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Leave it until March or later if you can, for longer nights, especially if you go south. Weather is more settled in Autumn too and still nice enough to do the tourist thing. Nowhere in NZ will have good astro weather guaranteed. Seeing is good less often than in Australia. Agree with Brent, Central South Island is best for Astro. Either the MacKenzie Basin or Central Otago with a slight advantage for the former. Uluru has great skies but no Aurora. In OZ you'll find pristine skies in many areas but have to travel far to get to them. In NZ it's less travel but lower chance of good astro weather. Take your pick.
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