Aha, the person who got my preferred screen name before I did!

My wife and I spent our honeymoon in New Zealand. While we were only there for two weeks, I can say that there are few places I can think of that offer so many different outdoor adventures packed into such a small place. Stunning scenery, good wine, good food, great tramping (what they call hiking), sea kayacking, fishing, sailing, hunting (most game has no hunting seasons, as all the big game animals are "invasive species"), climbing, etc. We seriously considered moving there we liked it so much!

People were friendly, dollar (US) was strong, beer was good. You'll have to learn to drive on the other side of the road, but we had no trouble circumnavigating the whole south island by car, and seeing a good bit of the north as well.

I don't know much about the aviation industry, but we encountered several helicopter pilots making a living shuttling tourists up onto the Fax and Franz Joseph Glaciers. No idea what kind of a living, but they seemed to enjoy it.

I'd jump at the chance to move there if I had a job offer!