oh well, pity. when you do get here make sure to come in the warmer months, because even though it's not really too cold right now in the North island, the South island in winter is both beautiful and a little bit dangerous with the ice on the roads. Winter doesn't seem to be that bad this year though. we didn't have that great of a summer this year with the sun hiding behind rain clouds for most days, so hopefully this year it will be better.
yeah well, it's expensive for us as well to travel anywhere but Australia and the pacific islands. doesn't help at that the biggest ocean in the world (Pacific ocean) seperates the U.S and NZ