Been planning it out a little more (in reality, the moment I hope on the bike it'll just be which ever way I feel like) but the trip is more or less going to be:

May 17th - Tauranga to Napier (start - est 5 hours)
- Leave Tauranga
- Rotorua
- Taupo
- Napier (stay overnight)

May 18th - Napier to Masterton (est 5 hours)
- Leave Napier
- Waipawa
- Wimbledon
- Porangahau
- Castlepoint
- Masterton (stay overnight)

May 19th - Masterton to Nelson (est 8 hours - including ferry)
- Leave Masterton
- Upper Hutt
- Wellington
- Ferry trip
- Picton
- Nelson (stay overnight)

May 20th - Nelson to Greymouth (est 5 hours)
- Leave Nelson
- Motueka
- Woodstock (gotta stop here!)
- Richmond
- Saint Arnaud
- Westport
- Greymouth (stay overnight)

May 21st - Greymouth to Haast (est 5 hours)
- Leave Greymouth
- Hokitika
- Ross
- Harihari
- Franz Josef Glacier
- Fox Glacier
- Haast (stay overnight)

May 22nd - Haast to Queenstown (est 4 hours)
- Leave Haast
- Makarora
- Wanaka
- Cardrona
- Queenstown (stay overnight )

May 23rd - Queenstown to Invercargil (est 4 hours)
- Leave Queenstown
- Athol
- Lumsden
- Waihoaka
- Invercargil (stay overnight)

May 24th - Invercargil to Oamaru (est 4 hours)
- Leave Invercargil
- Waikawa
- Owaka
- Balclutha
- Dunedin
- Palmerston
- Oamaru (stay overnight)

May 25th - Oamaru to Waipara (est 4 hours)
- Leave Oamaru
- Timaru
- Ashburton
- Christchurch
- Waipara (stay overnight)

May 26th - Waipara to Nelson (est 5 hours)
- Leave Waipara
- Cheviot
- Kaikoura
- Blenheim
- Nelson (stay overnight)

May 28th - Nelson to Waikanae Beach (est 7 hours - including ferry)
- Leave Nelson
- Picton
- Ferry trip
- Wellington
- Waikanae Beach (stay overnight)

May 29th - Waikanae Beach to New Plymouth (est 5 hours)
- Leave Waikanae Beach
- Foxton
- Bulls
- Wanganui
- Patea
- Hawera
- Stratford
- New Plymouth (stay overnight)

May 30th - New Plymouth to Cambridge (est 5 hours)
- Leave New Plymouth
- Waitara
- Mokau
- Te Kuiti
- Otorohanga
- Kihikihi
- Cambridge

May 31st - Cambridge to Kaitaia (est 7 hours)
- Leave Cambridge
- Hamilton
- Bombay
- BP outside Auckland
- Whangarei
- Kaitaia (stay overnight)

June 1st - Cape Reinga and North Cape (day trip)

June 2nd - Kaitaia to Tauranga (est 8 hours)
- Leave Kaitaia
- Whangarei
- Bombay
- Tauranga

Most of the time is going to be spent in the South Island - already seen heaps of the North Island, but none of the South. Funny as though - I'm not usually this organized with planning stuff! Probably good to have some sort of idea/baseline where I'm going - at least while I'm starting!

Dad's 60th is on the 31st of May, so that's really my only main date to meet (though I doubt he would mind if I turned up a day late - probably going to be looking scruffy as!)