New Zealand

 

Newest Review: ... rivers, wineries, orchards and a strong and vibrant art and craft community. Heaven! Like the rest of New Zealand it has survived on exports, and in the early days the country pioneered frozen storage and transportation of sheep and beef products to the 'Mother-land' or `The Home Country', being England. This continues today with the Nelson Port being one of the busiest in the South Pacific Rim. Nowadays, it exports seafood, apples and other more specialist lines like MDF building panels,to the world. Colonial life was a huge challenge for both men and women and it's that sort of hardiness which has seen the nation evolve to enhance a cu... more