Okay, so I was working on this project where I needed a bunch of New Zealand addresses. Like, totally random ones. Don’t ask me why, it’s a long story, something to do with testing a system, you know how it is. Anyway, I figured, “How hard can this be? There’s gotta be something out there.”
My First Try: Manual Search
My first thought? Just Google it! So I typed in “random New Zealand addresses”. I mean, it seemed like the logical thing to do. I got a few results, some forum posts, some websites that looked kinda… sketchy. I ended up grabbing a few addresses manually from different places, copying and pasting them into a spreadsheet.
Problem: Super slow and boring! I realized I needed, like, hundreds of these things. Ain’t nobody got time for that manual copy-paste nonsense.
Getting a Bit Smarter: Online Generators
Then, it hit me: “Surely, there’s an address generator for this!” So I searched for “New Zealand address generator.” Found a couple of websites that promised just that. Most of them were pretty simple. You’d click a button, and boom, a random address would pop up.
I spent some time clicking, generating, and copying. Still a bit tedious, but definitely faster than my first attempt. I built up a decent list this way.
Problem: Some of these generators felt… off. Like, the addresses didn’t always look quite right. And I couldn’t be sure they were actually valid addresses, you know? I needed something more reliable.
Checking The result
To check the generated result, I searched the address on the map, most of them are valid, and I think it is enough for my testing task.
So, yeah, that’s how I tackled the random New Zealand address thing. It wasn’t rocket science, but it took a bit of trial and error to find a method that worked well.
