Laire Purik spent years travelling before ending up in one of the world’s most isolated places, at the very southern tip of New Zealand
n 1992, Estonia was liberated from the Soviet Union and the borders started opening. I wanted to see what was happening around the world, with my own eyes. I started in Ireland, then Europe. I went further and further, and then I discovered. I moved to a town in the South Island called Riverton in 2009 and then, in 2016, my partner Tomas and I moved to Stewart Island.
Apart from my partner, I didn’t know anybody on the island of just over 400 people, and my English wasn’t good. I turned up with a 20 kilo backpack and I left everything behind – all security and everything that was familiar and safe. But I had discovered this other beautiful place.If I had moved straight away from Estonia to Stewart Island, it would have been a big culture shock.
There is untouched nature here. In this tiny place at the end of the world, there is still something left of what it was maybe 100 years ago. The nature has taught me so much – here, you have to think about how you’re using water, what you’re eating, rubbish, waste. Your lifestyle changes.Island life is not for everyone – people who move here have a bit of a different mindset.
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