They tell me NZ is one special place to visit and the scenery is beautiful. Must visit to take photos of the landscapes. Reminds me a bit of BC back in Canada. However, I came to Australia to get away from the cold climate in Canada. Look at how depressed they get during those long winters. The Kiwis have a mild climate but a bit too cool for me.
It's not that cold on the West coast. It was much more depressing and miserable in Ontario, that's for sure. As long as you can tolerate the rain and the changing of all 4 seasons in one day, it's not so bad. Only snowed here once or twice at most this winter.
I don't know if you know, but apparently it was 28 degrees out East a couple days ago. Here on the West coast, there were massive wind storms. Saw a dude with a 15 foot branch sticking through the front windshield on the passenger side thank goodness. Pulled over and motioned to my cell phone, he pointed to his. I gave him a curious thumbs up and he gave me the thumbs up too. Dude was lucky he didn't get impaled that morning!