[untog]

Irrespective of anything else, I had to laugh at the description of one of the most beautiful places in the planet as the "ass-end of the world".

[workinthehead]

Why? Asses can be beautiful. And it doesn't change the fact that NZ is about as remote as you can get.

[zinckiwi]

In the past decade or two, NZ's remoteness has seemed increasingly like a feature, not a bug.