Story Highlights Girl a ward of court so name can change from Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii Judge: Concerned strange monikers creates hurdles for children as they grow up Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii is so embarrassed her friends call her "K"Next Article in World »

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[Cross-posted] If you follow my ramblings, even when they don’t make sense, you know I had my knives out for the ANZ National Bank here in New Zealand for what I think is questionable practice. So it was interesting to meet a few people tonight who are employees of the bank, one of whom was very...

http://jackyan.vox.com/library/post/anz-bank-revelations-from-the-executive-level.html

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At 3754 metres, New Zealand's highest mountain, Aoraki Mount Cook is dazzling, yet there are 27 other mountains in this alpine backbone which peak at over 3050 metres, and hundreds of others not far short of that – all making up the famous Southern Alps.You can enjoy 4WD safaris, boating on the glacier lakes, horse treks, fishing, scenic flights with snow landings and numerous Walks and Hikes. The alpine village of Mount Cook, located in Aoraki Mount Cook National Park, provides a range of accommodation from an international style hotel to motels, backpackers and camping.

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The garden of typographic delight. Perfectly trimmed (but not kerned) and firmly rooted in typographic tradition, this display garden in Christchurch, New Zealand contains no tree of knowledge, but does feature the Lord's prayer rendered in 15cm high box hedges. Good Lord! All photographs by Andrew Budge of Designland | via uncle.blogs.com

http://uncle.blogs.com/photos/one_plus_typohedges/unknown15.html

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