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When I stepped off the plane in Queenstown in December 2019, I had a strange mix of excitement and nerves. It was my second time in New Zealand, but this time was different. I wasn’t here for a year-long...

If you had told me a decade ago that I would one day call New Zealand home, I probably would have laughed. Growing up in Germany, my life was structured, familiar, and predictable. But sometimes, all it...

When I moved back to Queenstown in 2019, I was ready to embrace the adventure capital of New Zealand once more. The town was buzzing with energy, its streets filled with travellers from around the globe....

When the lockdown finally lifted, Queenstown started to come back to life. Streets that had been quiet for weeks began to fill with movement again. But things had changed—at work, in town, and in everyday...