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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 and hitch from there, Bus' 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.
Tips to hitching in NZ
1) Be on the right road going in the right direction (ofcourse)
2) Hitch from the side far side of town, no before a town, get cars to drop you off as close to the end of town as possible
3) Cars must be moving slowly and have a place to pull over
as long as all these rules are obeyed you'll get a lift easily, if one is out itll take longer
keep a tent and a sleeping bag and some food on you and you can sleep anywhere, its technically illegal to free camp now (this rule makes me personally sick) but its not really so enforcable, just get behind some bushes or something
good hitching!
