Lonely Planet New Zealand's North Island (Travel Guide) Paperback – November 1, 2014

Having used LP exclusively for travel to 20+ countries in the last five years, I've found that there are two tiers of quality for these guides. This is in the lower quality one...it felt like they printed this book just to fill a quota and couldn't be bothered to list anything more than major tourist attractions. Luckily, Kiwis are friendly enough that you can easily get the scoop on what to do and where to go straight from the sheep's mouth.

Getting a little out of date now, but great info that has helped give us a great holiday.

Good travel book, but I like more pictures of the places being reviewed than this book provided.

very informative. meet standards

A quick read if you already know where you are going and extra info that you may not have known!

This will help with our upcoming trip to New Zealand in Sept.

Great tips, Lonely Planet consistently has the best guide books!

We used this book to travel round North Island. We arrived in NZ with a vague plan on what we wanted to see and do and didn't start reading this book until we arrived.Found it an invaluable companion on our travels with great information about the towns and villages we travelled through and highlights on what to see and do. Also lots of historic stories and facts to keep us amused on our travels and help us to understand the political history of the lands we were visiting!The pull-out map was a good guide for general travel directions and major road routes, but we also had a road map in the car which gave us a lot more detail.A couple of things to note - we couldn't rely on the accommodation recommendations (Thames for example one B&B had ceased trading), and our route didn't follow the logic of the book and so we were flicking back and forth through chapters.

Great book for planning a road trip. Also got the South Island.Good value and full of information.

Has all the information you need to plan a trip

A good reference book for my road trip round NZ this year.

Used a lot, very helpful whilst travelling