New Zealand

With Rakesh Roshan having opened Bollywood's eyes to New Zealand, there are many more making a beeline for it.

New Zealand is a country of two major islands and a number of smaller islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. New Zealand's most common name in the indigenous Maori language is Aotearoa, which is popularly taken to mean Land of the Long White Cloud.

When early Maori settlers approached New Zealand they saw a white cloud stretching across the horizon and sky. A former Maori name for New Zealand was Niu Tireni, a transliteration of the English name. The Treaty of Waitangi, signed in 1840, called it Nu Tirani.

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New Zealand is the most geographically-isolated country on Earth. Closest neighbour Australia is 2,000 km to the northwest of the main islands. The only landmass to the south is Antarctica, and to the north are New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga.

Film: Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai directed by Rakesh Roshan which marked the debut of his son, Hrithik Roshan