Sam Blair is used to the chill of a winter night in Lake Tekapo. Standing in the cold is part of his job."Milky Way season runs May through 'til, like, October, for the world. For us in New Zealand, that's our winter."It's the longest and darkest nights, so not only is it the best time of year to look at the Milky Way... the Southern Hemisphere is the best part of the world to do it," he told Country Life.Follow Country Life on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart or wherever you get your podcasts.A view of the night sky captured at Lake Tekapo.SuppliedLake Tekapo in the Mackenzie Basin enjoys particularly starry night skies, a result of both its climate and efforts in the town to reduce light pollution, which earned it a Dark Sky qualification in 2012.The area makes for great stargazing, which