One does not simply go on holiday to New Zealand. It’s about as remote as it gets. A direct flight on Emirates airline from Dubai to Auckland is over 17 hours. It’s the longest non-stop flight offered by the carrier, and at its launch in 2016, was the longest route in the world. I was eight when The Fellowship of the Ring, Peter Jackson’s film adaptation of the first of JRR Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy, was released. It left an eternal mark.