NZ ..... Here I come

Exactly 1 month from now and I will be heading for NZ again. Today I confirmed and paid for my tickets, so there is no way back. Ha, not that I want to cancel my trip anyways.I'll be leaving 16 oct and will travel via Japan. I have never been to Japan, so I thought it would be a great opportunity to do a short visit. Unfortunately my ticket does not allow making any stopovers, so I just have to do it with the 10 hour layover. I will be flying into Osaka and take a trip to Kyoto, from which I have heard it's a nice city. Then I will be heading for Auckland and probably fly straight on to Christchurch. I plan to stay there for a couple of days and then I will be heading south towards Stewart Island. Then back up to Christchurch to take the train and ferry to Wellington. Then I want to go to Napier, Rotorua and back to Auckland. Then I plan to stay in Auckland for about a week and then I don't know yet. It'll depend on the weather what I will be doing. I will return home 13 nov late evening, so I get back on the 14th, right on time for our Mega Quarterly that weekend. Only one more month .......