Vox’s posts tagged new zealand Vox 2008-07-26T06:08:28Z tag:vox.com,2006:Vox-explore-posts-new%20zealandtags/new+zealand/ Not that height matters, but … 60 tag:vox.com,2008-07-26:asset-6a00c2252293c4604a00fa968ad3690002 2008-07-26T00:12:18Z 2008-07-26T06:08:28Z Jack Yan http://jackyan.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Rice and Peters—Reuter

I knew I was taller than the Foreign Minister-outside-Cabinet but I didn’t expect his American counterpart, the Secretary of State, to be.

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]]> Condi’s here, but don’t tell anyone tag:vox.com,2008-07-25:asset-6a00c2252293c4604a00fa968b76660003 2008-07-25T23:56:48Z 2008-07-26T07:42:59Z Jack Yan http://jackyan.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I must say the Kiwi media have done a good job covering this up: Dr Condoleezza Rice’s visit to New Zealand. I heard about it for the first time on Timothy’s blog. She’s here for 24 hours, according to the TVNZ site. We often do a lousy job her...

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]]> Brown delivers ’08’s best sitcom tag:vox.com,2008-07-25:asset-6a00c2252293c4604a00fa968b4d860003 2008-07-25T10:40:35Z 2008-07-25T10:40:35Z Jack Yan http://jackyan.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Who else thought this? The Jaquie Brown Diaries is the funniest new comedy of 2008! Snappy writing, almost perfect timing, good casting. Brown, playing herself, is a natural at a sitcom. (And from my infrequent encounters, she is very humorous in ...

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]]> Oh those Kiwis... tag:vox.com,2008-07-24:asset-6a00d414291a9f6a4700fad69ca5270005 2008-07-24T15:21:55Z 2008-07-24T15:25:07Z airmouse http://airmouse.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Talula doing the Hula

From the UK Telegraph: The parents of a New Zealand girl named Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii have been ordered to change her name because it risks making her the target of abuse and ridicule. By Bonnie Malkin in Sydney Last Updated: 1:41...

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]]> NZ judge backs girl over 'embarrassing' name - CNN.com tag:vox.com,2008-07-24:asset-6a00fae8ca19a4000b00fa968b08130003 2008-07-24T13:40:33Z 2008-07-24T13:41:48Z > joeRYAN http://joeryan.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

NZ judge backs girl over 'embarrassing' name - CNN.com

This is the funniest thing I have ever heard! HAHAHAHA! Omg ok I will stop. HAHAHAHA!

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]]> And you thought your name was embarrassing tag:vox.com,2008-07-24:asset-6a00c2251ea318549d00fa968a5cf70002 2008-07-24T11:46:45Z 2008-07-24T11:50:52Z Rev Stan http://revstan.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom A judge in New Zealand has made a 9-year old girl a ward of court so she can change her name. The girl was apparently too embarrassed to tell people her real name and I can't think why, I mean Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii has a certain ring t...

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]]> The path to New Zealand tag:vox.com,2008-07-24:asset-6a00fad691c6b0000400fad69c80e40005 2008-07-01T02:43:27Z 2008-07-24T02:45:41Z Ann and Tom http://annandtom.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom The path to New Zealand relies on simplification.

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]]> Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii no more tag:vox.com,2008-07-24:asset-6a00e398d088dc00030100a7eb4cf0000e 2008-07-24T02:39:07Z 2008-07-25T00:06:18Z Flamingo Dancer http://flamingodancer.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Parents ordered to change girl's Talula Does the Hula name By New Zealand correspondent Kerri Ritchie A New Zealand judge has ordered that the parents of an eight-year-old girl change her name, saying it is highly embarrassing and makes the chi...

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]]> From our house to town, a ten minute walk: we love ya, N'Ziland! tag:vox.com,2008-07-22:asset-6a00fad691c6b000040100a7eaf90a000e 2008-07-15T23:40:37Z 2008-07-22T23:47:05Z Ann and Tom http://annandtom.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

From our deck in NZ From our deck in NZ Just around the corner from the house Looking back toward the house Looking toward town Looking toward the end of town

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]]> Mongol - the fall, fall, fall and rise of Ghengis Khan tag:vox.com,2008-07-22:asset-6a00e398bace6b000300fae8ce35a1000b 2008-07-22T00:30:46Z 2008-07-22T00:30:46Z James http://jamesgcole.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Mongol

I’d been looking forward to this film for weeks – in fact it was the deciding factor for me to stay in New Zealand for the Auckland International Film Festival – and I wasn’t disappointed. The scenery was as stunning as expected – vast plains and...

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]]> Wellington trip tag:vox.com,2008-07-19:asset-6a00e398d18a67000500fa9688d9610002 2008-07-19T12:19:50Z 2008-07-21T10:26:33Z Fatihah http://fatihah.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

From Scenic Train Mt Ruapehu view from the train Bee Hive (The Parliament) Wellington City Wellington City 2 Sunrise in Welly Hunter Building, Victoria Univ of Welly Spring is coming, Botanical Garden Botanical Garden2

Wellington is the capital city of new Zealand which is situated at the end of the North Island. It took us about exactly 12 hours to reach there by flight or bus. We depart from the Britomart as early as 730am by The Scenic Train which design sp...

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]]> Flight of the Conchords gets three Emmy nominations 80 tag:vox.com,2008-07-18:asset-6a00c2252293c4604a0100a7e98449000e 2008-07-18T05:56:24Z 2008-07-18T22:46:50Z Jack Yan http://jackyan.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Great news! Flight of the Conchords has received three Emmy nods for directing, writing, and original music and lyrics. It didn’t get an Emmy nomination for best comedy series, which I think is a sin. Not bad for a show conceived by a bunch of ...

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]]> Persepolis - a powerful animated parody tag:vox.com,2008-07-15:asset-6a00e398bace6b00030100a7e886a2000e 2008-07-15T00:40:13Z 2008-07-15T00:40:13Z James http://jamesgcole.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom This film came highly recommended by a friend, and although animation doesn’t usually attract me I went along. And by God, I’m glad I did. Persepolis is the autobiographical account of the Iranian born Marjane Satrapi; a tale of ordinary gr...

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]]> Tickets to Fly tag:vox.com,2008-07-14:asset-6a00cdf7e93523094f0100a7e87e4b000e 2008-07-14T21:48:47Z 2008-07-17T00:33:06Z Janette http://janettes.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I've just bought one-way plane tickets from San Jose to Vancouver and Vancouver to Dunedin. We're really doing it - emigrating to New Zealand. I'm a bit nervous about the whole thing, but excited as well. We're leaving here in mid-September, sp...

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]]> New Zealand: looking homeward tag:vox.com,2008-07-14:asset-6a00fad691c6b0000400fae8cbd17c000b 2008-07-14T05:44:00Z 2008-07-14T05:46:15Z Ann and Tom http://annandtom.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Late afternoon sun on the bay Late afternoon sun on the bay

In the direct center of the photo above is the house we rented in New Zealand, the white one with a long green roof. The entire front of the house is glass, taking in all of the fabulous every-moment-every-day views. On this day we were walking a...

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]]> Irish-owned newspaper tries to drag down Miss New Zealand using racist agenda—and fails 80 tag:vox.com,2008-07-12:asset-6a00c2252293c4604a00fa96875ac90003 2008-07-12T11:15:50Z 2008-07-16T23:29:53Z Jack Yan http://jackyan.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom It’s quite easy to work out the agenda of the mainstream media when it comes to an article like this, trying to harm Samantha Powell’s chances at Miss Universe tomorrow night. Personal aggrandizement of the journalist, or, if not the journalist,...

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]]> Young Farmer of the Year tag:vox.com,2008-07-12:asset-6a00c2252293c4604a00fae8cb47c7000b 2008-07-12T09:59:15Z 2008-07-14T23:42:35Z Jack Yan http://jackyan.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I see that the annual Young Farmer of the Year contest is on again, televised on TV One. The questions aren’t that easy. But what they don’t show are the heats, featuring questions such as, ‘How many legs does a sheep have?’ And, ‘What is th...

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]]> Beer #1 - New Zealand tag:vox.com,2008-07-12:asset-6a00fad69128e9000400fa96874cb60003 2008-07-12T05:12:23Z 2008-07-15T17:13:56Z Sunkist http://sunkist798.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Steinlager - New Zealand

A friend suggested reviewing my favorite beers after posting a blog about what to do with $300 extra. I really should update those photos of my kitchen, as cupboard #2 is full of different beers now (completely full), and not Kokanee. Now, I don...

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]]> Ten out of ten 80 tag:vox.com,2008-07-12:asset-6a00c2252293c4604a00fad698d6270005 2008-07-12T01:12:56Z 2008-07-12T10:10:31Z Jack Yan http://jackyan.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Austin Ten front Austin Ten

Spotted in Waikanae (an hour north of our office) last week while we were heading to a beauty spa for a story: a lovely and well maintained Austin Ten.

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]]> Jaulah Winter tag:vox.com,2008-07-10:asset-6a00e398d18a67000500fad69965f90004 2008-07-10T23:23:23Z 2008-07-14T21:06:02Z Fatihah http://fatihah.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

My schoolmate, Hannah Cambridge2 Heading to Mt Ruapehu Cant believe that I actually there Before naik atas, at the carpark Some of us Jaulah crew Ski in action Love this, mcm Mt Everest Sunset di Mt Ruapehu At the lake Waikato river Geothermal??

How do I describe bout my jaulah last week. It is totally fantastic. Having new experiences and have the opportunity to visit new places with friends is incredible. And the most interesting place is absolutely Mount Ruapehu where we first see ...

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