We're all going on a summer holiday

Given my annoyance at missing the world cup, I decided to go and find something to cheer me up. It's easy to pick out the negative things about living on the other side of the planet, so I thought I'd equalise things out a bit and tell you something about the good things about living in New Zealand, and as it turns out isn't actually about New Zealand.
Off to the travel agents we pop, now where can we go that's in our budget, maybe a nice day trip to the suburbs of Auckland? Perhaps a weekend away to Wellington, even maybe a trip up to north to the Bay of Islands?
The window is full of tropical destinations, Tonga, Samoa, Fiji, Cook Islands, Tahiti and other paradises. Ahh we can but dream, these places are reserved for the rich and famous, get away destinations where the cameras can't follow, the kind of luxury only real A listers can afford and only on a very very special occasions or so you would think. And perhaps if you were living in Britain this would be the reality, afterall it costs thousands to go to Tahiti. Well it doesn't if you live 3 hours on the plane away from it. Oh yes, just booked our flights to Tahiti for Jules's Birthday(Nov 1st) for a staggering $400, which works out about 133 pounds, or something stupid like that.
I used to brag at Uni that I could travel to America for less than it costs me to get back home to Shetland, and now it goes and turns out I can go to Tahiti for half the price..grrr.
All we have to do now is find a camping alternative to spending 1000 pound a night on the luxury hotels!