My G/f and I covered the same areas but we did it 9 weeks and it was pretty rushed. No way you could do all those places without running from place to place and missing lots of cool stuff. We loved NZ and I highly reccomend Taupo and Rotarua if you are interested in hiking, rafting, skydiving, bungee, caving etc etc. We did all of those and had a blast.
Definetly agree with others recommending Siem Riep and Angkor Wat, it was definetly worth the trip to Cambodia even though I got deathly ill while we were in another part of the country, Phnom Phen. We stayed at a nicer place in Siem Riep that was about 80 bucks a night because I still wasnt feeling tip top that was really nice, beautiful pool, great food, really relaxed; Maison De Angkor. Two or three days is plenty to see the best of Angkor and not get too templed out.
Overall I dont think you can really do justice to Aus/NZ/Thailand/cambodia etc in a month, might be best just doing Aus/NZ, maybe could get to Bali too for 4-5 days but SE Asia and Aus/NZ in that time would be really rushed IMHO.
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