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- Hahei Holiday Resort holiday-parkcampervan-friendly · powered · dump station · from $60/night
Beachfront powered site, five minutes' walk to the Cathedral Cove kayak launch. Freedom camping is tightly restricted on this coast, so this is a deliberate two-night holiday-park start — kind to the jet lag. Book ahead.
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- Government Gardens Motorhome Area freedom-campcampervan-friendly
Self-contained only — paved central area opposite the Polynesian Spa, up to 17 vehicles, max 2 consecutive nights. No toilets/water on site.
- Hamurana Reserve freedom-campcampervan-friendly
Backup for the Hinemoa St freedom camp — 10 self-contained spaces on the quiet north shore of Lake Rotorua; park 4pm–9am, two-night max.
- Rotorua Top 10 Holiday Park holiday-parkcampervan-friendly · powered · dump station · from $55/night
Central Rotorua with thermal-heated pool; handy for the geothermal parks and Redwoods.
Book ↗ - Trout Pool Road, Okere Falls freedom-campcampervan-friendly
Second Rotorua freedom-camp backup — 6 self-contained spaces near Okere Falls, north-east of the lake.
- Hipapatua Recreational Reserve (Reid’s Farm) freedom-campcampervan-friendly
Self-contained — sprawling free riverbank reserve on the Waikato, minutes from Huka Falls. Basic vault toilets only.
- Taupo Top 10 Holiday Park holiday-parkcampervan-friendly · powered · dump station · from $55/night
Close to the lakefront and Huka Falls; full hookups and hot pools.
Book ↗ - Whakaipo Bay (DOC) DOC-campsitecampervan-friendly
Quiet lakefront DOC backup to Reid's Farm, self-contained only. Handy if Reid's is full or you want a calmer night.
- Clifton Road Reserve freedom-campcampervan-friendly
Premium council-approved beachfront freedom camp with flush toilets, drinking water and bins — park on the beach boundary, right by the surf and the start of the Kidnappers Coast bike trail.
- Napier Beach TOP 10 Holiday Park holiday-parkcampervan-friendly · powered · dump station · from $60/night
Full-hookup beachfront backup at Bay View (~20 min north of Te Awanga) — powered sites, dump station, beachfront café. Hastings TOP 10 is the inland alternative near the wineries. Booking rule: two-night minimum on any stay that includes 8 November — we're here nights 6–7 (7–8 Nov), so the minimum is already met.
- Martinborough TOP 10 Holiday Park holiday-parkcampervan-friendly · powered · dump station · from $55/night
Small powered campground a short walk from the village square — use it to dump, refill, recharge and repack before the ferry. Book ahead.
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- Spring Creek Holiday Park holiday-parkcampervan-friendly · powered · dump station · from $50/night
Quiet, leafy park on the northern edge of Blenheim — a better night's sleep than the highway-side parks in town, and an easy first stop off the evening ferry.
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- Punakaiki Beach Camp holiday-parkcampervan-friendly · powered · dump station · from $55/night
Beachfront park a five-minute walk from the Pancake Rocks. Books out early in season — reserve ahead.
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- Franz Josef TOP 10 Holiday Park holiday-parkcampervan-friendly · powered · dump station · from $60/night
Two-night base in Franz Josef village for the glacier and the flex day. Powered sites; book both nights — the park sells out in season.
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- Hampshire Holiday Parks – Wanaka holiday-parkcampervan-friendly · powered · dump station · from $55/night
Formerly Wanaka Lakeview. Two-night stay about a 12-minute walk from town and the lakefront.
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- Manapouri Lakeview Motor Park holiday-parkcampervan-friendly · powered · dump station · from $50/night
Two minutes from the Pearl Harbour wharf — ideal the night before the Doubtful Sound cruise, with long-stay parking for the van while you're aboard.
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Berth is part of the cruise — nothing to book ashore.
- Mrs Woolly's Campground holiday-parkcampervan-friendly · powered · dump station · from $60/night
Powered sites at the head of Lake Wakatipu with a superb general store next door — a two-night base for the Glenorchy adventure day.
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- White Horse Hill Campground (DOC) DOC-campsitecampervan-friendly · from $15/night
DOC camping right under Aoraki at the Hooker Valley trailhead — non-powered, toilets and water only. Book online in advance (it fills year-round; unbooked arrivals pay a service charge). Spectacular and cheap.
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- Lakes Edge Holiday Park holiday-parkcampervan-friendly · powered · dump station · from $55/night
Lakefront sites under the Dark Sky Reserve — stargazing from your door. Walk to the Church of the Good Shepherd.
- Driftaway Queenstown holiday-parkcampervan-friendly · powered · dump station · from $55/night
Lakefront park at Frankton, about seven minutes from the campervan depot and the airport — empty the cassette and grey water here the night before drop-off.
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