'Twas me who made the original post.

I brought a Wises sporal bound map of NZ and it's really good in terms of detail and town plans etc. Not a decent route planner tho which was a bummer really. Used the Avis one we got free for that tho and it's been ok.

Realistically I think the AA ones may be better.

We also borrowed a really cool suburb map for Wellington of our friends down here, which was really cool for finding rentals etc. Meant you just needed an address and you could drive by and have a look. Also good for knowing where the smaller suburbs might be when looking for rentals on the net or in classifieds etc.

Hope this helps