"The Rough Guide to New Zealand" is the essential guidebook to this spectacular adventure destination. A fully comprehensive account, the guide incorporates a country full of magnificent scenery, craggy coastlines, sweeping beaches, primeval forests, snow-capped alpine mountains, bubbling volcanic pools, fast-flowing rivers and glacier-fed lakes. This jam-packed guide contains expert coverage, catering for every traveller, from the country rambler to the adventure-seeking, Lord of the Rings enthusiasts. The guide also includes significant historical and cultural information, provides detailed town maps and information about the country's exciting nightlife, even managing to find time to teach the reader how to do the world-famous haka!

Author Biography

The Rough Guide to New Zealand is written by an established team of experts Laura Harper, Tony Mudd and Paul Whitfield. Paul Whitfield lives in Auckland and has been writing for Rough guides since the mid-nineties. Tony Mudd and Laura Harper live in Suffolk and spend as much of their time as possible talking and writing about New Zealand, for both the British and New Zealand media.