Went hunting for a car today. It’s very easy to do here in NZ. 2nd hand cars tend to be cheap. Christchurch has a number of auction houses and 1 specialist backpackers auction. The buy and sell paper has many cars advertised, as do the hostels and regular haunts for travellers. Many of the car dealers also sell cheap cars. I ended up buying a 1986 Toyota Corona 2.0 GTS. It's done 211,000 kms, is automatic, has electric everything, power steering and air con. Cost NZ$ 2,500. You don't need to have insurance to drive in NZ, but your car needs to be WOF'd (MOT'd) and registered. The garage sorted me out with those.
When I got back to the digs we decided to embark on a road trip. We headed south down the east coast passing the big fish in Rakaia and ended up in Timaru.
