A1GP
I haven’t posted much about it but it’s great to see Matt Halliday will be representing New Zealand in the inaugural A1 Grand Prix race this weekend. NZ should honour Colin Giltrap for making this happen. Pity it sort of clashes with Formula One. They are not on
New Zealand
A New Zealand company hoping to make waves around the world. New Scientist Technology - Surf's up, down at the swimming pool
Congratulations to Michael Campbell for winning the US Open. Awesome performance with a Tiger on his tail! Campbell Wins US Open - Xtrasport
New Zealand
New Zealand - Uncyclopedia New Zealand is a large, single island in the North Atlantic ocean, populated by 4 million sheep
Design
Want to design a house I’ll be helping pay for… (in addition to my own of course). Design Competition For State Housing ~ Housing New Zealand Corporation DESIGN COMPETITION FOR STATE HOUSING – HOUSING NEW ZEALANDERS 100 YEARS ON State houses have been an important - and often iconic - backdrop
New Zealand
Voice mail “auto PIN Entry” convenience feature leaves the cell phone message service vulnerable: Computerworld - Computerworld investigation: Telecom’s 027 service hit by ‘Hilton hack’ Telecom’s 027 voice mail system is vulnerable to the same hack that led to the theft of Paris Hilton’s mobile phone book
ANZAC
ANZAC Day, 25 April, is the anniversary of the landings that began the Australia and New Zealand Army Corp Gallipoli campaign in World War One. This does not commemorate a victory or even the worst battle in terms of loss of life. More New Zealanders were lost in battles on
Adventure South
This is a quick update, will do proper posts when home. excuse the typo's racing the meter on a kiosk machine After a day in Dunedin joined the group. There are 8 cyclists + the two guides on this trip. It's a special only advertised to previous
New Zealand
The Reserve Bank is scrapping the 5 cent coin. It won’t worry me, does anyone really use them these days? I was amazed to find the US still using 1 cent coins, what's the point of them? Also odd that they still have one and two dollar
New Zealand
Even if you aren’t a student its worth a read. Some great reviews and articles from How to Use Apostrophe's to a Review of a Polystyrene Cup. The movie and CD reviews are also great. The Ultimate Resource for New Zealand Students [varsity.co.nz]
Television
Billy Connolly’s series World Tour of New Zealand is currently screening here. The 100% Pure New Zealand site have a great page about the series including slides, stories and links to things & places seen in the show. They also have a day by day route map. If you
Kiwi's on The Edge The New Zealand Edge : : www.nzedge.com Ever since Columbus didn't dip over the precipice and disappear into the cosmos, or the first images of the earth's circumference from space were beamed back out to TV screens, people have taken
