Hi everyone,

I'm doing a whirlwind trip to Australia/New Zealand starting next week, which will be my first time down there.

I'm only in NZ for less than 4 days. I'm trying to figure out how much cash I need to get. My preference is generally to put everything on my credit card and use cash only where it's necessary.

Are there many places where I definitely won't be able to use a credit card? For example (and I'm making these up), taxis in Auckland don't take credit cards, or bars in Queenstown are cash only, etc. The bottom line is, for a handful of days in Auckland and Queenstown, how much cash do I realistically need to cover things where I won't be able to use a credit card? $100? $500? I've tried to do some Googling and looking through this forum, but not a lot of guidance.

Any insight would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Adam