Australian by birth, journalist by trade, and wanderer by nature, Peter Turner has been a regular visitor to the Land of the Long White Cloud for more than two decades, drawn by family ties and a love of New Zealand's natural splendor. He has traveled the length and breadth of the country three times on writing assignments. As a travel writer and photographer specializing in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific, Turner has written for newspapers, magazines, and more than 20 guidebooks.