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Visited on our 18 day tour
of the North and South Islands
of New Zealand
in
February 2007
Northshores park (no longer a Top 10 park it seems) Day 1
Tapu Motor Camp Day 2
Whangamata motor camp Day 3
Rotorua Top 10 Holiday Park Day 4
Lake Taupo top 10 Holiday park Day 5
Kennedy park top 10 Holiday Park Day 6
Top 10 Hutt Park Holiday Park Day 7 & 8
Havelock Motor Camp Day 9
Kaikoura Top 10 Holiday Park Day 10
Akaroa Top 10 Holiday Park Day 11
Geraldine Holiday Park (Kiwi park) Day 12
Cromwell Top 10 Holiday Park Day 13
Aaron Lodge Top 10 Holiday Park Day 14
Dunedin Holiday Park Day 15
Timaru Top 10 Holiday Park Day 16
Christchurch Top 10 Holiday Park Day 17
I've decided to rate the various camps that we stayed at, but virtually all of them where of a high standard. Part of my rating's down to the location, the feel of the place and on our personal experiences while there, but it has been in a large part dictated by the standard of maintenance and facilities.

I can't honestly say that we had a bad stay at any of them and we would revisit them all.

In general Tourism in New Zealand is very well managed with a Tourism centre in virtually every town they have so many brochures advertising tourism you fear for the forests.
Rating Park Name  
1 Timaru Top 10 Holiday Park Day 16
2 Christchurch Top 10 Holiday Park Day 17
3 Top 10 Northshores (no longer a Top 10 park) Day 1
4 Akaroa Top 10 Holiday Park Day 11
5 Rotorua Top 10 Holiday Park Day 4
6 Lake Taupo Top 10 Holiday Park Day 5
7 Kennedy park top 10 Holiday Park Day 6
8 Geraldine Holiday Park (Kiwi Park) Day 12
9 Kaikoura Top 10 Holiday Park Day 10
10 Aaron Lodge Top 10 Holiday Park Day 14
11 Havelock Motor Camp Day 9
12 Dunedin Holiday Park Day 15
13 Top 10 Hutt Park Holiday Park Day 7 and 8
14 Cromwell Top 10 Holiday Park Day 13
15 Tapu Motor Camp Day 2
16 Whangamata motor camp Day 3
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