This fun and family friendly holiday park has loads of character and a pricing system to suit all budgets (from the cheapest accommodation in Q-Town to four star motels!). There’s a really pretty garden to take a wander around too.

A gorgeous Moeraki Boulders Kiwi Holiday Park is your atypical kiwi beach camp site. What other camping site in Oamaru can offer views of dolphins and penguins? A fantastic café and fish and ship shop is just a stone’s throw away and there’s even a lighthouse you can bike to!

A very popular holiday park in the spring / summer, take your pick from powered or unpowered sites, motels, cabins or backpacker accommodation. There’s loads of onsite facilities including free unlimited WIFI! Oh and there’s TWO massive spa pools and saunas!

For spectacular views of Lake Wanaka and the mountains book your next camping trip at Lake Outlet Holiday Park. This secluded camping ground is a mere six kilometers from the Wanaka township and has powered and non-powered sites as well as cabins and cottages.

If you want Indian without the fuss and without the price tag, then Indian Minar has your name written all over it. The naan is really reasonably priced, as is all the dishes (including the meat ones!). An excellent alternative to a home cooked meal, especially if you’re watching those pennies.

For cheap and tasty lunches during the working week, visit Cafe Kudos. This is a neat little place to go when you’re needing something quick and easy, and there’s great coffee here too! You can find Cafe Kudos in the industrial area of CHCH.

Treat yourself this spring with takeaways from Sai Touch of Spice. The authentic Indian restaurant offers up some of the best authentic cuisine in Avonhead, and the staff are really cool! A great cheap food option for the family.

It’s in the name so you’re not going to get any tasty surprises when it comes to purchasing your meal from Dumplings $2 Rice. This is pretty much the cheapest restaurant in Christchurch yet their reputation is AMAZING. A great after school hangout and a must for anyone on a budget.

For a cheap night on the booze (and food!) Embankment Tavern is for you. Expect your typical bar food which leaves you enough dough to get an extra round of drinks. The hot chips are super tasty too!

For great cafe and reasonably priced cafe fare, Pancake Rocks Cafe Restaurant is the perfect place for a quick bite to eat on your West Coast summer adventure. The service is quick so you’ll be in and out of the door in no time.

One of the best fish and chips spots in Punakaiki, Wild West Coast is super popular with both locals and visitors. The chips are cooked to perfection and the fish is deliciously battered and not overly greasy.

For the best eggs benedict in Hokitika, 39 Cafe Restaurant is a superb little cafe which has an amazing brunch and lunch menu. The service is swift and really quite excellent. And the best bit? The meals are easy on the pocket.

Summer is the time for Indian food. And for tasty Indian food, Indian Spice is the restaurant to patronise. The food is truly authentic, moreish and great value for money, and the staff are super friendly too!

One of Queenstown’s most romantic resturants, Gantleys is relatively new on the scene. A must try on the menu this summer is the degustation, particularly the duck confit and goats cheese – oh my, they are good. And expect excellent Otago pinot. Amazing!

A nice ambient restaurant in Dunedin, the meals here are classically Kiwi. Lamb, venison and fish, and all reasonably priced at 1908. Located in the heart of the Otago Peninsula you’ll find loads of outdoor seating to soak up the summer rays. A great family restaurant too!

For the best seafood of your life without paying over the odds, Captains Steak and Seafood Restaurant and Bar is the place. With spectacular views of Lake Wakatipu and foreshore, Captains also has amazing staff who are attentive and friendly

The best place in Clyde for breakfast or brunch, this little cafe is great for anything from romantic dates to large family get togethers. And the coffee is pretty darn great too.

Definitely a favourite with the locals, MCR serves breakfast until 3pm and is a great place to cosy up in or grab your lunch to go. There’s loads of different healthy lunch options from soups and salads to sandwiches and baked goods.

Expect amazing food here. How often can you get whitebait soufflé for your takeaway dinner? There’s a real focus on fresh fish here so you can be sure that what you’ll be eating is healthy and not drowned in fat. A great takeaway option if you’re in Westport.

For fast and healthy food visit The Town house any time of day (except on Mondays!) to enjoy tasty breakfast, lunch or dinner. Everything is made on site using local, fresh and free-range produce. A favourite is definitely the eggs benny.

This is a cool Thai fusion restaurant in Franz Josef. Grab some takeaways, choosing from an excellent selection of traditional Asian dishes. An excellent place to grab a healthy bite to eat after a long day exploring the glaciers.

Probably the healthiest fast food chain in NZ, Pita Pit serves up delicious servings of pita bread with your choice of fillings. Choose from vegetarian options to chicken or tuna and then add your favourite salad ingredients. Always an excellent healthy choice.

For burgers that are going to leave you feeling satisfied and without the guilt trip, grab a burger to go from Nosh Nosh. The fillings are fresh and healthy and nothing is fried in fat (like you get in most fast food burger joints). A great alternative!

A very popular healthy food restaurant which also does takeaways, The Tin Goose even has their own cookbook with loads of healthy meals you can make from home. And there’s loads of outdoor seating to enjoy the spring sun!

The classic Kiwi takeaway, Wana specialises in fish and chips. Okay, so they not be that good for you but they use amazing fresh cod and the chips are really thick so not soak up too much fat. Hooray! They also sell juices so if you really don’t want fish and chips you can have a liquid lunch instead.