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Title: Useless, basically
Review: This Lonely Planet is basically useless for families. The authors are all single, adventure-seekers and have probably never changed a diaper in their lives. So they go on about sky-diving and hiking 75 km trails around Christchurch and grabbing a beer here and there... Not practical for many.This books also presumes you know WHERE you want to go in New Zealand. There's no explanation about choosing north vs. south island. Instead, it's just an endless mish-mash of "activities" without any real themes to it all except the "maori" and "nature". Unless you read the entire book cover-to-cover, you won't know what to do.Not recommended unless you have all the time in the world to research the trip. And that's not why one buys a guidebook! Last point -- there's limited visual appeal with almost no color/photos -- the book looks mostly like a newspaper.
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