I agree with rotorboy, Wanaka might be _too_ much fun...
I just did a couple of days of mountain flying with Simon Spencer-Bower at Wanaka Helicopters. (See my blog about it at
www.helinews.com.au.) An absolutely amazing place to fly and awesome people to fly with!
I did my training in the US, which had a lot of advantages, but I can't help but be a little jealous of people who train in NZ...