Originally Posted by Dood

It's been quite a while, but I spent two weeks driving around the North Island in the spring (late Nov.) and it was beautiful. The only "tourist" spots I went to were Rotorua, which has lots of native Maori cultural stuff & lots of geothermal activity, and the glow worm caves in Waitomo.

Other than that I just enjoyed the beautiful scenery and meeting lots of friendly people.