Originally Posted by
dojetdriver
Well, when I wrote it, I didn't mean to imply that Maori people are ALL fat. What I meant was, it doesn't matter if they are Anglo, Maori, Tongon, Samoan, Fijian, whatever. The amount of females that were a little "husky" surprised me. Especially compared to Europe, Canada, and South America. And yep, I know that there are plenty of "large" women in the US as well. Like I said, I was surprised when I went there, relative to other parts of the world I have been.
And yep, it is a great county. As far as the other guy's comment about the carving. I'm sure it's seen as a very "touristy" thing to do. But the cultural center at Rotorua is a must see.
Well, there's no denying that there's been a progressive brain drain from NZ in the last decade. "A lot" (somewhere around 500,000) of NZ'ers have moved overseas to live (mainly in Australia) due better work opportunities and income. I'm not sure when you last visited, as you didn't say, but I've been out of the country for about 7 years now; so things might have changed a bit from how it used to be when I lived there.