancy Links – IT
http://www.kiwicareers.govt.nz/lists/vacancy/vaclist.htm#ITnz

NewKiwis - Employment project by the Auckland Chamber of Commerce and funded by NZIS
Free resource for employers & job seekers - but only 273 jobs online !
Job search section says it's only for immigrants with residence or an open work permit !
Must enter details for employer search. Most is not required. Creates a basic CV.
No email address required.
http://www.newkiwis.co.nz/finder/default.asp

New Plymouth
http://www.newplymouthnz.com/moving

TeachNZ – All about teaching in NZ
http://www.teachnz.govt.nz/employment.html

Work & Income – Ministry of Social Development
http://www.workandincome.govt.nz/

WorkSite - NZ Government Gateway Site
http://www.worksite.govt.nz/

Job News

Department of Labour (DOL) Market Reports – What the jobs market is like in NZ
http://www.dol.govt.nz/lmr-Skills.asp

Jobs Letter – Articles on the jobs market
You can search for topics in previous newsletters. Well worth a look to see what the jobs market is like.
http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/

Legal Stuff

Employment Relations Service - Things like the law on employment contracts (Thanks Lil on my forum)
http://www.ers.dol.govt.nz/relationships/builder/guide.asp

Other

Canterbury Software – Forums, job lists
http://www.canterburysoftware.org.nz

JohnRobertson - Best Places to Work - Find the top 20 organisations to work for. (Thanks Lil on my forum)
http://www.johnrobertson.co.nz/bestplacestowork/past-winners-2004.html

Moving Planet – Overview of Work in New Zealand
http://www.movingplanet.net/nz/driver.asp?page=main/country+profile/new+zealand/work

Unlimited - Find the best places to work (click on rankings from the home page) (Thanks Lil on my forum)
http://unlimited.co.nz/unlimited.nsf/UNID/865429E8A96823A7CC256C1C006F306B?OpenDocument&Category=Rankings

Registration Bodies

ETITO – Industry training organisation for Electrical, Electronics, Call Centre, Telecommunications and Security industries.
http://www.etito.co.nz/home.html

Electrical Workers Registration Board (EWRB)
http://www.med.govt.nz/ewrb/

NZQA – Qualifications assessment
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/

Registration Bodies
http://www.movetonz.govt.nz/Bml/away/links/qualifications.htm

Registration Bodies
http://www.malcolmpacific.co.nz/registration/registrationbodies.htm

Registration Boards Secretariat (Health)
http://www.regboards.co.nz/

Teachers

Multiserve (Thanks IainW on my forum)
http://www.multiserve.co.nz/

Law

CAB - Legal ages at which you can do things (Thanks annaerb on my forum)
http://www.cab.org.nz/lowdown/legalages.html

HowtoLaw (Thanks annaerb on my forum)
Select a region and then you get a whole range of HowTo categories from Accident compensation to Welfare.
http://www.howtolaw.co.nz

Maori Issues

Potential loss of land due to Maori reclaiming.

Areas most likely to be affected are possibly coastal areas, and hill areas, and areas with a Maori history.

http://www.arena.org.nz/sbhm.htm
http://aotearoa.wellington.net.nz/back/project.htm
http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/title.htm
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/kiarite/
http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/law/resources/law444.htm
http://www.justice.govt.nz/maorilandcourt/decisions.htm
http://www.tumai.co.nz/feedback.htm
http://www.legislation.govt.nz/
http://www.inderscience.com/search/index.php?action=record&rec_id=6811&prevQuery=&ps=10&m=or

Maori Land Act of 1993
http://www.atns.net.au/biogs/A001295b.htm

This is the landmark case that is supported by the Commonwealth of which NZ is also a member so there is an impact on NZ.
http://www.dfat.gov.au/facts/indg_landrights.html
http://www.petra.ac.id/asc/aborigines/land_rights/

Libraries

Christchurch Public Library
http://library.christchurch.org.nz/

Hamilton Public Library
http://www.hpl.govt.nz

Links

Pages with useful links.

Black Sheep – Mainly car rentals & accommodation
http://www.theblacksheep.net/nzld.htm

Escape Artist. All about people who escape to other countries
http://www.escapeartist.com/

Jason's Travel Channel – Maps, car rental, accommodation.
There's a good bit of information on this site.
http://www.jasons.co.nz

http://new-zealand-travel-guide.com/websites.htm

NewZealandNZ – The links page is good
http://www.newzealandnz.co.nz

NZ Top50 – List of best voted websites in NZ
http://www.nztop50.co.nz

Local Government

Christchurch City Council
http://www.ccc.govt.nz/

Christchurch City Council Promotions
http://www.christchurch.org.nz/

Local Government New Zealand - A list of all the NI & SI councils sites, and maps of both island's council boundaries too.
http://www.lgnz.co.nz/
http://www.lgnz.co.nz/lg-sector/maps/
http://www.lgnz.co.nz/localgovt/councils/

Local Government
http://www.localgovt.co.nz/

National Library
http://www.natlib.govt.nz/

Local Sites

Communities - Links to local community sites
http://communities.co.nz/Home/RegionalMap.cfm

Auckland

Auckland City (Thanks Lil on my forum)
http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/

Manukau (Thanks Lil on my forum)
http://www.manukau.govt.nz/

NorthShoreCity (Thanks Lil on my forum)
http://www.northshorecity.govt.nz/

Whangaparaoa - Hibiscus Coast (Thanks Milliemoo)
http://www.whangaparaoa.info

Banks Peninsula

Akaroa
http://www.akaroa.co.nz/

Banks Peninsula District Council
http://www.bankspeninsula.com/
Statistics
http://www.bankspeninsula.com/Community/District%20Statistics.htm
More statistics, with more info (Thanks Tammy on my forum)
http://www2.stats.govt.nz/domino/external/web/commprofiles.nsf/findinfobyarea/061-ta

BlackCat - Diamond Harbour Ferry
http://www.blackcat.co.nz/ferry.asp#schedule

Diamond Harbour
http://www.diamondharbour.net/
Local Weather - Webcam and up to date weather figures: http://www.diamondharbour.net/index.php?id=37
Services: http://www.diamondharbour.net/index.php?id=20

ecan GIS mapping
http://www.ecan.govt.nz/EcanGIS/bankspdistrict/viewer.htm

Library - Diamond Harbour Library
http://library.christchurch.org.nz/DiamondHarbour/

NowWhere - with local stats
http://www.nowwhere.com.au/StatsNZ/Locator/Default.aspx?txtTown=Diamond%20Harbour&NZSearch=General

Canterbury

LocalEye
http://www.localeye.info/pages/?catId=1183

http://www.localeye.info/pages?catId=8&letter=d&az=1

Christchurch

bethere - Events on-online - A long list of the things happening in the Christchurch area (Thanks Tammy on my forum)
http://www.bethere.org.nz/

Christchurch - by City Council
http://www.christchurch.org.nz/

TheFete - The Christmas Country Fete (Thanks Tammy on my forum)
http://www.thefete.co.nz/

Maraetai

PineHarbour - About the harbour and area (Thanks annaerb on my forum)
http://www.pineharbour.co.nz/

Northland

NorthlandNZ - Destination Northland
http://www.northlandnz.com/

Northland
http://www.northland.co.nz/Northland.cfm

NRC - Northland Regional Council
http://www.nrc.govt.nz/
Rivers and Streams - Interesting info on flood plains. A good read before deciding to buy a house.
http://www.nrc.govt.nz/environmental.education/school.information.packs/rivers_and_streams.shtml

South Island - Below Christchurch

Fairlie
http://www.fairlie.co.nz/

Geraldine
http://www.southisland.org.nz/geraldine.asp

Tekapo
http://www.tekapotourism.co.nz/

Twizel
http://www.twizel.com/

Whangarei

WDC
http://www.wdc.govt.nz

Whangarei
http://www.whangarei.co.nz/

Whangarei Information & Travel Centre - The Official Site
http://www.whangareinz.org.nz/

Other areas of Northland

Bay of Islands Chronicle
http://www.bayofislands.co.nz/chronicle/

Matakana Coast
http://www.matakanacoast.com/

KeriKeri
http://kerikeri.co.nz/

Niwa map of potential growing areas for Cherimoya
http://www.niwa.cri.nz/pubs/wa/10-4/news3_large.jpg/view

Safer Whangarei - Safer Whangarei Community Council - District maps showing the decile rating for each area (ie how wealthy or poor the people are).
http://www.saferwhangarei.wdc.govt.nz/map.htm#deprivation

Wellington

Move to Wellington (Thanks MattandCarol on my forum)
http://www.wellington.govt.nz/aboutwgtn/move/index.html

Other areas of NZ

Centre for Advanced Engineering (CAE) - A tour of Christchurch
http://www.cae.canterbury.ac.nz/chchtour.htm

City of Dunedin
http://www.cityofdunedin.com/cover.htm

Hamilton Info
http://www.hamiltoninfo.co.nz/

Hamilton City
http://www.hamiltoncity.co.nz/

Hastings District Council (Thanks Coxy on my forum)
http://www.hastingsdc.govt.nz/

Harlequin - Nelson
http://www.harlequin.co.nz/

Napier City Council (Thanks Coxy on my forum)
http://www.napier.govt.nz/

Nelson City Council
http://www.nelsoncitycouncil.co.nz/business.htm

OurShop - Waimate and lots of other areas. (Thanks alpinekea on my forum)
http://www.ourshop.co.nz/waimate.htm

Southland - including events on in the area (Thanks Tammy on my forum)
http://www.southlandnz.com

Tauranga – Bay of Plenty Infonet
http://www.tauranga.co.nz/

Visit Plenty – Bay of Plenty
http://www.visitplenty.co.nz/

WaimateDC (Thanks alpinekea on my forum)
http://www.waimatedc.govt.nz/Waimate/

Business Info

Business Information Zone
http://www.biz.org.nz

Business Planners Ltd NZ - Jamie Smith
http://www.businessplans.co.nz/

National Bank Small Business Monitor (Thanks Julia & Sean on uk2nz)
http://www.nationalbank.co.nz/business/banking/information/publications/monitor/

NZ Trade & Enterprise (Thanks Alpinekea on my forum)
http://www.nzte.govt.nz/

Small Business Enterprise Centres of New Zealand (Thanks Julia & Sean on uk2nz)
http://www.sbecnz.org.nz/

The Small Business Company (Thanks Julia & Sean on uk2nz)
http://www.tsbc.co.nz/

Westpac - Free business start-up guide (Thanks flipper on uk2nz)
Sent to you, and full of finance and legal info. Beware they phone during NZ working hours !
http://www.westpac.co.nz/olcontent/olcontent.nsf/Content/Business+Startup+Guide

Magazines

Computer World NZ
http://www.computerworld.co.nz

Life Style Farmer – All about living in NZ with a bit of land (Thanks A Real Kiwi Chick on uk2nz)
http://www.lifestyle-farmer.co.nz/

Listener - The New Zealand Listener is a weekly online current affairs and entertainment magazine. It covers the political, cultural and literary life of the country, as well as carrying television and radio programme listings for the main national broadcasters. (Thanks Toots on my forum)
http://www.listener.co.nz/

Mail

This is the NZ Rural mail service. They will probably deliver newspapers as well. (Thanks Annaerb on my forum)
http://www.nzpost.co.nz/Cultures/en-NZ/Personal/ManageMailDelivery/RuralDelivery/

Maori

ArabTimesMagazine – List of phrases
http://arabiatimes.tripod.com/maori.htm

IJS – Maori words & web pages search
http://www.ijs.co.nz/info/sn_maori.htm

Learning Media
This is quite neat. It translates Maori to English, (or vice-versa) and gives examples of usage in both languages
http://www.learningmedia.co.nz/ngata/index.html

Maori Language - Simple explanation of pronunciation
http://www.maori.info/maori_language.htm

Maori Language
http://www.pacificislandtravel.com/new_zealand/about_destin/maori_language.asp

Otago University – English-Maori Word Translator (It doesn't pronounce the word for me !)
http://translator.kedri.info/

Websters – A list of Maori words. Click on one to get the English description
http://www.websters-online-dictionary.com/definition/Maori-english/

WordIQ – General info on the language and it's roots etc (useful links as well).
http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Maori_language

Kiwi to US English !
http://nz.com/NZ/Culture/NZDic.html

Next part: New Zealand Links Page Part 2

New Zealand Links Part 1

This page

Part 2 page (links below won't work until you go to page 2)

Accommodation

Auckland

Auckland Airport

Auckland (more central)

Banks Peninsula

Christchurch

Country Wide

Places we could start in

Pets & young kids OK:

Rangiora & Kaiapoi Areas (short and long term rental)

Real Estate Agents

Online Sources

Short Term Fully Furnished

Air travel

Guides

Online Bookable Air Travel in NZ

Health

Insurance

Reviews

Possible Prices for us

Australia

Books

Recommended Books

Shops

Building Info

Books

General

Companies

Cute Houses

Eco Building

Electricity

Equipment & Services

General Building Information

Heat Recovery

Planning

Plans

Council Planning Departments

Councils

Subdivision

Warranties

Career Guides

CV Guides

Interview Guides

Job Hunting Techniques

Job Scene

Salaries

Cars

Buying

Christchurch

Northland

Buying & Using Help

Cars I Like

Station Wagon

Large 4x4s

Utility / People Movers / Coach / Minibus

Crash Safety

Driving Test

Car Forums

Fuel Economy

Insurance

Reviews

Security

Specs

Other Info

Parts

Car Manuals

Headlamps (for Subaru legacy)

Subaru Info

Tyre pressure gauges

Renting

Auckland/Whangarei

Camper Vans

Car Seats

Children

Computer/Net

Consumer Info

Cost of Living

Part 2 page (links below won't work
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