Meanwhile our trip to New Zealand is finished, and many pictures were taken, as well as some travel news (see below - only in German). As we now know where we've been to, here an up-to-date version of our travel route:
 

South Island:

8 March: Landing in Christchurch

9 March: Trip to Akaroa (Banks Peninsula)
10/11 March: Kaikoura
12 March: Hanmer Springs
13/14 March: Punakaiki (Paparoa National Park)
15-17 March: Abel Tasman National Park
18 March: Picton

North Island:

19 März: Wellington
20/21 March: Mount Taranaki
22/23 March: Waitomo Caves
24-27 March: Rotorua
28/29 March: Hahei (Coromandel Peninsula)
30/31 March: Auckland
1 April: Flying from Auckland to Melbourne (AUS)