title: An Immigrant's Sojourn in the Land of the Long White Cloud: A memoir of life in New Zealand
author: Marcia Heinegg
description: Entering a writing workshop in her retirement years was a pursuit of passion for Marcia. The result was her first book: "California to New Zealand the Long Way," published in 2008. Marcia lives in Santa Cruz with her photographer husband, Chris; they travel frequently to their beloved land: Aotearoa: Land of the Long White Cloud. Marcia teaches writing classes under her business name Write Your Future.
zlib_text: 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ![Half.gif](../images/00004.gif)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ALSO BY SARAH LARK
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  In the Land of the Long White Cloud saga:
  
  
  In the Land of the Long White Cloud
  
  
  Song of the Spirits
  
  
  Call of the Kiwi
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  In the Caribbean Islands saga:
  
  
  Island of a Thousand Springs
  
  
  Island of the Red Mangroves
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ![Title.gif](../images/00005.gif)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, organizations, places, events,
  and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or are used
  fictitiously.
  
  
  Text copyright © Sarah Lark  
  Translation copyright © 2016 D. W. Lovett  
  All rights reserved.
  
  
  No part of this book may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, or
  transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying,
  recording, or otherwise, without express written permission of the publisher.
  
  
  Previously published as _Das Gold der Maori_ by Bastei Lübbe in Germany in
  2008. Translated from German by D. W. Love