Clement
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North Island ▷ Taupo Region ▷ Taupo ▷
Huka/Aratiatia Rapids Scenic Reserve
Bad drop toilets (almost full with lot of insect in it).
No water available. Its just a car park ( hard to find a flat spot.)
But there are a lot of spots available. Its quiet with a lot of trees around.
The dam is of course the Highlights of this place. few planed water release a day. With a short walk in the forest you can find a nice lookout to see the water flow in the gorges. Its gorgeous...
By the way, it was the place where they film the barrels in the river scene from the hobbits.
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North Island ▷ Northland ▷ Whangarei ▷
Tarewa isite
Fine for a night.
Free Parking in the city. Free flush toilets 24/7. Playground and grass field just around the corner. Drink water fountain available outside.
Shower only available until 4:30 pm ( and you have to buy 3$ tokens at the I-site)
They moved the campervan slots on the other side of the carpark ( probably after the crash explained in an other review)
We slept well and went to the central holidaypark for the second night.
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North Island ▷ Auckland Region ▷ Warkworth ▷
Parry Kauri Park, Warkworth
Great quiet spot with a lot of trees around.
Museum was nice. The 15min kauri forest walk was great. We heard a lot of birds there. Perfect clear sky.
Flush toilets was fine. The museum staff was lovely (until 3pm you can buy ice cream).
Few tourist buses stopped there in the afternoon/morning.
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North Island ▷ Auckland Region ▷ Auckland ▷
Moore Street, Howick Village
Ok for a night.
Just a small parking spot. Flush clean toilets are few meter away and available almost all the night ( they was still open at 10pm but closed at midnight)
Woolworth few min on foot away.
The dirty rubbish containers near the campervan slots wasn't a good sight and we didn't felt really safe there ( still nothing happened and we leaved the next day at 10am). We was the only van there.
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North Island ▷ Waikato ▷ Matamata ▷
Firth Tower Overnight Camping
Great toilets and parking.
Really quiet, felt safe.
We was the only one campervan there and we had a good night. 20(15)$ for (un)powered is fine. We arrived too late to do the museum.
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North Island ▷ Hawkes Bay ▷ Napier ▷
Waiwhenua Farmstay and River Side Park
Long gravel road to come there.
It was fun when we had to open/close gate with cows in front and around us. But it worked well.
The place by the river is nice, green and flat. We didn't used the shower but seems ok ( probably too cold in winter as the facilities are quite open). Flush toilets was fine.
It was only 50$ for 2 adults and 2 kids unpowered ( including the bush kitchen).
The pizza oven is great. Everything is there for the fire and taking care of the cooking. We also saw an owl in the trees kids loved it!
Some moskitos there but not a swarm, so repelent worked fine.
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South Island ▷ Nelson Region ▷ Golden Bay ▷
Hack n Stay Golden Bay
Great farm with a lot of charm.
Only few nice green emplacements so it will never be overgrowded. Nice small facilities in typical farm style. We loved the fact that the owners gave much effort in the small ( funny) details.
Wifi is bad. We didn't checked if it was a laundry.
No playground but it was not expected ( in fact the whole farm was a great playground for the kids)
Nice walk to the beach, seeing some horses on the way.
We could pay for a horse riding hour for our 6y old in the morning and it was great.
Kids above 3 pay a full adult price for the night and under it 1/2 price. So we end paying 90$ for an unpowered site for 2 adults and 2 kids (6 and 2 year olds).
Quite expensive, like a top10, but with way more charm...
We will love to come back again.
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South Island ▷ Canterbury ▷ Banks Peninsula ▷
Okains Bay Camping Ground
Great camping ground, a hidden gem!
really cheap (34$ for 2 adults and 1 child)
No powered site, wifi and drink water available. Kitchen was simple ( juste cooking plates, fridge and sinks. No oven and no tools) but clean. Facilities was fine ( quite old but not dirty)
Playground for the kids was great
Beach and river only few meter away.
The mountain road is not easy, but it is worth the travel. Wonderfull view of the peninsula.
Amazing spot, we would love to come back again!
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South Island ▷ Kaikoura Region ▷ Kaikoura ▷
The Pier Hotel
For a cheap solution in Kairuka, its great.
Small green grass parking. You have to pay at the bar when you arrive.
Nice view of the coast, and 5min from the whale watching tour.
20$ for a vehicule (+5$ for power)
2 clean flush toilets.
5$/5min shower
No kitchen
Nice Hotel/restaurant just few meter away.
Great alternativ, if the free camps are fulls
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South Island ▷ Marlborough ▷ Picton / Marlborough Sounds ▷
Momorangi Campsite
Nice Doc campsite.
A lot of place with emplacement on the waterfront and on the hill behind it.
Quite expensive ( 25$/adult for unpowered site) but nice emplacements and clean/new facilities.( No kitchen tools and no oven).
1$/5min shower
4$ Waschmaschine/dryer
5$ wifi/day
Reception and recycling have a short opening time.
The small playground in on the waterfront.
Great 20min walk through the forest!
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South Island ▷ Nelson Region ▷ Motueka ▷
Port Motueka Beach Reserve
Nice spot.
Near the beach.
It was full really quick, so you have to come early.
Its just a gravel parking, nothing fancy. In front of the parking you have a nice grass area to do what ever you want ( there was some hippies dancing there until sunset when we was there).
Flush Toilets was ok. You have an area where you can wash your dishes.
Playground is 5 min away, where the salt swimming pool is.
Great location for a night
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South Island ▷ Marlborough ▷ Blenheim ▷
Renwick Domain Carpark
A parking near a sportfield, it do the job.
Big flush toilets. Small playground. A lot of cars turned around the carpark in the morning without a clear purpose, so we didn't felt really welcome. Still, we leaved at 10am and no one told us something.
Good for a night on the road.
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North Island ▷ Wellington Region ▷ Hutt Valley ▷
Wellington TOP 10 Holiday Park
Nice camping but really expensive.
90$/ night for 2 adults, a child and an infant.
Except the price, it was fine.
Clean hot showers, nice kitchen ( no tools there), really good playground ( nice tresor hunt for the kids). Good wifi.
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South Island ▷ Nelson Region ▷ Nelson ▷
Wakapuaka Reserve Carpark
Small gravel area behind the community all, near a kinder garden and a tennis court.
3 to 4 spots. Flush toilets few meters away ( no light and quite old but ok)
Parking place for 10$ by the pub nearby ( it seems that the pub close quite early)
We eard the road nearby but nothing bad.
Good for a night on the road, but nothing else to do there
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North Island ▷ Northland ▷ Bay of Islands ▷
Springvale Suspension Bridge
No sign telling if its/or not allowed to camp here.
Still we saw few caravans/vans staying there. Nice few grass spots.
1 clean long drop toilet.
Biutiful old suspension bridge and a river under it.
We just stayed for a pic nic, but I would probably come back for a night without problem.
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South Island ▷ Nelson Region ▷ Abel Tasman ▷
Old Macdonalds Farm and Holiday Park
Great camping ground.
30$/adult for unpowered site
Fine shower and toilet ( probably cold in winter)
Kitchen is quite minimal ( no tools and only one small oven) but fine
Wonderfull green grass area to camp. Nice river where you can swim.
Glowworm foret few meter always.
Sadly no playground for kids but the area is nice and the children can find something else to do .
Perfect location to ewplore the abel tasman reserve
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North Island ▷ Ruapehu ▷ Ohakune ▷
Ruapehu Holiday Park
Clean, small and quiet holiday park near the road.
Owner was really nice. We could park our unpowered van where ever we wanted. We was the only guest there so we had the kitchen and facilities for us.
Pretty cheap for 60$ unpowered for 2 adults and 1 child.
No playground bu just on the other side of the road its probably the best playground we ever saw! Carot park was amazing for the kids.
You can also reach a new world and the towncenter few min walk away.
Great for one or few nights.
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North Island ▷ Taranaki ▷ Stratford ▷
Stratford Kiwi Motels and Holiday Park
Great holiday park.
Small, but nice facilities.
70€ for unpowered 2 adults and 1 child.
Small kitchen gave us a home feeling (kitchen tools available there)
Great indoor pool! Playground just in front of the kitchen is nice to check the kids when you cook.
Easy communication with the reception, they allowed us to stay until 11:30 without problem.
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North Island ▷ Hawkes Bay ▷ Napier ▷
Kennedy Park Resort Napier
Nice holiday park with heated pool and a nice playground.
Great for kids.
85$ for 2 adults and 1 child unpowered.
Facilities was fine : 4$ washmachine 3$ drier. It seems that cooking tools can be provided at the reception.
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North Island ▷ Taranaki ▷ Stratford ▷
Whangamomona Domain Camping Ground
Great small place to stay with charm.
Really cheap! (30$ for 2 adults and 2 kids ( 6 and 2y olds) unpowered ). Not overunned also.
An ancien school is now where you have the kitchen ( old and quite dirty, so we used only our own tools) , toilets and shower ( not perfect clean but fine)
Biutiful sky and really quiet. No wifi but 4g connection.
The playground is big. You have some chicken running around and behind a fence, 3 poneys was not afraid to be pet.
We also saw in the morning an helicopter bringing the manuka honey to the nearly rugby field from the hills around.
Its far not a top10 style, but you can see the place is run with love and care. We loved it!
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North Island ▷ Manawatu - Wanganui ▷ Palmerston North ▷
Himatangi Beach Recreation Reserve Carpark
Parking place near the beach.
Flush ( old but fine) Toilets and cold outside shower.
Sadly it was really windy there but we still could see a biutiful sunset on the beach.
Great playground and skate park for the kids there.
Recycling bins around the corner.
Great for a night on the road
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North Island ▷ Hawkes Bay ▷ Hastings ▷
Haumoana Domain
Nice green space near the beach.
Flush toilets was fine ( no soap or handdryer). Drinking fountain was nice.
Nothing else there.
We saw a lot of long time camper there ( or at least they looked like it). It gave us bad wibes (beside our family, there was only single males in vans there) and we leaved in the morning.
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North Island ▷ Taranaki ▷ Stratford ▷
Te Wera Camp
Closed for private reasons ( 23th of february 2026).
Not sure how long...
The website is also out of order.
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North Island ▷ Ruapehu ▷ Tongariro / National Park Village ▷
KiwiCamp Tongariro
Big parking near the railway ( we heard few freighttrains during the night).its only a donation of 10$/vehicule with the penny key.
If you don't have the penny stuff or don't want to pay, you can enter from the exit, its without barrier.
You have free flush toilets and warm water for dishwashing.
Shower and cooking plates can be activated with the penny card.
It seems that some shuttle for hiking tour start from there.
Ok for a night but not the best with kids. They had nothing to do there...
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South Island ▷ Canterbury ▷ Christchurch ▷
Christchurch Tasman Holiday Parks
Great accomodation for kids.
Unpowersite was fine ( with the rain on the first day. The staff told us to park where ever we want)
Toilets was not great but ok. Kitchen had just few tools available but nice room to meet peoples. Laundry was fine (5$).
Really nice free and warm pool ( 9am to 8:30pm). Trampoline, playground and green field was great for the kids. They also have a playroom for rainy days. ( Also a game room).
They have free pensils, coloring pages and few nice scavenger hunts for Childrens.
Price was okaish ( around 70$/ for unpowersite for 2 adults and 1 child)
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South Island ▷ Canterbury ▷ Hanmer Springs ▷
Glenmark Reserve
Nice quiet free camping place.
Only 10 emplacement, so you have to come early ( we saw some peoples putting their tent in a small forest near by even if it was strictly forbidden)
The flush toilets was old but ok. The green space in front of us and the sheep in the field near by was nice.
Small playground for the kids. And the tennis court was open, so bring your stuff with you.
We heard from our neighbors that the 30min to 3hours walk through the vinyard was great.
We heard 1 train at night but nothing bad.
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South Island ▷ West Coast ▷ Greymouth ▷
Kumara Carpark Freedom Camping
Nice place on the side of the road.
With a rugby field behind the gravel parking place. Some books in a old fridge and a
Non drinking water was available but infortunately all 6 toilets was out of order. They placed 2 portaloo to save the day. The next morning 2 of the toilets was back in order
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South Island ▷ Canterbury ▷ Christchurch ▷
Waihora Park Domain Camping Ground
A big grass field with a small playground on one end and toilets (+bins) on the other.
Great for the price (10$/vehicle)
Kids could also look out a the horse riding training in the morning.
Toilets was not great but ok. No shower no kitchen. But for 10$ its not expected.
It was a peacefull night.
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South Island ▷ Fiordland ▷ Te Anau ▷
Henry Creek Campsite
Amazing place where you can sleep few meters from a biutiful stone beach of the lake.
We had a great time there.
Infortunately the toilets are a mess. Dirty drop toilets, amost full and full of flies and moskitos. They was also some moskitos there but almost no sandflies
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South Island ▷ Fiordland ▷ Te Anau ▷
Cascade Creek Campsite
Biutiful place to stay between two rivers.
Infortunately it was really windy and also we was attacked by a swarm of sandfly.
Drop Toilets was really simple but ok ( without water to wash the hands).
We stayed almost all the time in our closed camper van
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South Island ▷ Queenstown Region ▷ Queenstown Township ▷
Moke Lake Campsite
Great view, enough space for everyone.
Wc are ok.
The 2hourd walk around the lake is amazing.
The gravelroad is not so bad when you are used to it.
Would love to come back again
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South Island ▷ Canterbury ▷ Timaru ▷
O'Neills Reserve
Nice free green place.
Almost no sandflies and enough place for a lot of campervans. It was quiet.
The long drop toilets are old and not great.
You have to pass a closed gate and go through a not long ( but also full of holes!) gravel road.
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South Island ▷ Coastal Otago ▷ Dunedin ▷
Harwood Domain
Great flush toilets there.
Plenty of place to parc the van on green or gravel ( a little bit uneven, but biutiful park).
Kids could look at the horses on the other side of the road.
A little bit far from dunedin center but great if you want to see the albatros sanctuary.
We had no sandflies/mosquitos there, but it was windy and rainy for us.
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South Island ▷ Wanaka Region ▷ Wanaka Township ▷
Hampshire Holiday Park Wanaka
Great camping ground with all you need around ( except kitchen tools but you can rent a set at the reception).
The location is great as you can walk to the lake and to the city center. Hot and clean shower and Kitchen. The playground was great for the kids ( with a lot of then running around and playing together)
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South Island ▷ Mount Cook - MacKenzie ▷ Twizel ▷
Lake Pukaki Overnight Campervan Parking
Amazing view of the lake!.
Gravel parc place near the road. A lot of vans parc there. No sandflies.
The toilets could be really far from the entrance if you choose the wrong one. Better to check the whole area before settle down.
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South Island ▷ Southland ▷ Owaka ▷
Catlins Newhaven Holiday Park
Amazing spot to walk to the sea lion colonie on the beach.
The facilities are fine ( the laundry was a little expensive and due to water shortage, you have to pay 2$ for a warm shower)
( Just few minutes walk away)
Sadly it was rainy for us but no sandflies
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South Island ▷ Southland ▷ Owaka ▷
Waikawa Recreation Reserve
Just a small parking near the road.
But the flush toilets was clean and it was quiet. Almost no sandflies.
Perfect to stay a night on the road.
We saw few rabbits in the field nearby and did the 15min forest walk, start, when you look at the sea, left.
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South Island ▷ Southland ▷ Invercargill ▷
Beach Road Holiday Park
Old facilities and playground.
It seems to be a lot of long time caravan there.
But the team there was friendly and the price was ok.
The facilities was clean and we could use some kitchen tools to cook.
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South Island ▷ West Coast ▷ Fox Glacier ▷
Fox Glacier TOP 10 Holiday Park
Nice facilities with a big central kitchen were you can meet other traveller.
No kitchen tools, you have to rent them at the reception.
The camp has maybe too much gravel spot for our taste but its fine. A bit expensive also.
Behind the dump station you can see the entrance of a glowworm forêt. We would have loved to know that before we slep there
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South Island ▷ Mount Cook - MacKenzie ▷ Twizel ▷
Lake Ruataniwha Holiday Park
Old facilities but clean.
Free Kitchen set available at the reception. Hot shower and no sandflies. We didn't went to the lake but its just few meters away.
The camping site is quite a maze with a lot of long time caravans. The playground was really old and rosty.
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South Island ▷ Southland ▷ Tuatapere ▷
Last Light Lodge
The best place for our camper van so far (already 1 week on the road).
Its a 10/10!!
The bathrooms are new and perfectly clean. The big kitchen and community room give a feeling like home.
We didn't tried the restaurant but its looked nice.
The owner and family are really nice and gave us a lot of advices. They allowed the kids to pets the cats and dog. It was also a big garden with chickens and ducks ( they told us that they will have sheep soon)
The emplacement was very green and well maintened.
Perfect for kids!
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South Island ▷ West Coast ▷ Greymouth ▷
Blaketown Tiphead
Amazing spot!
2 Clean flush toilets. The cold shower outside didn't seems to work for a long time.
A little windy but no sandflies. Not much place there, so better to come early!
But the sunset view there, the driftwood house and the beach make this spot incredible. Would move to come back!
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South Island ▷ West Coast ▷ Haast ▷
Pleasant Flat Campsite
The sandfly swarm was terrible!!!
One of the few camping ground before the west coast.
The fluff toilets was ok. Just on the side of the road and only few places to settle for the night. We just stayed on the parking in front of the facilities.
I know a lot of free camping slot that are better than this one...
Nice 5min walk to the small river.