"Is there any other country that lingers -- year after year -- at the top of so many travelers' wish lists? Just mention the name and you get a lot of you-lucky-dog looks and I've-always-wanted-to-go-there sighs. But the flight is endless and expensive, they complain. The seasons are flip-flopped and it takes an act of algebra to figure out the time difference. All true. After all, it is just one stop short of the South Pole.
"But having just gone through all that for a mere nine-day visit, I say this: Go. Find the money. Damn the distance. Make the time. If you do, here's a near warranty: New Zealand will go from being the place you most wanted to visit to the best place you've ever been.
The Washington Post
“The Best Place on Any Earth” by Steve Hendrix