Hauraki Gulf Islands
This DOC hut in the Great Barrier Forest has bunk beds, cold running water, chemical toilets and a kitchen/dining area. Bring your own sleeping bag and…
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Hauraki Gulf Islands
This beachside campsite offers simple facilities, including water, cold showers, toilets and a shelter for food preparation. Open fires are prohibited so…
Hastings & Around
A messy-but-homey backpackers in a suburban house, a 10-minute walk to town. A posse of tanned, wiry agricultural workers ensures a sociable atmosphere in…
Hauraki Gulf Islands
This DOC campsite has basic facilities, including water, cold showers, toilets and a food-preparation shelter. You need to bring your own gas cooking…
Hauraki Gulf Islands
Offering basic facilities, including water, cold showers, toilets and a shelter for food preparation. Open fires are prohibited so you'll need to bring…
Hauraki Gulf Islands
Offering basic facilities, including water, cold showers, toilets and a shelter for food preparation. Open fires are prohibited so you'll need to bring…
Fiordland & Southland
Cabins are basic but functional, and there are grassy, hedged areas for campers. Bushwalks delve into the surrounding forest, and it’s a short, though…
Hauraki Gulf Islands
This campsite has basic facilities, including water, cold showers, toilets and a shelter for food preparation. Pack your own gas cooking stove as open…
North Auckland
A camping ground masquerading as a pioneer village, this quirky place incorporates historic buildings and faux shopfronts into its facilities. It’s right…
Hauraki Gulf Islands
Offering basic facilities, including water, cold showers, toilets and a shelter for food preparation. Bring your own gas cooking stove as open fires are…
Blenheim
This well-worn hostel on the main road caters to mainly vineyard workers. Both the old villa and newer lodge wing are friendly, clean and tidy, but…
Glenorchy
Right by the lake and Kinloch Lodge, this standard DOC campsite has toilets, tables and pure lake water for drinking. Head to the lodge for hot showers (…
Ponsonby & Karangahape Rd
Rooms are compact, old-fashioned and low on frills, but they're clean and well kept, and the location bordering Queen St and Karangahape Rd is very…
Hauraki Gulf Islands
The DOC campsite requires bookings and provides toilets, cold showers and water. There's also a cottage that sleeps five ($60); bring your own linen and…
Hawke's Bay
Grassy river-side camping and simple cabins; the backpacker dorm assumes the shape of a large room with bunks and a TV. The cheapest beds for many a mile.
Greymouth Kiwi Holiday Park & Motels
Greymouth
This low-rise complex offers a range of cheap, no-frills accommodation, sandwiched between the (busy) highway and the beach 6km south of town.
Buller Region
Service can be gruff but this stately old building has great-value rooms and noteworthy communal areas, including a pretty garden and patio.
Auckland Region
Each basic but charmingly tatty caravan has its own linen, TV, fridge, cooker and long-drop toilet, and they share a very simple shower.
Fiordland & Southland
Positioned at the end of the Catlins River Walk, this basic, unpowered DOC campsite has 60 tent sites, flush toilets and water on tap.
North Auckland
Pakiri Beach Holiday Park has a shop and tidy units of varying degrees of comfort in a secure setting under the shade of pohutukawa.
Christchurch
This old place is reminiscent of a big shared house, with a grungy ambience that is matched by prices that are cheaper than most.
Parnell & Newmarket
Occupying a character-filled, two-storey house, this backpackers has a lovely garden and rooms with high ceilings.
The Far North
Adequate motel accommodation positioned right by the main road, with manicured lawns facing the Houhora Harbour.
Hawke's Bay
A short walk from town, this basic, old-fashioned motel will do the trick if you're just looking for a bed.
Fiordland & Southland
DOC campsite with a rainwater tank, toilet and four tent sites.
Fiordland & Southland
DOC campsite with a rainwater tank, toilet and four tent sites.
Fiordland & Southland
DOC campsite with a rainwater tank, toilet and four tent sites.
