When I left readers in Part Two of this odyssey around New Zealand and Australia, I was talking about the zealous fruit police and canines in Zed. The best way to see both countries is by a combination of ship and bus tour. The cruise that we took can be replicated by similar cruises on Holland America, Royal Caribbean, and Princess.As we left Zed’s Picton headed across the Tasman Sea, we gathered our thoughts about New Zealand. Much of the country is pastoral, orderly, and quite pleasing to the eye. Traveling around by bus, you see tidy houses, huge herds of sheep and cattle, timber farms, very well utilized land, kiwi plots, wineries, graceful coves, brilliant flowers, fruit stands with the most glorious, juicy, crispy, and crunchy apples and pears-everywhere a prosperous looking, lush and lavish countryside and a sturdy yeomanry. Or perhaps to be politically correct we should say yeofolks or yeoguys.Even the dogs seem unusually happy and friendly. One big, lovable honey-colored golden retriever insisted on clambering aboard the bus with us, and I think he would be in the States with me now, by my side, if his mistress hadn’t dragged him away. An American urban pit…