Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73075
Anyone heading to NZ?
Then get yer NZeTA done before the end of this month as the tourist levy/tax is going up from NZ$35 to NZ$100. Apply now and it lasts 2 years. It doesn’t look like the “visa” fee is going up (NZ$17 through the app) though.
As Tesco like to say, every little helps. Or as SWMBO says, better in her pocket than theirs.
16th Sep 2024 6:35 am
Naki Blake
Member Since: 31 Dec 2021
Location: Taranaki
Posts: 310
Supposedly the extra money is going to fund infrastructure and conservation in the tourist hotspots. The cynic in me says its a money grab by the Government. Hopefully it won't put too many tourist off.
DSL when are you coming to NZ? If you are ever in the Taranaki, I'd appreciate some advice on secure storage of firewood.
Cheers Blake
16th Sep 2024 7:48 am
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Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: UK
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Its not that secure - just ask Nige......... New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!)
Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)
Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)
No longer the Old Buses original owner
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
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16th Sep 2024 9:45 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73075
Agreed, the planet’s not large enough!
Will be there from Mid Dec to Mid Jan, will wave in the direction of Taranaki when we head from Auckland to Wellington on the train.
Re the tourist tax, it does get annoying when there is a tax taken at every border, or so it feels. Just done the US ESTA and the Aussie ETA is still free (so their website insists), but there is a A$21 fee. But the ETA is free. It’s not that they are unaffordable, just annoying and means we have less to put into the economy directly.
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It’s not that they are unaffordable, just annoying and means we have less to put into the economy directly.
