Big and beautiful scenery almost everywhere you turn - "jaw-dropping" and "mind-boggling" are well used terms but in all fairness they are quite appropriate. See some of the views...
Superb food whether you are eating in a little café in the back of beyond, one of the country's finest city centre restaurants or at your accommodation...
Animals and plants that you will see nowhere else on Earth and an opportunity to make a real difference by helping to conserve them. Visit Tiritiri Matangi, Kapiti Island and Ulva Island.
Genuinely friendly people who will take the time to talk to you.
A very British sense of humour.
Just about no traffic on the roads outside of the bigger towns and cities and not an M6 or M25 in sight - a five hour drive in New Zealand is an absolute pleasure with a different view around every corner.
For many of us, a rare opportunity to enjoy a real sense of space, peace and solitude – New Zealand is roughly the same size as the UK but has only 7% of the population and even then nearly a third of them live in Auckland.
To feel part of the place even though you are as far from home as you can get.
And once you have come home, you are certain to feel the pull to go back one day.