New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, in the Southern Hemisphere. In Fly Away Home, Amy Alden's mother Aliane takes her daughter to New Zealand after she breaks up with Thomas Alden in 1985 to pursue her music career. On a rainy night in 1995, Amy and her mother hit a truck as a distracted Aliane is speaking on her cellular phone. The vehicle crashes and the mother dies, but Amy survives and is taken to the hospital. Thomas Alden flies to New Zealand for the funeral and takes Amy back with him to Canada.