She says while it's commonly assumed that political crises and leadership changes ignite interest in New Zealand, from her observation, those aren't really the sole reason that prompts people to get onto that long-haul flight.

And New Zealand immigration has opened up.

Like, when I moved, there was three options, and if you didn't fit within those boxes, you weren't moving.

Now it's, like, way opened up.

It gets clouded a little bit because there's, like, political changes and then people like, you know, knee-jerk reactions.

Like, I had about 500 people sign up for my webinars after Trump was elected both times.

And so there's a little bit of that, but nobody's moving across the world because of a knee-jerk reaction.

She says New Zealand has many drawcards for Americans.

From her observation, those are really the sole reason that prompts people to get onto that long-haul flight.

And New Zealand immigration has opened up.

Like when I moved, there was three options.

And if you didn't fit within those boxes, you weren't moving.

Now it's like way opened up.

It gets clouded a little bit because there's like political changes and then people like, you know, knee jerk reactions.

Like I had about 500 people sign up for my webinars after Trump was elected both times.

I would say most