Unspoiled paradise
New Zealand has remained extraordinarily unspoiled because of its unique evolution and location. This fortunate position created such exotic and rare life that New Zealand has been described as: ‘The nearest approach to life on another planet.’ *
It is the earth’s largest oceanic archipelago and also the most distant country from any continental land mass. Until the arrival of humans, it had the longest period of isolation of any non-polar land mass. This created the cleanest, purest air and water you can experience.
* Jared Diamond, (American evolutionary biologist and author)
*From: New Zealand as an Archipelago: An International Perspective in Ecological Restoration of New Zealand Islands, Conservation Sciences Publications, No. 2, Department of Conservation, Auckland, 1990, pgs 3-8