Originally Posted by
ntamayo
Yes booked a hotel in town on points where the free night allows us to do early morning check in.
So restricting and artificially limiting what you do just for a few hotel points. As post above the best on NZ is out of the big cities.
Staying *every* night in Auckland, you will regret not staying a night or more in other locations other than Auckland. Auckland is just a concrete jungle just like you home city.