6. What about transport to school, etc?
Transport is a big issue in Auckland. How do you get to school from your apartment? Do you have to take one or more buses to get to school? What is the weekly cost to travel back and forth from your school to your apartment? How long would it take you to travel? What is the cost to maintain a motorvehicle (car)? Will there be any parking in your school?
The cost for a bus in Auckland for 2 to 5 stages (part of a route) ranges from NZ$2.60 - NZ$5.40. Ten rides per week would cost around $50, or $200 per month. The average time between each stop is about 10-20 minutes. Buses arrive at intervals of 20 minutes (moderate route) to 60 minutes (suburban stops). Depending on the distance and where you live, it may take from 30 minutes to more than an hour per day to commute.
Maintaining a car can be quite costly. There are annual registration cost of around $300, service costs from $100 per service depending on car type (you will need roughly 2 services per year), petrol cost of around $2,000 upwards per year and parking costs (around $3-$6 per hour in the city). Parking can also be a very big problem as Auckland City does not have enough parking spaces for the number of cars in it.
With Princeton being in the central city and just in the university precint, you will not have to worry about transportation as it would be very close to walk - 10 minutes to Universities