What reason would you give for someone to visit New Zealand?

Question

Would it be for the fjords, the "summer ski - ing", (well to an English man any way!), the Maori culture or what?

Please submit your views on the uniqueness of your country and its essence and culture.

What, in your opinion makes New Zealand special?

Answer 1

Everything! There are modern cities teaming with all the familiarities of the "Western World", yet just a few minutes away, you can find a refuge among the almost frozen-in-time Maori villages. Aside from the anthropological reasons, New Zealand is famous for its natural beauty. From its isolation, it sprouted unique flora and fauna. One prime example is the national symbol, the Kiwi (a flightless bird). Its location also lends itself to spectacular landscapes born of the region's geothermic activity. A major difference between NZ and places like America or Europe, is the overall friendliness and acceptance of the locals. From the moment you arrive, you not only know, but you feel,that this place is a home-away from-home.

Answer 2

Its cheap to visit New Zealand and its where Lord of the Rings was filmed.

Answer 3

In my opinion, it's the availability of a baffling range of natural spectacles in a relatively small space that's making New Zealand so special.

The country is merely about the size of Italy,and has about the same population as Norway - yet, it's full of stuff you'd have to traverse the entire US, Scandinavia, and Europe for in order to see the same sights and do the same things.

It's a bit like a scale model of the rest of the world, really.

Even when you live here, you get to benefit from this.

I've just driven the 12 miles to town from my village in Otago to do some errands,  and have managed to see spectacular scenery with mountains and ocean, spotted a seal in the bay from my car, and am about to bottle some of the world's cleanest spring water on a mountain top in a few minutes here, right after paying for my session at the internet cafe.

You simply inhabit nature at its best in New Zealand.