Look at the ALPI Aviation Pioneer -300, various variants.
www.alpiaviation.com
I have one of the early 'cooking standard' models, low wing, like the Cherokee, 2 'normal' adults, overnight gear ( male ! ) 4 hrs fuel, retractable gear, variable prop. ( not CSU ) 130 kts.
The Tecnam range are good too, also the Czech SportCruiser, but the ALPI looks and flies like a ' real' aeroplane.
The SportCruiser might now be my choice, but it is built for the U.S. LSA market of 600 Kg AUW, so is a bit restricted in our NZ 544 Kg environment.
Trouble with the Microlight / Rotax market in NZ is that it is largely populated by the engineering 'enthusiast' market, whereas there are plenty of opportunities to get Cessna, Piper, Lycoming work done, so the Skycatcher might have an edge if you just want to fly the beast and not pull it apart yourself.