If the tour is for 12/2/07 ( Sunday) then Carol and I are definitely interested. We arrive AKL on 12/29 and plan to drive to the Rotorua area and stay for the nights of 12/29 and 12/30. We would be driving back to AKL on 12/1 arriving sometime during the day. So that means a tour like you are talking about would only work for us on 12/2. We would be up for a 4, 6 hour tour and one that primarily concentrates on AKL. While the sheep farm would be neat we have seen them before and not long ago so would prefer not to spend that much time to do that. Ngaire's point about the dinner on 1/2 is also a good one and would want to be back in time to freshen up before dinner.