I was in your country for about 6 months and my brother lives there in West Auckland. Great country - the place is a big playground
What part you from???
Im From ashburton which is in the South Island. I am a 45 minute drive south of christchurch. Our county is where part of lord of the rings was filmed that was pretty out of it Im think im quite lucky really as NZ fishkeeping is a small market compared to many overseas countries and the fishkeeping community is always in the know with what is going on, so it is not hard to find that fish that your looking for. Plus it is cheap to fly between Islands so a weekend trip to the north is never out of the question

It is one big Playground with all the adventure thrill seeking events to do.