Auckland, New Zealand
Kia Ora means hello in Maori, the language of the indigenous people of New Zealand.
A plane flight brought us from Tonga to Auckland where we planned to spend a week or two with friends before returning to the US for a little while.
Right up front we want to make something clear about New Zealand. It’s not like we’ve ever claimed to be completely objective in reporting to you our findings during our wanderings of the world. Though we do our best to see things from different angles and explore the cultures that produce different ways of thought from our own we also understand that we are outsiders looking in and we may not grasp everything we see in all its minutia. We are human after all. Overall though we do our best to at least give you multiple points of view. This was very difficult for us to accomplish in New Zealand for one key reason:
New Zealand is about the most awesome country we’ve ever visited in our entire lives.
