Dunedin International Airport (tel (03) 486 2879) is 30km south of the city centre.
Shuttle buses including Kiwi Shuttle (tel (03) 473 7017) and Super Shuttle (tel (03) 488 1224) charge around $30 to go to the city centre.
There are direct bus services from Dunedin to Christchurch, Invercargill and Queenstown.
InterCity Coachlines (tel (03) 471 7143) depart from Ritchies/InterCity Travel at 205 St Andrews Street. Atomic Shuttles (tel (03) 349 0697), Nakedbus.com (tel 0900 62533) and Southern Link K Bus (tel (03) 358 8355 or 0508 458 835) depart from the train station on Anzac Avenue.
Dunedin is the terminus for the Taieri Gorge Railway (tel (03) 477 4449), which travels to Middlemarch where there is a connecting coach service to Queenstown. Dunedin’s train station is on Anzac Street, about a five-minute walk from the Octagon.
Although Dunedin is a small city, it helps to take a bus to get to the good hitchhiking spots.
Take a bus to Pine Hill and try your luck on State Highway 1 if you’re heading north to Christchurch. If you’re heading south, take the Mosgiel bus and get off at Kenmont.
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