Twenty-plus hours of actual in-air time might be worth sunrise over the Southern Alps

Look forward to seeing our students soon, and hope they remember to not watch movies all night == get just a wee bit of sleep on the plane. 
: )
Arrived Friday to sunshine (which the Kiwis say has been elusive for weeks) and negative two degrees C.  Not too bad coming from a heat index of 100 degrees F.  You can do the conversions here, http://www.wbuf.noaa.gov/tempfc.htm