Why New Zealand

Where else can you do this?

• Ride the steepest gondola in the Southern Hemisphere
• Hike Franz Josef Glacier
• Shear a sheep
• Take a boat ride on the Milford Sound
• Walk in a rainforest, Fiordland National Park
• Watch a live Canterbury Crusaders Super 14 rugby game
• Visit AJ Hackett Bungy, Queenstown
• Hold a kiwi
• Learn the haka, a traditional Maori war dance

Interesting Facts

• In New Zealand there are 4 million people and 34 million sheep.
• New Zealand is the home of Maori, Middle Earth, Narnia, and Xena.
• The Austrian National Ski Team regularly trains in Southern Alps of New Zealand.
• Sir Edmond Hillary, the first man to summit Mt Everest, is a New Zealander.
• New Zealand was the first country to allow women to vote.
• The Maori name for New Zealand is Aotearoa, which means "Land of the Long White Cloud."
• New Zealand's breathtaking landscape is featured in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
• Some of the world's finest wool can be found in New Zealand.
• In 2006, the three most important political positions in New Zealand were held by women.
• There is no tipping.
• Queenstown was voted the "sexiest place in New Zealand" in the Annual Durex Sex Survey
• New Zealand is actually 1,000 miles away from Australia, the distance between New York City and St. Louis.