Auckland

Jim hitching at Auckland's airport

Auckland is New Zealand's biggest city.

Hitching

From the airport

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. (Guaka got a ride for himself and another guy, from the first person he asked there.)

South towards Hamilton, Taupo, Tauranga, Wellington

Around Auckland there are a lot of highways. The multilane roads on which cyclists and pedestrians are excluded are called motorways. The main highway, State Highway 1, is a motorway as it passes through the city and suburbs. It is possible to get rides from on ramps that have a suitable berm for the vehicles to stop. Not all on ramps allow for this. Alternatively, you should get to the "service centre" dedicated to motorway traffic where you can find rides easily. It is between the Papakura and Drury motorway off ramps.

North

Apparently there's a gas station on the highway as well.