Number one fishing method....bait fishing. Casting off beaches or rocks, using skipjack tuna, squid or pilchards for bait. Off boats, mostly either two hook ledger or paternoster rigs with cubes of pilchard, squid or skipjack (also called bonito here), or using running sinker rigs with the same baits, often the latter being cast from anchored boats into shallower, rocky areas for fish like snapper.
Trolling, this will catch you a local species called kahawai, these fish are fun to catch on lighter tackle, the jump, run fast, good value, and are DUMB..., they will bite anything moving thru the water, so no need for flash lures for them, whatever you would use for trout or salmon will work just fine for them.
For larger fish like kingfish, live baits work very well, as does jigging or poppering.
Fresh water....here that really means trout.
Fly fishing for trout, works as well here as anywhere in the world.
Spin fishing, casting lures also as effective, just be award however that on some lakes and rivers there are definite fly fishing only areas, especially in the rotorua and taupo areas. Trout spinning lures....generally small metal lures like Tobies or Z spinners are the basic lures, as well as Cobras, banana shaped plastic lures are very effective.
Small rapala style lures are also extremely effective.
Hope this helps, and welcome to the site.
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