Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Restaurants
Food served until 9pm, often until 11pm on Fridays and Saturdays.
Cafes
7am to 4pm or 5pm.
Pubs
Noon until late; food from noon to 2pm and from 6pm to 8pm.
Post
and reasonably inexpensive. Within NZ, standard postage is 70c for regular letters and post-
cards, and $1.40 for larger letters.
International destinations are divided into two zones: Australia and the South Pacific, and
the rest of the world. The standard rate for postcards is $1.90 worldwide, and for letters it's
$1.90 to Australia and the South Pacific and $2.40 elsewhere. Express rates are also avail-
able. Check out the incredibly precise calculator on the website for more details, including
info on parcels.
Public Holidays
NZ's main public holidays:
New Year
1 and 2 January
Waitangi Day
6 February
Easter
Good Friday and Easter Monday; March/April
Anzac Day
25 April
Queen's Birthday
First Monday in June
Labour Day
Fourth Monday in October
Christmas Day
25 December
Boxing Day
26 December
In addition, each NZ province has its own anniversary-day holiday. The dates of these vary
- when they fall on Friday to Sunday, they're usually observed the following Monday; if they
fall on Tuesday to Thursday, they're held on the preceding Monday. See
www.dol.govt.nz
for
a list.
The Christmas holiday season, from mid-December to late January, is part of the summer
school vacation. It's the time you're most likely to find transport and accommodation booked
out, and the odd long, grumpy queue at tourist attractions. There are three shorter school-
