Thank-you all. I have now posted the first part of the New Zealand trip if anyone is interested.

Thank you Carrom! Will read your report on NZ. Wife and I went to Tahiti, did a cruise through the islands and then headed to OZ and NZ for a few weeks. We are looking to go back and make Auckland our home base and hopefully travel to Samoa and Tonga and if time and money permits maybe the Cook Islands again. Again thanks for your excellent report can't wait to go!

Please do write your next one; I've enjoyed this thread.
Alan

Thanks! I will be posting our US/Mexico trip report soon. Less exotic but great trip all the same.