It is a fundamental law of nature that if anyone has the gumption and cash to make a trip to New Zealand to visit his friends, as Gary has, it will rain in Auckland. All. Frigging. Day. It's fine if it rains in London when you arrive to sightsee there, because so much of the cool stuff is either indoors, or its gloomy splendour is actually enhanced by drizzle. But New Zealand is nearly all scenery! What's the point of scenery you can't see because of low cloud? Sigh.