Auckland Resources Website Guide
Government Sites
- NZ Immigration Service – http://www.immigration.govt.nz/
- Inland Revenue Department – http://www.ird.govt.nz/
- Department of Labour – http://www.dol.govt.nz/
- Auckland Council – http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/
- Kiwibank – http://www.kiwibank.co.nz/
- ASB – http://www.asb.co.nz/
- ANZ – http://www.anz.co.nz/
- National – http://www.nationalbank.co.nz/
- PSIS – http://www.psis.co.nz/
- BNZ – http://www.bnz.co.nz/
- Powershop – http://www.powershop.co.nz/ – Great online provider for self managed power buying.
- Watercare – http://www.watercare.co.nz/ – Auckland regional water & water waste services.
- NZ Transport Agency – http://www.nzta.govt.nz/ – Find out about driver and vehicle licensing.
- MAXX – http://www.maxx.co.nz/ – Useful site for finding out how to get between places.
- Google Maps – http://maps.google.co.nz/
- Auckland Transport Blog – http://transportblog.co.nz/ – Local blog about transport issues.
- Guide to Auckland – http://www.guidetoauckland.co.nz/
- ViewAuckland – http://www.viewauckland.co.nz/
- Official Tourism Website – http://aucklandnz.com/
- Auckland Gig Guide – http://www.mukuna.co.nz/
- Lonely Planet Guide to Auckland – http://lonelyplanet.com/new-zealand/auckland/
- Expat Blog Auckland – http://www.expat-blog.com/en/directory/oceania/new-zealand/auckland/
- On Arrival – http://www.newkiwi.co.nz/
- Trade Me – http://www.trademe.co.nz/ – Houses for sale or rent, job searching, plus NZ’s alternative to Ebay.
- RealEstate.co.nz – http://www.realestate.co.nz/
- Seek – http://www.seek.co.nz/ – New Zealand’s largest online job site.
- Telecom – http://www.telecom.co.nz – Mobile and land line services.
- Vodafone – http://www.vodafone.co.nz/ – Mobile and land line services.
- New Zealand Herald – http://www.nzherald.co.nz/
- Stuff – http://www.stuff.co.nz/
- Smile City – http://www.smilecity.co.nz/ – Online surveys and shopping loyalty scheme. Over 1 million members.
- The Deal – http://www.thedeal.co.nz/ – Great online shopping deals.
- NZSale – http://www.Nzsale.co.nz/registration.aspx?invitedby=expat – Variety of products available, but mostly high quality clothes. Excellent discounts, sometimes up to 90% off retail.
- The Warehouse – http://www.thewarehouse.co.nz/ – The Big Red Shed. They sell pretty much anything you could possibly want.
- Foodtown – Online food shopping if you can’t make it to one of their 24hour stores in downtown Auckland.
- Weather Watch – http://www.weatherwatch.co.nz/ – Most accurate weather channel in NZ.
- Yellow Pages – http://www.yellow.co.nz/ – Online phone directory.
- FlyBuys – http://www.flybuys.co.nz/ – NZ’s largest loyalty program – very much recommended if you are planning on getting/buying some big ticket items such as car, loan, mortgage, furniture, house, whiteware, TV etc… You can get some really good rewards fairly quickly with this scheme and for pretty much anything you can think of. Even some of the power and telecom companies offer Flybuys rewards.
- PriceSpy – http://www.pricespy.co.nz/ – Find out how much something should cost before you buy it and find out who is selling it the cheapest.
- Spreets – http://www.spreets.co.nz/ – Daily deals site. There are a few of these around so if you’re into the daily offer sites, it’s worth joining a few of them to get a variety of deals.
- Consumer NZ – http://www.consumer.org.nz/ – This is a pay site for most of their information, however they do also have some free reports available. Worth checking out to see if it is useful for you.
- Table for six – http://www.tableforsix.co.nz/ – If you’re here on your own, this is a great way to get out and meet new people. They have dinners, activities, fun days out, parties and more.
