You can never do wrong with traveling in a varied country like New Zealand – as long as you are picking the right traveling date. New Zealand is on the opposite side of the World which means if you want to leave the beautiful rainy Ireland in December/January you will have your second summer vacation in New Zealand at this Time and travel on a budget. But never forget that it supposed to rain on 9 days a month (Luckily, I had only one rainy day in 6 weeks traveling...).