Clicked thru to your New Zealand photos from a link on dpreview.com. Nice shots. Just thought I'd point out a small error. The aerial photo of the mountain you have in your 1st South Island photo called "Mt Ruapeho" is actually Mount Egmont (Maori name Taranaki) and it is in the North Island. Here's a link about it:
http://www.skimountaineer.com/ROF/ROF.php?name=Taranaki