Everything we're reading is pointing to a lot of time in NZ. Do you think 4 months would be too much? We could take a cargo ship Jan 29th to NZ, getting there Feb 4 (Auckland). We'd then have until May 20th to kill in NZ. Quite doable? It doesn't look like such a big territory but I guess there really is a lot to explore in a small space. We have family there too to visit.