Travelling to New Zealand – Best Option for Cheap Prepaid Data?

I’m travelling to New Zealand soon for 14 Days and noticed that prepaid SIM cards there seem quite expensive. What’s the most cost-effective option for getting a large amount of mobile data?

Should I ask my relatives in New Zealand to buy a local prepaid SIM for me?

Is it better to get a travel SIM?

Or use an Australian SIM with international roaming?

Would love to hear what others have done and what offers the best value for heavy data use.

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  • Get a Kogan NZ $5 starter pack sent to your rellos house before arrival, that’s what we usually do if we’re there for more than a week

    https://www.kogan.com/nz/buy/kogan-mobile-prepay-mobile-star…

    • $5 for 15GB is cheap

    • No e-SIM?

      • I don’t believe so

    • @6079 Smith Presumably this can't be ordered for delivery to Oz? I want to get 4 of them everyone has coverage.

      $5 for 15GB seems decent enough.

      • Not as far as I know, never tried tbh as the in-laws pick us up at the airport so never had a need

    • Sounds good

  • Won't matter… Half the country gets no coverage

    • Which half?

      • Yes

  • When I go to NZ i use Simcorner. Get a 10% signup bonus. I use for calls and data though

  • Have you checked RedTeago?

  • I am in a similar boat as we are heading over to NZ at the end of the month. Anyone heard of Holafly as they seem half decent.

    $5.90 AUD per day for unlimited data via esim.

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