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[[File:Pooh hitching in nz.JPG|thumb|250px|Jim hitching at Auckland's airport]]'''Auckland''' is [[New Zealand]]'s biggest city.It is illegal to even walk on any of the motorways, including the on-ramps ($200 instant fine). == Hitching Out ==

 It's easy to hitch a ride to the city center (instead of paying 15 NZD$ for the bus). Just walk out of the airport, go right and find the Shell station and ask around. ([[User:Guaka|Guaka]] got a ride for himself and another guy, from the first person he asked there.)

Around In Auckland there are , you can either try to get a ride from in the city or try to get further south on the train to Papakura from Britomart ($8 without a HOP card). It'll probably take a lot couple of rides for you to get out of highwaysthe city. The multilane roads on which cyclists and pedestrians If you get someone who can drop you in Bombay Hills, you'll be sweet! Buses are excluded are called motorwaysnow pretty expensive to get to Bombay, so it may not be worth it unless you get lucky with your tickets. The main highway === From Papakura === There's a service station, State Highway 1but it is not as easy to get to as once before (the hole in the fence is gone). Your best bet is to go start hitchhiking and walking down great south road, and someone will likely stop for you within 20 minutes.  Train to Papakura and then caught the bus to Drury which is a few minutes down the road. There's plenty of space for cars to pull over before the go onto the motorway as it passes through from here. There isn't a heap of traffic going onto the city motorway but there's so much space. Waited ~5 mins and suburbsgot a ride to Rotorua. It  === From Center === I actually now think this is possible the best option, as it saves you a few bucks and you have to get rides from sit on ramps that have a suitable berm train for an hour otherwise anyway. You'll likely be dropped in Papakura.# Walk to the end of Hobson Street, where it crosses Pitt Street. Cross the vehicles road to where there is a left only turning lane onto the motorway. Stand on the pavement about 3-4 meters away from the lights. The cars almost always have to stophere before going onto the motorway. Not all on ramps allow for I've used thisspot twice and it only took 20 minutes each time. Alternatively  At the on-ramp at the top of Symonds Street, you should get close to the "service centre" dedicated to motorway traffic where CBD. Walk down the on ramp and there is a big footpath you can find rides easily. It is between the Papakura stand on and Drury motorway off rampsplenty of space for people to stop. 

  Apparently there's a gas station on the highway as well. <!-- please confirm -->There is also a Countdown petrol station right outside of the airport (closer than the Shell station) where a lot of the traffic seemed to be heading north.  There is a service centre near silverdale turn off on northern motorway before orewa and the toll road. If you can hitch from here there is a good amount of traffic going up far north. Another good option is to take a bus to Orewa (which is worth visiting on its own) and hitch from there, Buses leave from Wellesley st West, near the sky tower. Take the 994 or 895, a few buses will take you there just read the timetables. Also you can leave from the north shore no problem, bus' leave from takapuna or Akoronga station, which is a bus station right on the northern motorway.Itll cost you maybe 4 dollars to get to Orewa (one can say that theyre going to an earlier stop - Albany for example and itll cost less and god knows nobody will check)Once you get to orewa there is a really good road to hitch from -Hibiscus coast "highway" (its really just a road, there's lots of space to pull over. This road is long and straight and near the beach, To go north head towards the hill, there is a dairy with a car parl where I often hang out and wait for lifts.Once you get going here it's pretty easy to go anywhere north, New Zealand is one of the easiest places in the world to hitch hike, you dont even need a sign, just chuck your thumb out and look friendly. == Bad Spots == There are some BAD SPOTS to get rides from in Auckland. So you may wish to avoid the following; '''Pukekohe''' - though it is close to the motorway, it's hard for people to stop '''Hobson Street''' - although it looks like a good spot, it's better to walk to the intersection with Pitt Street as above. I think there's too much traffic for people to safely stop. I actually spoke to some guys who waited 6 hours here without getting a lift. == Nomadwiki & Trashwiki == {{nomadwiki}}