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Hi, 

Does anybody know of any Guide books for bouldering in New Zealand? I can’t seem to find any anywhere. 

I’m not sure whether there is a dedicated NZ bouldering guide, but the NZ Alpine club sells a number of NZ rock climbing books that sent to include bouldering: https://shop.alpineclub.org.nz/product-category/guidebooks/rock-climbing/

Thanks for the response I’ll check them out! I’ve been searching for a guide book for flock hill/ castle hill or spittle hill but it doesn’t look like anyone’s made one yet! 

Try this website:

https://castlehillbasin.co.nz/flockhill

I think South Island rock has a few of the routes in, but only a few. Not worth buying just for those areas.

There is a castle hill guide, but I'm not sure if it's still in print.

There was a castle hill guide, but I think it’s out of print.

I think there’s deliberately no guide, in print or online, to flock hill, to avoid the polish and over-climbing of castle hill. It’s also on private land, so like always with NZ, there’s probably concerns of revoked access.

Okay cool I’ll check it out, I’ve found a few topos on a website called 27 crags just no actual maps. 

Ah that’s useful to know cheers! I’m actually moving to New Zealand in March next year. Do you know of any other good crags in the South Island? Cheers 

I like Charleston on the west coast and pinnacles at Mt Somers.

Theres a few decent ones on Banks Peninsula like Ote Potatu (?sp), and both Wanaka and QT have a decent amount of good crags nearby.

I don’t really know N Island climbing at all. 
It’s also worthwhile resetting expectations, NZ doesn’t have much rock that can compare with the UK.