Ribena,
For an insight into life in NZ, check out bjkeates' blog here:
http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/bjkeates/
Although there are quite a few CTC-ers blogging, Ben's is the most detailed when it comes to writing about his flying antics. Most of the others are heavier on the pictures and lighter on the writing.
Hopefully, ben's blog will make you want to get on CTC even more, but you'll soon realise how fluid the scheduling is given the variability of NZ's weather. All down to some big bloke with a beard. And I don't mean Michael Fish.