Guidebooks for New Zealand from all the major travel publishers are listed below, including country, specialist and multi-country guides, as well as books for regions and cities within New Zealand (where available). Links to Amazon (UK, US and Canadian stores), Waterstones (UK) and selected publisher websites allow you to purchase the guidebooks online at best value with one simple click (individual chapter downloads are also available for selected Lonely Planet titles). Before choosing your title, check our buying guide to see the types of guidebooks available or click on the publisher logos below.

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Footprint New Zealand North Island Focus Guide

Focus Guides

Footprint Focus guides are smaller, soft cover guidebooks which focus on specific destinations such as São Paulo in Brazil, or classic itineraries such as Zanzibar & Pemba in Tanzania. Rather than cover an entire country, Focus guides are tightly defined by destination, providing all the info you need and none of the stuff you don't! Like our Handbooks, these guides are reliable, up-to-date, and provide many opportunities to get off the beaten track. Unlike most guidebooks however these lightweight guides are slim enough to fit in your pocket - so they will help you get the most out of your destination without weighing you down.

New Zealand North Island Focus Guide

Sep 2012 (1st ed.)
128 pages

Author(s): Darroch Donald


Footprint New Zealand South Island Focus Guide

Focus Guides

Footprint Focus guides are smaller, soft cover guidebooks which focus on specific destinations such as São Paulo in Brazil, or classic itineraries such as Zanzibar & Pemba in Tanzania. Rather than cover an entire country, Focus guides are tightly defined by destination, providing all the info you need and none of the stuff you don't! Like our Handbooks, these guides are reliable, up-to-date, and provide many opportunities to get off the beaten track. Unlike most guidebooks however these lightweight guides are slim enough to fit in your pocket - so they will help you get the most out of your destination without weighing you down.

New Zealand South Island Focus Guide

Sep 2012 (1st ed.)
128 pages

Author(s): Darroch Donald


Lonely_Planet New Zealand's North Island

Regional Guides

Want to get the feel of a region and the areas it spans? Regional guides will get you there, with detailed maps, lush full-colour images, plenty of pre-planning info, itineraries to match your timeframe and recommendations to get you straight to the best.

New Zealand's North Island

Oct 2014 (3rd ed.)
440 pages

Author(s): Brett Atkinson, Charles Rawlings-Way, Sarah Bennett



Download Individual Chapter PDFs (£2.99) - Click here to view chapters.
Lonely_Planet New Zealand's South Island

Regional Guides

Want to get the feel of a region and the areas it spans? Regional guides will get you there, with detailed maps, lush full-colour images, plenty of pre-planning info, itineraries to match your timeframe and recommendations to get you straight to the best.

New Zealand's South Island

Oct 2014 (4th ed.)
360 pages

Author(s): Brett Atkinson, Peter Dragicevich et al.



Download Individual Chapter PDFs (£2.99) - Click here to view chapters.