Thanks for that Koru. I was hoping that was the case.

I never made it up to Auckland on my trip. I ended up being hosted by a really nice young family in CHC. They lent me their car and I did a really nice long drive down near Wanaka and Queenstown. Thankfully, the whole time I was there the weather was amazing. The skiing was incredible too. We got about 30cm of new snow and then bright blue skies. I've been told my first ski trip to NZ was not what I should always expect though ; )