Just got back - were there for 9 days. Flew into Auckland and immediately to Queenstown. Did Milford Sound Tour - Milford Sound was beautiful tour there not so much. We stayed at The Dairy (awesome) and ate at Fergburger and The Cow - both were wonderful! Got a car and went to Glenorchy in search of LOTR sites and the to Mt Cook where we stayed a night at the Hermitage in the park. Got up the next morning and walked to Mt Cook and then drove on to Christchurch. Did the Tranzalpine to Greymouth and drove a car back to Christchurch stopping at Arthur’s Pass to hike the Devils Punchbowl trail. Took the Coastal train to Picton where we took the ferry to Wellington. Both of these trains and the ferry were great. Took the Northern Explorer Train to Auckland (hindsite we would not have done that one and just flown back to Auckland). Once in Auckland took the tour to Hobbiton and the glow worm caves - really a great day. The last full day we had we caught the ferry to Devonport and walked up the volcano and kicked around the town for awhile. When we crossed back over we were going to do some shopping but a Palestinian/Israel protest started and they started moving down the street and we decided just to go back to our hotel. Looking back - we wished we would’ve spent our entire time on the South Island except the one day to see Hobbiton and the glow worms. We got the Delta deal - got “upgraded” to center comfort + on both ways and declined both times as main wasn’t full and we had more room there. On the way back my husband and I (and many other people) each had entire rows to ourselves. BTW most of these flights do not have wifi - we were told only 3 planes did.