Asphodel wrote:I heard New Zealand does get pretty warm in the summer, though. I know in the mid-east it's dead hot in the summer, and dead cold in the winter.
Ha... not that much room for mid-easts and such... not even the size of a state in the US...
But as it goes, the weather changes an awful lot. For example, last summer (at the end of last year) was really wet. It takes a while for temperatures to get up.
As for the mid-east... well the middle of the country in more or less the Cook Strait... going east from there would pretty much lead you into the Pacific Ocean... and I've know idea how hot that is!
It's really interesting actually, the South Island's West Coast is by far the wettest place, it's 'soaking' down there... Yet only half an island down it's boiling hot and sunny, with regular 31 degree temperatures...
And even further down in Southland by the fjords it's freezing and gets down to negatives...
In the North Island, particularly in Auckland, the biggest city, the weather is extremely unpredictable. Best to bring a bit of everything going there...