I did think about that, also Queenstown and Te Anau could be good locations, but i think Nelson region is more accessibly to hunters from both islands.
For someone like myself who lives in the north island, to travel to Southland would be a very expensive trip involving flights and transport, where as people would be more inclined to do a road trip down to wellington then get the ferry across. This way its within driving distance from most major centres.
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