by Jenese James ITNJ Aotearoa Chapter/Council New Zealand, Aotearoa, pronounced A-o-tea-ah-row-ah by the Indigenous Maori, land of the long white cloud, or land of first light, more commonly known as middle earth thanks to Local filmmaker Sir Peter Jackson. Two tiny islands in the southern hemisphere, jewels between two oceans, far from the maddening crowds and the growing discontent of the rest of world. Hidden down under Australia, and with a population of only 4.5 million and growing; a melting ...

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