The slaughter was pretty awesome. As it turns it was The Crusaders versus The Lions or something, which I think is a bit like The Rolled-Up Newspapers versus The Cockroaches in terms of fairness among mascots.
New Zealand's ok I guess. Haven't seen too much of it in the months we've been here, but it's pretty expensive and boring, especially if you're not into, like, nature. Instead of staying a full year we might head to China sooner than we thought and tack Cuba and South America onto the end of the trip. We can stay pretty much for free with friends and relatives there so it may be cool.