[GrayCat]

Looking for recommendations...

I saw the 'NZ in 12 days(N&S)' thread - can you expand on that for 1 month of travel? Also, I'll be going solo and still haven't figured out mode of travel. Thanks!

[Penguin]

The NZ in two weeks itinerary that I posted in another thread is fairly rushed and you could do the same itinerary spending longer in each place.

Alternatively, you could go to a few places that I missed such as Nelson, Northland (the area north of Auckland) or the southern bit of the South Island (which includes Dunedin and Te Anau). If you stuck to the two-week itinerary and added Nelson and either Northland (in summer) or Dunedin and Te Anau (in winter) you still may have time to do one of the Great Walks.

I've included the original two-week itinerary here:
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>NORTH ISLAND
(fly into Auckland)
Auckland (2-3 nights)
Waitomo caves
Rotorua (2 night)
Taupo
Napier (1 night)
Wellington (2-3 nights)

SOUTH ISLAND
Picton (1 night)
Marlborough wine region or Nelson
Greymouth or Hokitika
Franz Josef or Fox Glacier (1 night)
Queenstown (3 nights)
Mt Cook
Akaroa (1 night)
Christchurch (1 nights)
(fly out of Christchurch)
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>