Hi,
Sorry forgot to say.
I found it useful to look at the satellite images of the area where the plots are advertised.
You can often see where the plot is and what's near by.
Saves going there first !

On my links page, under "Pictures & Maps".

In the Canterbury region I'd recommend:

[quote:af15377e25]For the Canterbury region (with colour aerial photos).
http://www.ecan.govt.nz/Mapping/gis-mapping.html[/quote:af15377e25]
Cheers

Steve