Michael Campbell Wins US Open
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
New Zealand Explained
New Zealand - Uncyclopedia New Zealand is a large, single island in the North Atlantic ocean, populated by 4 million sheep
Design
Competition for State Housing 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 to our
New Zealand
Telecom NZ’s 027 service hit by ‘Hilton hack’
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 — and
ANZAC
ANZAC Day
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
Cycle Trip Quick Update
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
Five cent coin to be scrapped - Who cares?
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
Varsity NZ website
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]
New Zealand
Billy Connolly - World Tour of New Zealand
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
The New Zealand Edge
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
Our Flag - A new design for the New Zealand flag
Currently www.nzflag.com are campaigning to change the NZ flag as many feel the time is right to gain our own identity. I’ve written previously on how I agree that its time to change the current colonial relic . The focus of the nzflag campaign is to get petition
World-first digital encyclopedia goes live online: Te Ara: the Encyclopedia of New Zealand
World-first digital encyclopedia goes live online: Te Ara: the Encyclopedia of New Zealand Prime Minister and Minister of Arts, Culture and Heritage Helen Clark has launched Te Ara: the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, the first original, official, digital, national encyclopedia in the world. [Via govt.nz News] Te Ara