Visiting New Zealand, suggestions??

Question

I want to visit New Zealand (and preferably do and externship there - I am a vet student). Any suggestions about towns to visit??

Answer 1

I traveled practically the whole country and highly recommend the Northland, Mount Cook area and Queenstown for sure.  

Answer 2

.. try to post in the New Zealand category!

It's like putting Canada in USA and there is an ocean between Australia and New Zealand....:)

Answer 3

Any tourists should try to minimize their length of stay in Auckland - concentrate on seeing the South Island. Theres a nice place called Hamner Springs near Christchurch, its truly magical.

About your vet externship, there is a city of about 98,000 people called "Palmerston North" in the lower North Island, about 2 hours drive from Wellington on the southern tip of the North Island. Theres a university called Massey there, it has the only dedicated vet school in New Zealand.