I just posted a few pics in the gallery of my 3 1/2 weeks down in NZ.
We did 2 of the "Great Walks" on the southern island: "Old Ghost Road" (which is a fairly new one) and the "Heaphy Track" (a bit too crowded for my liking, but beautiful trail.
Then we had a change in plans because of a huge storm that was hitting the deep south so flew up to the north island and did the "Around the Mountain" track in Tungoriro National Park (center of north island) and that joins into the "Northern Circuit" which is a "Great Walk" but super crowded because it was in the movie; "Lord of the Rins" as Mount Doom apparantlly. In 3 days on the "Around the Mountain" track, we saw 6 other hikers, in 1 1/2 days on the "Northern Circuit" hike, we saw at least 500!
Anyway, it was a great 3 1/2 weeks and we travelled by foot, bus, train, airplane, and except for being quite expensive, it is a great country with the friendliest people I've ever met.