Some of the Ski venues in New Zealand will be open to the end of October - such as Whakapapa and Turoa in the North Island are open until October 29th.
I get there just a little too late, so I will be waiting till the 2007 season, but if you are out there right now, [...]

I fly out to New Zealand on November 2nd - will be spending 2 nights in Hong Kong with a group of 27 other travellers - all going out on the BUNAC program. After that, 17 of us are off to Auckland, and the other 10 are Oz bound.
This site should see some more content [...]

Just created a lens on Squidoo - Backpacking in New Zealand. Drop me a line in the Comments if you have other links to suggest - please bear in mind this is a work in progress (just like this site)