youl love it mate,,, especialy having your bro there,,,cheap lodgings.lol,, taupo is a nice town as well,,, back when i went it was 3 dollers to the pound,,, not as good now,,,, spent a few hours, in the gunshop there,,big shop as well,, bending the ears of the asistant with questions about hunting,,lol,, i bet he was fecking fed up with me... im not a fisherman,,, but apart from lake taupo,,, evrywhere in N,Z is free to fish apparantly , or perhaps thats just rivers,, you just buy a rod licence,, and away you go