Stairway to Heaven - do Led Zeppelin have a New Zealand connection?

Question

I can't help but feel that "Stairway to Heaven" was written with New Zealand in mind. Does anyone know what the story behind that song is?
Thanks.

Answer 1

No, I don't know the story and according to my web search no one really seems to know it
out of the million Google results, here the maybe most interesting one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stairway_to_Heaven
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3868283
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/030425.html

I will stick to explanation number 3 from straightdope ... works well for me.