O
kay, you've been to
the stunning Kara-
ka Sales Centre and
you've bought a cou-
ple of yearlings to
race in Australia, so
now it's time to in-
vestigate one of the world's most beautiful
and untouched lands: New Zealand.
Nau mai, haere mai ki Aotearoa! Greetings
and welcome to the Land of the Long White
Cloud.
Swallowed vowels and the laidback vibe
(shoes optional) might lull you into thinking
that Kiwis (= New Zealanders, as well as that
green fruit with the furry skin) are a bunch of
easy-going, unambitious, nice guys happy
to live quietly in their own slice of paradise
three hours east of Sydney and a 13-hour
flight from LA Airport.
Don't be fooled. Just Google Phar Lap,
Tulloch & Sunline for equine examples of
elite Kiwis.
From the human species: Lorde – the
Grammy Award-winning singer-songwrit-
er; Richard Pearse – the pioneering pilot
