Phone providers in New Zealand
Watch out when buying data
The mobile network and the prices in New Zealand are really bad compared to the European standard. The most common providers for the mobile network in New Zealand are Spark, Vodafone and 2Degrees. SIM cards are available in many places. Often also in stores like Countdown and 4Square. The price for 6 GB data 4 weeks valid costs about 35 euros. Often, however, the credit can only be topped up in whole amounts, e.g. 40 euros. Often after using up the data the remaining credit was used up in a few minutes due to the MB/$ principle. The phone companies in New Zealand are almost scandalous. Unfortunately, often unavoidable.