As you fly into Auckland, New Zealand after a trans-Pacific flight, you see deep-green forests and azure seascapes for miles, every bit as appropriate an introduction to the places you'd be visiting. In the northern coast, in Auckland, the beautiful coast of the Bay of Plenty and the Canterbury Plains, New Zealand luxury homes dot the impressive landscapes, melding natural beauty with upscale sophistication. In England, they still refer to this part of the world as the Antipodes. But anyone who visits can see just how much the distance has shrunk between the nations of Oceania and the fast-paced world that was once so remote.