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Been to Mt John many years ago, it's no big deal frankly. Lake Tekapo is only an overnight fleapit for teenagers wanting to drink till dawn on the way to/from the snow.
If you want to do some stargazing in a very dark site, stay a night at the Mt Cook Heritage resort - they have a 12" dob which they will set up on the nearby airstrip. It is one of the darkest sites I've been at for a long time, and the scope is OK - but BYO eyepieces as the guy running it is not really a stargazer and only has one 26mm UWA when I was there last weekend. Thanks to the ranges surrounding it on 3 sides at night the air is dead calm, though cold - you'll need to dress in ski gear to stay warm outside at night there.
By day, Mt Cook is a far more interesting place than Tekapo, and the family/significant other will love it.
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