New Zealand: Clothing Packing List for Spring-->Summer

Clothes for two months in New Zealand.

Packing correctly is a fundamental component of a good trip. I have about 10 different "base" packing lists that I have developed, depending on the trip, but all of those packing lists regard trekking, rather than backpacking. To clarify the difference: trekking is carrying all your supplies on your back through the mountains and backpacking is carrying most of your supplies on your back through the city. This is something new for me.

For now, I am only going to address the clothing. This covers 52 days (about 2 months) in New Zealand as it moves from Spring to Summer. The weather for the first 10 days is supposed to be rainy and hover around 62 degrees Fahrenheit. It should warm up near the end of the trip, so I'm designing this to be versatile with many layers. I am also expecting to be spending quite a bit of time outdoors, hopefully doing multi-day treks. Much of the gear that I am bringing is gear that I have gathered over the years and is gear that I have taken on to long back country trips. I trust it.

• 2 Technical Jackets
• Patagonia's NanoAir- a technical synthetic down jacket that can be worn as a sweater or if I am sweating, but the air temperature is cold, remains effective when wet, breathable
• Patagonia's Super Cell- a technical rain jacket
• 1 set of Pajama
• REI's Lightweight Quarter Zip Shirt- from early 2000s, pajama shirt, doubles as long underwear, light
• REI's Lightweight Long Underwear Bottoms- from early 2000s, pajama pants, doubles as long underwear, light
• 2 fast dry T shirts-
• Target's athletic T
• Lucy's Workout T- amazing amazing amazing, can sweat in it and then wear with skirt
• 1 nice tank- for going out or not looking sweaty
• 3 long sleeve shirts-
• O'Neil Rashguard- doubles as base layer, fast dry, swimming
• Patagonia's Capilene Midweight Zipneck- doubles as sweater, base layer
• Cardigan that matches with all my other outfit
• 2 dresses-
• Prana's Rebecca Dress- can't go wrong with a built in sports bra
• Prana's Nadia Dress- walking around in cold weather, wool (fast dry, smells good, easy to wash, warm)
• 2 tank tops
• Lululemon's Power Y Tank- amazing, from 2010, works for everything, built in bra
• Patagonia's Cordilisse Tank- built in bra
• 2 shorts
• 1 skirt- goes with both tank tops and one of the T shirts
• 2 pants
• Patagonia's Happy Hike Pants- the best pants I have ever bought, plays the role of "nice pants", "yoga pants", and "hiking pants", black
• Patagonia's Men's Duck Pants- the second best pants I have ever bought, amazingly comfortable, durable, work pants, warm, can fit base layers underneath, doesn't scrunch fat when you sit down
• 2 Leggings
• Prana's Black Clover Capri- looks decent, awesome for sweating
• Target Leggings that I have used since 2012 in sub-zero temperatures
• 5 socks
• 2 wool
• 2 athletic
• 1 warm, bed socks
• 1 swimsuit
• Patagonia's Reversible Tuhuata Top
• Patagonia's Reversible Telu Bottom
• 1 red bandanna- for washing face, potential first aid usage, pee rag
• 1 neck gator- used for neck or head
• 1 baseball hat
• 3 shoes
• Vasque's Breeze 2.0 GTX- for hiking long distances and working with livestock/outdoors
• Merrell's WhisperLink Sandal- sandal with no toe strap, can add socks to make warm, looks good, comfortable walking shoe
• Vans' tennis shoe- midground between hiking boot and sandal