I read up a bit on New Zealand.....apparently there are no snakes, crocs, anything really dangerous anything like that wandering around New Zealand. Only a couple spiders to look out for. Kind of surprising. Would've just assumed some of the Australian wildlife made it over there. That's good I guess....in some ways. Worry free rafting, climbing, swimming in the non-coastel areas. I think I'd still rather go someplace like Madagascar that is teeming with that kind of stuff before considering New Zealand though, but New Zealand is definitely moving up the mental travel list.