Editing New Zealand (section)

== General tips ==

* Most shops open at 9am and close at 5pm. Shopping malls have late night (9:00pm) closing on Thursday and Friday evenings. Malls are open Saturdays and Sundays but many other shops will be closed Sundays (and possibly Saturdays after 1:00pm.) Most grocery stores are open until 9:00 or 10:00pm and all the major cities have 24 hour convenience stores. 

* The NZ BioSecurity checkpoints are very strict: If you have any food/organic product with you be sure to declare it on your BioSecurity declaration card. If it is a prohibited import (and you have declared it) it will be taken off you without any fines, however, if you don't declare food items, etc and they happen to be forbidden you will receive an instant fine of $200. Ensure your boots, bicycle and camping gear is free of mud or soil from another country before you arrive. Be prepared to spend some time at the airport waiting to go through biosecurity and customs upon arrival.