THE CLEAREST SKY ON EARTH

“Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star…” The words of the 19th century English lullaby could have been written by someone gazing at a New Zealand sky!!

New Zealand is geographically the most isolated country in the world. It takes 12 hours to fly across the vast Pacific Ocean to reach the east coast of the USA. It also takes 12 hours to travel north to the Asian mainland. It is around 26 hours flying time to Europe.

It’s not surprising that the three islands that make up this little country were the last to be inhabited by humans. read more