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Inspirational Quotes About New Zealand

They say that New Zealand is where wanderlust meets wonderland. Well, I totally agree!

I was recently there chasing lupins in Lake Tekapo, and the landscapes were so incredibly beautiful that I had to constantly pinch myself to make sure I wasn’t dreaming.

But enough blabbing. Let’s dive into all of my favorite New Zealand quotes and sayings that will leave you or your Insta besties with a burning desire to visit the Land of the Long White Cloud.

Best New Zealand Quotes

1. Just a hobbit on a quest for adventure in New Zealand.
2. Sky above, earth below, New Zealand within.
3. Any day is a good day in New Zealand.
4. I followed my heart, and it led me to New Zealand.
5. New Zealand: A love story between me and Mother Nature.

6. Kiwi vibes and New Zealand skies.
7. If the question involves New Zealand, the answer is yes.
8. New Zealand: Where the grass is always greener and the sheep are always fluffier.
9. Add New Zealand to your bucket list. I promise you won’t regret it.
10. Life’s too short not to explore New Zealand.
11. How can you complain in a place like New Zealand?
12. I’ve got the NZ fever, and there’s no cure.
13. New Zealand: Putting the “awe” in awesome since forever.
14. That’s one item off the bucket list. Hello, New Zealand.
15. Going to New Zealand, be back never.

Short Quotes on New Zealand

16. God’s own country.
17. New Zealand days and sunny rays.
18. Summer nights & NZ skies.
19. Livin’ the Kiwi dream.
20. Big mountains and blue waves.

21. Wild and free.
22. Kiwi life is the sweet life.
23. Work, save, travel NZ, repeat.
24. Get wavy.
25. Catching waves, not feelings.
26. New Zealand leaves me breathless.
27. Wanderlust and kiwi dust.
28. Paradise of the Pacific.
29. Kia ora – be well.

Additional New Zealand Captions for Instagram

30. I love you to New Zealand and back.
31. Majestic mountains and magical memories in New Zealand.
32. Living for adventure in New Zealand.
33. Chasing sunsets and Kiwi adventures.
34. Dear New Zealand, I think about you all the time.
35. Today’s forecast: 100% chance of summer and sunshine.

36. New Zealand: Proof that Mother Nature is an artist.
37. Relationship status: In love with sunsets and this country.
38. No mountain too high, no valley too low.
39. The waves are calling and I must go.
40. There’s no time to be bored in New Zealand.
41. Aotearoa, you’re a breath of fresh air.
42. Let’s wander where the Wi-Fi is weak.
43. If you can’t go to heaven, New Zealand is the next best thing.
44. New Zealand is about as far away as you can get. I like that.

New Zealand Puns

45. Kiwi not stay in New Zealand forever?
46. Seas the day. Go to New Zealand.
47. Baa-ckpacking through New Zealand.
48. Sweet as Kiwi.
49. Flocking to New Zealand for the views.
50. Wool you look at that view!
51. I’m not kidding around, New Zealand is baa-tiful!
52. Having a woolly good time in New Zealand!
53. Glacially speaking, New Zealand is pretty cool.
54. Beauty and the Sheep – a New Zealand love story.
55. Kiwi be friends forever.
56. Kiwi-ng me softly with these views.
57. I’m not kiwi-ng you, New Zealand is amazing!

Other New Zealand Jokes & Funny New Zealand Sayings

58. New Zealand: Where even the sheep are photogenic.
59. Discovering New Zealand, one sheep at a time.
60. We’re in the wop-wops (middle of nowhere).
61. No hobbits were harmed in the making of these memories.
62. “New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three million of whom think they are human.” – Barry Humphries.
63. Never met a sheep in New Zealand I didn’t like.
64. New Zealand: Where sheep outnumber people and I’m not mad about it.
65. “Now they say that New Zealand is beautiful and I do not know. Because after 22 hours on a plane, any landmass would be beautiful.” – Lewis Black.

Famous Quotes About New Zealand

66. “There’s a real purity in New Zealand that doesn’t exist in the States. It’s actually not an easy thing to find in our world anymore. It’s a unique place because it is so far away from the rest of the world. There is a sense of isolation and also being protected.” – Elijah Wood.
67. “Whenever I get stressed, I just want to hop on a plane to Queenstown.” – John Travolta.
68. “If you want to buy a slice of Heaven, you need to make New Zealand your home.” – Rod Donald.
69. “Everywhere you turn in New Zealand, there’s something exciting to do. It’s the gem of the world. It’s so far away from the madness, and so you get that element.” – Wes Bentley.
70. “I have heard that in the New Zealand native tradition, the soul, when it dies, becomes a star.” – Eleanor Catton.
71. “I’m from Canada, and New Zealand feels like you took all the best bits of Canada and squished them onto a tiny island like Hawaii. I was absolutely blown away by the beauty of the South Island.” – Evangeline Lilly.
72. “New Zealand was one of the most beautiful countries to drive through for the scenery and the vast scale of the place.” – Louise Nurding.
73. “New Zealand is a place where you can get well.” – James Nesbitt.
74. “Every time we visit my sister, Karen, in New Zealand, I spend the next two months Googling properties and dreaming of escaping the British winter.” – Tess Daly.
75. “There is only one word for New Zealand… EPIC” – Bear Grylls.

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