The rooms, kitchen, and bathrooms were very clean. Rooms were pretty spacious and the kitchen was huge. Overall the place is fairly quiet too, since most of the party people tend to go out. Reception was very helpful and knew a lot of stuff to do in the area. It was great that they even have a deal with several tour buses for some free day tours. Most of the other guests were very nice. The bunk beds are quite squeaky though, which is one of the few downsides to this place.

This hostel was centrally located ......close to Queen Street and right next to the airport bus. Great place if you're just in Auckland to catch a flight or just arriving. Not much of a social vibe to the place. The rooms can be a bit cramped. Nice sized kitchen, but plenty of restaurants nearby.

I stayed here after staying at YHA City the week before. I liked International better. Bathrooms were better although still only a few per floor. Everything was just a bit newer and it is a little bit closer to Queen Street than City.

I stayed in an 8 bed dorm and it was clean and spacious enough. There were also wooden cabinets provided that you could lock with your own padlock.

Stayed in Auckland International YHA for a few nights in May 2011. The hostel location is off Queen Street, which is the main street of Auckland city. The staff are great - friendly and helpful. This is a rather large hostel with well equipped kitchen and plenty of seating areas. The nearest supermarket is about 20 minutes walk away. I was in a quad sharing dorm which has metal bunk beds that are creaky. The entire bunk bed was shaking when I was climbing up and down my bunk. There are two power outlets in the room. For some reason, there were always people making noise outside the hostel at night so this place is no good if you go to bed early. After midnight they disperse and it quiets down. The hostel uses key cards for door access which can get ruined if you place them near electronics or magnetic items (such as credit cards & ATM bank cards). This happened to me a few times because I kept my key card in my wallet and had to go to the reception to have my key card reprogrammed.