Starting from Wellington I crossed on the ferry to the South Island and drove to Christchurch, down to Dunedin and on to Invercargil, then back up to Milford Sound & up the West coast to Nelson & back to Picton.
Then up through Masterton, to Napier & around East Cape to the Coramandel, then up through Auckland to Whangarei to Kaitaia & 90 mile beach. Then down the west coast back to Auckland, to Hamilton & Raglan and around Mt Taranaki via the coast to Wanganui and back to Wellington.
The trip took 11 days.