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| Topic Started: Jul 4 2007, 11:58 AM (335 Views) | |
| Kahu | Jul 4 2007, 11:58 AM Post #1 |
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NZ by the numbers The Dominion Post | Monday, 11 June 2007 The following PDF series is a breakdown of some of the key facts and figures detailing life in New Zealand following the 2006 Census. Who we are (part 1)........Link Who we are (part 2)........Link Our values......Link How we work.....Link Our health......Link How we spend.....Link Where we live.....Link |
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| Delphi51 | Sep 5 2007, 06:11 PM Post #2 |
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A friend here in Canada has this interesting map of the world on his wall. Posted Image |
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| Kahu | Sep 5 2007, 09:25 PM Post #3 |
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We, Australians and New Zealanders, sometimes show the World Map as being a Southern Hemisphere view where the South Pole is to the top of the map, so everything is reversed from the eurocentric view. Southern Hemisphere World Map The tea towel tourist map which your friend has on their wall may be an object of fun, but there is a serious side to it too. I've been planning a trip to Canada for some time now............object;.... to be in Quebec in September when the leaves are at their most colourful (I have a friend there. NZ bush is always green.). But the place is too damn big and expensive!!!!! I've never been to Canada before, and would like to see as much as I can. So the basic itinerary looks like being Vancouver, Banff, Calgary, Montreal, New york, Washington DC and home. Now compare the distances and things that I would see if I were at home in NZ! There's absolutely no comparison. There is an example of every type of physical landscape that the WORLD has to offer within these islands and all within reasonable distance, never being more than 80 km (50 mls) from the sea! Now at risk of alienating all my Canadian friends, from my point of view Canada is simply the far south of the South Island of New Zealand on steroids! I felt the same travelling through Europe, the Black Forest in Germany for example could have been the Akatarawa Valley, not 20 km away from here, the gardens of Cornwall UK, could have been my own backyard. I felt just the same in Australia. The only differences were the cultural ones, the people, their history, their customs, their connection to me and mine, and these are the things a tourist really wants to see and share. |
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| Delphi51 | Mar 30 2008, 05:26 PM Post #4 |
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Our son just finished his Ph.D. and is supposed to do a year of post doc work in another country. He has an invitation to Australia but one of his examiners is working on one to New Zealand. Wherever he goes, we will visit! I hope it is New Zealand for the very reasons you mentioned in your September post, Kahu. Australia is just too big. My wife would want to see the whole country and we would spend all our time travelling. I visited Europe in the 70's as a student and made that mistake. Certainly the idea of seeing "Vancouver, Banff, Calgary, Montreal, New York, Washington DC" is crazy - we wouldn't think of it and we live here! I think I will try to persuade son to buy a car and get an extra room in his apartment so we can sort of move in for a couple of months and experience living in another country. Oh, and isn't it nice that NZ and Australia have summer while we have winter! Except that Australia is too hot. |
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| Kahu | Mar 30 2008, 07:22 PM Post #5 |
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Being a Commonwealth Country I think Canadian citizens are eligible for a visa free six month stay. |
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| awake | Nov 12 2010, 10:37 AM Post #6 |
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i'd like to know about your music. I just ordered a uke and I hear NZ is the place to go to hear good music. A uke is a serious folk intrrument not a Tiny Tim laugh at thing. Easy to play-I'll find out. Hear what they can do on U-tube. |
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| Kahu | Nov 12 2010, 05:10 PM Post #7 |
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Awake ...... Seeing you've just bought yourself a uke ....... how about listening to the Wellington Ukele Orchestra which is a lot of fun. Wellington Ukele Orchestra NZ Folk Songs Link Poi e ..... a popular maori waiata (action poi dance) 0 |
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