23 ex-pat Kiwis tell it as it is. From the worlds of film and TV - acting, directing, writing, producing - pop music and opera, sport and fashion, books and food and more, they say what New Zealand means to them.

Author Jan Morgan is a Kiwi ex-pat working in Australia.

From her Sydney base she has often had thoughts of home. How about other ex-pats?

She began to ask around. What she discovered for this book may come as a surprise. New Zealand looms so large in the hearts and minds of those whose work anchors them - for the meantime or for the most part - far from the place that is always home.