Explore NZ Travel Blog

With summer just around the corner, it’s time to start planning out your road trip adventures. If you need a little reminder of some of our most popular tourist destinations (as well as some of our more hidden gems), take our quickfire Top to Bottom quiz and see whether you’re a New Zealand Novice or …

The Top to Bottom Quiz of New Zealand Read More »

If you’re planning the ultimate road trip in New Zealand (in a GO Rentals car hopefully) you’ll be covering some decent distances during your adventures. Your fuel costs are going to be something you want to keep an eye on so we thought we’d help by passing on a few local tips so you can …

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Updated: 21 May 2019 Crowded House famously sang about ‘Four Seasons in One Day’ and it seems like a pretty good time to talk about New Zealand’s weather as we head out of one of the best summers here in New Zealand for a long time. As seasons go – this summer has been a …

Four Seasons in One Year – the weather in New Zealand Read More »

We’ve been writing about adventuring and exploring different parts of our beautiful country for years now. In all that time, however, we realised we hadn’t published a list of the best things to do New Zealand. We’d covered individual cities and towns through our Complete Guides and blog posts, but not taken on NZ as …

11 Things To Do In New Zealand That Will Amaze You Read More »

The bungy jump or (bungee jump as some choose to spell) is the ultimate thrill created as an adrenaline-fuelled attraction by the legendary AJ Hackett in the 1980s. It’s since become famous all over the world but there’s nothing better than experiencing it where it all began, right here in NZ! To help you achieve …

7 Epic Places for Bungy Jumping in New Zealand Read More »

That’s right, the team here at GO Rentals have put together what we think will be the hardest New Zealand Quiz you will take today! If you think you know our country pretty well then take the test and prove it. Anything above 15/20 and you’re a proud Kiwi genius! Anything less and you’ll just …

The Hardest New Zealand Quiz You Will Take Today Read More »

We’ve already picked out some of our favourite travel bloggers from right here in New Zealand, Australia and the USA but we also look further afield for inspiration. After all, New Zealand welcomes visitors from all over the world and we love to read what our international visitors think about our beautiful country. We’ve picked …

21 of the best International Travel Bloggers (and their experiences in New Zealand) Read More »

We love to read about our own beautiful country, especially from people from around the world who have visited our shores. People from different countries seem to experience New Zealand in all sorts of different ways – from those who love the beaches and coastline to those who love our lakes and mountains. One thing …

19 of the best travel bloggers in the USA (and why they love NZ so much!) Read More »