New Zealand’s Best Hidden Gems You Won’t Find in Guidebooks
Discover some of New Zealand’s best-kept secrets, recommended directly by our local branch teams, and all within easy reach of a RaD Car Hire location.
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New Zealand Travel Tips From the Experts at RaD Car Hire
Looking for the best travel tips to make the most of your trip to New Zealand? You've come to the right place. With teams located throughout New Zealand, we've tapped into their expert local knowledge to pull together the best tips on places to visit, things to see and how to get there.
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Auckland
Hamilton
Queenstown
Napier
Taranaki
Rotorua
Taupo
Tauranga/Mount Maunganui
Northland
Wellington
Christchurch
Dunedin
Invercargill
Nelson/Marlborough
Te Anau/Fiordland
West Coast
30 Kiwi Slang Terms You Need to Know
Kiwi slang is playful, quirky and everywhere, so learning a few NZ expressions like “chur”, “sweet as” and “jandals” makes travel slang NZ feel much less confusing and a lot more fun.
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7 Historical Places Worth Exploring in New Zealand
New Zealand is packed with powerful historic sites, from the Waitangi Treaty Grounds and Ruapekapeka Pā in Northland to gold rush towns like Hokitika and Arrowtown, plus colonial landmarks in Wellington, Kerikeri and Dunedin.
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Southern Scenic Route: Dunedin to Queenstown in 9 Days
The Southern Scenic Route between Dunedin and Queenstown covers roughly 600 kilometres of coastline, forest, fiords and alpine lakes, and is best enjoyed over 7 to 9 days so you have time for the Catlins, Invercargill, Te Anau and Milford Sound.
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