South Island is gorgeous - did a whistle stop visit to all the obvious places before we moved back to oz and sadly the only things i remember about wellington are that big 'beehive' building and the bloody wind!
Taranaki really was gorgeous and the ridiculously picture postcard view from the place we were in was brilliant to wake up too - wouldn't mind having another look one day soon
Until I moved to Melbourne, Wellington was my favourite city. The Museum of New Zealand really is quite incredible, and on a nice day, nothing beats Wellington Harbour. But I'm enough of a Wellingtonian to define "a nice day" as winds below about 90km/h and only a faint drizzle.
I often think of moving back, but at this stage, it suits me far too much to be in Melbourne.