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How do I get mail & post?

So Christmas is coming and Mum needs to send the presents through or maybe your mates want to keep in touch - either way you'll be needing an address in NZ! As a traveller you may think it will be a nightmare but they've even thought of this! Here are your options:

Poste Restante 

Poste Restante is a special service provided by the larger post offices in New Zealand. Basically friends and family can send mail there and they will keep it for you. Basically you decide which major place you want your post to be sent and then on the mail put: 

Your Name 
Poste Restante 
Place Name 
New Zealand 

eg. for Queenstown 

Your Name 
Poste Restante 
Queenstown 
New Zealand 

The mail will then be sent to the main post office in that town where you can go and pick it up (photo ID required) free of charge! For more details on this great service click here.

NZ Post - Charges and Services 

The official mail carrier in New Zealand is NZ Post (www.nzpost.co.nz). They have post office all over New Zealand where you can send both domestic and international post. If you want to send stuff home this is the place to head!

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