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[[File:Elsa amylin kiwi experience.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Elsa and [[amylin]] hitching the Kiwi experience]]
'''New Zealand''' is a reasonably okay country for hitchhiking. There are a lot of friendly people, and hitching is legal and comparatively safe. By hitching you'll be involved a lot in the local life. You'll have invitations to parties, homes. Cars drive on the left side, so be careful if you're not experienced with that.
There are only motorways around the big cities, [[Auckland]], [[Christchurch]], [[Wellington]] and [[Dunedin]]
If you are hitching between Greymouth and Wanaka you might have the fortune to score a ride with one of the DHL drivers aka the local posties. They are a couple of awesome guys who meet up in Fox Glacier to swap packages (and hitch hikers too if you are lucky!).
An easy way to catch your lift is using the website websites of backpackerscarpooling.com in New Zealand or jayride.co.nz. Here you'll find travellers sharing their transport. A great way to meet like-minded travellers going the same way as you.
== Maps ==
*[http://www.newzealand.com/travel/destinations/new-zealand-map/interactive_map_home.cfm/ newzealand.com]
