Yep, the scenery's *exactly* as portrayed, so. . .

Rating: Null/10 (17 November 1999)

pack up your bags and check us out--the birds, the beaches, the beeches, the mud--it's all real. A number of the beach and forest scenes were shot less than 25 miles from Auckland (population: 1 million.)
I wouldn't dare make a critical judgment on the story line--it's preposterous, it's plausible.
Michael Nyman's score for the film is available on CD. Nyman says the musical themes (which nicely unify the score) derive from Scottish folk music.