I definitely appreciate it. I'm used to 18+ hour flights, so no problem there. I, however, tend to stand my ground and fight, even if the odds are against me, so if I were to have a need for a visa to anywhere, I'd be very upset at myself.
While I've never been in the region, I have always had a thing for what I've seen of New Zealand (no knock on Australia, I just had a bad incident with Crocodile Dundee II that I've never overcome).
