LANCE: On a personal level I have felt so 'at home' here. Awesome landscape, low-rise architecture, friendly people with an apparently healthy relationship with the Maori people (the British have left less of a negative legacy in NZ than they did in Australia!), a passion for rugby, and great meat! Have even come to love the accent. Unsurprisingly the culture shock wasn't apparent - European settlers came here in the 1840s (voluntarily this time!) many of whom w...

CLARE: It wouldn’t be true to say there has been no culture shock coming to Australia. To see so many white faces, to have left behind the petite frames of the Asians, to hear English all round us and be back in a Western culture was a shock, and we immediately, and have continued to, miss Asia. So, what have we been up to in the last 6 weeks? We had a fantastic week with relatives ... all made us feel so welcome and at home. We based with Vernon & Niki ...