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'''Wellington''' is the capital of [[New Zealand]].
 
'''Wellington''' is the capital of [[New Zealand]].
  
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When arriving to Wellington, you might be able to catch a local train, but even [[hitchhiking at night|at night]] it's worth to just try to hitchhike into the city when you're North from the point where the highway (motorway) starts. If you are dropped off along the highway your can try hitching from an on ramp or you could take the train into the city.
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== Hitching in ==
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When arriving in the Wellington area, you might be able to catch a local train, but even [[hitchhiking at night|at night]] it's worth just trying to hitchhike into the city if you're north of the point where the motorway starts. If you are dropped off along the highway, you can try hitching from an onramp or you could take the train into the city.
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== Hitching out ==
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=== North up SH1 towards Bulls/Taupo/Taranaki/Hamilton/Auckland ===
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Catch the train to Paekakariki (Kapiti line), walk out of the station towards the direction the train arrived from. Turn left onto the highway, there is a good spot with a bus stop bay just 20m further.
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== Hitchhiking out ==
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At the corner of Taranaki St. and Arthur St., close to the top of Cuba St. - there is a little space, but not very convenient for cars to pull over here. Still might be worth a go if you don't fancy walking.
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=== Heading North ===
 
  
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At the corner or Taranaki Street and Arthur street, close to the top of Cuba street, is an excellent spot for going north. Just go after the traffic lights and there is plenty of space for people to stop safely.
 
  
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From the Main wellington train station, walk along the main rd towards the stadium (named waterloo quay), follow the road as it bends around past the stadium (the road changes name and is now aotea quay). then just past the bend, there is space to stand and for cars to pull over as there is a turning lane to go left into some parking. This is a really quiet car park and no one uses this lane so it is a perfect place to stand. no trouble to get rides:)Hitch spot by stadium http://goo.gl/maps/s3JY. in my opinion dont waste your time with the train.
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From the main Wellington train station, walk along the main road (Waterloo Quay) towards the stadium. Follow the road as it bends around past the stadium (the street name changes to Aotea Quay). Follow this road until it crosses the motorway (SH1), cross under the bridge and you'll find a bus stop on the right. Shouldn't take more than 20 minutes to get a ride, just try not to accidentally flag down a bus.
  
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=== North up SH2 towards Masterton/Hastings/Napier/Gisborne ===
  
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A common approach to getting out of Wellington on Route SH1 to the north is from Paraparaumu. "Paraparam" is far enough out that one can avoid all the short trip cars going to work from Wellington. To get here take the train from [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=wellington+station,+wellington,+nz&layer=&sll=-41.281161,174.781108&sspn=0.014642,0.054245&ie=UTF8&z=16&ll=-41.278968,174.780142&spn=0.007321,0.027122&om=1&iwloc=addr Wellington station] which costs about $10! (ticket inspectors are always on the train) and takes 55 minutes. At Paraparaumu station, exit the train and turn right to walk north to the end of the platform. Continue this direction to the road and turn left. Turn right at the lights and this is Route SH1. You can hitch here but it is very busy, so continue about 800m further north along the road, around the curve till you come to the nice big [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=paraparaumu,nz&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=0.015547,0.040169&layer=&ie=UTF8&om=1&z=17&ll=-40.910618,175.016858&spn=0.003681,0.013561&t=h&iwloc=addr lay-by]. The perfect hitching spot!It is opposite a service station and a place called boat city. It may seem like alot of time to get out here, but in reality you have shaved this time off your total trip since it takes almost an hour to get here by car from Wellington, especially if the traffic is bad.
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Take the train to Upper Hutt then the number 110 bus to "Maoribank,  Mangaroa road near SH2". Hop off the bus and cross SH2, there is a great spot where the traffic lights force the traffic to stop and there is a pull in area -  on google maps it is 1183 River Road Clouston Park, Upper Hutt. We got picked up in 5 mins.
  
 
=== Ferry to South Island, [[Picton]] ===
 
=== Ferry to South Island, [[Picton]] ===
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You can't take the ferry for free. [[User:Guaka|Guaka]] hasn't tried hitching a ride from cars going on the ferry. You pay (normally around $45-55) per person. And it's better to book in advance although be aware of deals around the start and end of the university year, when specials sometimes crop up.
 
  
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If you ask around a bit on the ferry it will be easy to get a ride to [[Nelson]] or other places in South Island though.
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You pay (normally around $45-55) per person. And it's better to book in advance although be aware of deals around the start and end of the university year, when specials sometimes crop up.
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If you ask around a bit on the ferry it will be easy to get a ride to [[Nelson]] or other places in South Island.
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[[Category:New Zealand]]
 
[[Category:New Zealand]]

Revision as of 15:54, 14 October 2020


Wellington is the capital of New Zealand.

Hitching in

When arriving in the Wellington area, you might be able to catch a local train, but even at night it's worth just trying to hitchhike into the city if you're north of the point where the motorway starts. If you are dropped off along the highway, you can try hitching from an onramp or you could take the train into the city.

Hitching out

North up SH1 towards Bulls/Taupo/Taranaki/Hamilton/Auckland

Catch the train to Paekakariki (Kapiti line), walk out of the station towards the direction the train arrived from. Turn left onto the highway, there is a good spot with a bus stop bay just 20m further.


At the corner of Taranaki St. and Arthur St., close to the top of Cuba St. - there is a little space, but not very convenient for cars to pull over here. Still might be worth a go if you don't fancy walking.


From the main Wellington train station, walk along the main road (Waterloo Quay) towards the stadium. Follow the road as it bends around past the stadium (the street name changes to Aotea Quay). Follow this road until it crosses the motorway (SH1), cross under the bridge and you'll find a bus stop on the right. Shouldn't take more than 20 minutes to get a ride, just try not to accidentally flag down a bus.

North up SH2 towards Masterton/Hastings/Napier/Gisborne

Take the train to Upper Hutt then the number 110 bus to "Maoribank, Mangaroa road near SH2". Hop off the bus and cross SH2, there is a great spot where the traffic lights force the traffic to stop and there is a pull in area - on google maps it is 1183 River Road Clouston Park, Upper Hutt. We got picked up in 5 mins.

Ferry to South Island, Picton

You pay (normally around $45-55) per person. And it's better to book in advance although be aware of deals around the start and end of the university year, when specials sometimes crop up.

If you ask around a bit on the ferry it will be easy to get a ride to Nelson or other places in South Island.

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