Yay, NZ! Good one, Bath! Have you been before? My first time was 3 years ago and it was the south island, too. We caught the ski season and had a great time. I think you might like Christchurch I can't wait for our Nth Island trip over Christmas. You can fastrack a passport application for kiddies (well, for adults, too, if the trip is within two months of the application), so you should be ok. Maybe you could take a sling instead of your pram. ORI have that stroller my dad scored that I cleaned up - very light, compact and has a layback - would you like to take that? It will be much easier to travel with. We can do a mini meet and I take it in by train and take Oscar home in the HAB (like I did last time!!) and leave it with you? Or if you head up to the hills between now and then you can collect it here? You can always hire them over there, but this one's free and no-one's going to get a nose out of joint if something happens to it
I don't mind using pins on my terries, either! It does feel a bit old-fashioned, and that's nice. I couldn't resist the lure of snappis, so I got some of those, and the snaps I have are good, too. The pins aren't going anywhere - they're great to keep in my nappy bag, and I think DP deals with them better than the snappis and the snaps. Good idea, too, to use the plastic tie pants under pants - I've got fluffies that just get damp, but I also have some side tie pants that are useless on their own...might start using them for when the nappy covers are all in the wash!