Listen, don`t knock it. 3 weeks without rain and its a drought, then local government threaten us with water shortages et al.
As for the leather, any car Marque will have something thats very good. Try leather food. A local DIY place will sell upholstery wipes, the leather ones.
As for the weather, south island NZ gets more rain than us. Not to knock NZ, but there is an area in Norway or Denmark that has rain 2 out 3 ever days all year. That's when its not snowing.
John.
