i live in the north Island (also known as the 'winterless north' cos it doesnt snow where I am)
If I want snow need to go further south. Ive not been skiing but I have snowboarded. There are two main skifields one is on a volcano in the middle of the north Island and the other is in the South Island on the southern alps in a tourist town called Queenstown
Surfing there are many surf beaches on the west coast, the most famous being Piha which is not far from. where I am. But I am definitely not a surfie... haha
If you wanted to live somewhere that had a mountain to ski on AND surf beaches then Taranaki would be the place but youd be far way from everything else. And race relations are not the greatsest there ( small towns, small minds)
it amazes me that people think they can just up sticks and move to a new country and not really care about their family and friends left behind but people do it often without blinking and expect the host country to cater to them when in all likelihood there will be little land supply left to build a flash new house for you and you will have to learn new customs not expect everyone to cater to you, it will be a lot of hard work, and even if you bring a billion dollars into the country just cos you can, doesnt mean people will accept you. (one money launderer did that and built his own compound, apparently nz is host to rich criminals now) but if you want to pick apples, teach, or work in restaurants for low pay you can.