Jeff made a color coded map of our New Zealand travel route, starting on the South Island at Christ Church through Picton, where the Ferry is.  Each color is a separate day. although sometimes we backtracked so they overlap. We started on the East Coast of the south Island, headed South, then West, then North and East, then did the upper part last.

The second map, of the North Island, starts at Wellington, where the ferry lands, goes north to Cape Reinga and then backtracks south, ending at Auckland. From there we flew to Sydney and Perth Australia to spend Christmas/ New Years week with our daughter and her family.

The first map is the South Island. Be sure to go to the separate page titled New Zealand-December 2015 . The blog posts are categorized by New Zealand, then either North or South Island and I have tried to add the day number of our trip so you can try and keep them in order.

Each post has links (in green) for more information.

I hope you get to go yourself someday. It has been the most wonderful place I have experienced so far.

Also, if you are looking to rent a Spaceship, go to Spaceship