Well finally nearly all my pics are up for NZ (Oz ones will go up when I have them on CD) There's just a few missing from NZ from Dunedin of the wildlife and Brett's Christchurch ones. Anyway NZ is def the best place I've been and I def want to go back one day. I could have easily stayed there longer and would recommend it to anyone.

My favourite days in NZ:

Dolphins at the Bay of Islands

Rotorua Volcano tour

Zorbing!

Walk along Huka Falls-Taupo

Montieth's Brewary, Greymouth

Kyacking in Franz Josef

Shotover Jet, Horses and Paragliding in Queenstown

Milford Sound

Elm Wildlife tour Dunedin.

I'd def recommend all those things to anyone and overall yes, I suppose the South Island does win but it's no where near as clear cut as most people woul;d have you believe!!!

My fav random things in NZ:

Writing road signs in the way you see them, eg give way has 'give' painted in the road before 'way' , so you read it in the order you see it.

No proper train lev el crossings: It's up to you to stop and look no barriers!

How laid back people are and how much the average person knows about landscape and geography

The diversity of the landscape- mountains, beaches, volcanoes etc etc

The utter and absolute hatred of possums!