The posts featured the many ways New Zealanders are allowed to be out and about closer to home, despite level 3 restrictions in Auckland and level 2 restrictions for the rest of the country.
People posted photos of their takeaway coffees and pastries, their sunny beach walks and the many other ways New Zealand differs from the "quarantine camp" description others have used.
Kiwis on Twitter used funny captions for their photos, describing their outdoor activities as ways to escape the "hellhole".
"Early morning flee to the hills to escape the tyranny of the #NZHellhole," one Twitter user posted, showing a photo of the trail he was exploring on his mountain bike.
"#NZHellhole disastrous morning: favourite café had sold out of my favourite cake, so I had to settle for a perfectly warmed berry Danish with my coffee while watching families & friends walk, cycle, scoot, skateboard down the slightly less busy than normal road. Oh the humanity," another Kiwi Twitter user shared.
"Awful day here in the #NZHellhole. The Nelson Market was cancelled so had to get fresh-baked bread and organic sausages from the Farmers' Market instead. Off for a stroll in native bush this afternoon and maybe go to a movie. O the tyranny of this jackbooted regime," another New Zealander posted.
"The pattern in my flat white was not very detailed," another Twitter user sarcastically complained.
