My sister and I stayed for 2 weeks here in New Zealand and had the trip if a lifetime! We were able to get around fairly easily without renting a car by walking to town, and to the bus stop to get us to the mountain to do some skiing.
Craig and Margaret were excellent and check in with us to make sure we has everything we needed (she even offered to take us to the grocery store because she has to go so we went along).
Loved the views- they were spectacular.