New-Zealand Christchurch hotels
Backpackers are safe, cheap and cheerful. Motels are a notch up. Low end around NZ$79 per night. Charlie B's has been a staple hostel for many years, and is reasonably central.
There are also many good quality B&Bs in Christchurch and surrounding district.
Orpington House Bed and Breakfast, 3 Marion Place, Lincoln, Canterbury, Phone: +64 3 325 7790, [19]. For travelers who want to stay a month or longer, there are a number of furnished flats for rent advertised in the papers. A local company called "Urban Rooms" [20] has a number of furnished rentals specifically for travelers, ranging from rooms in a shared house to self-contained flats with garages.