New Zealand

New Zealand is nation of 4 Million people to the south east of Australia in the Southern Pacific ocean. Comparable in size and/or shape to Great Britain, Colorado, or Japan, it is known for the Lord of the Rings, Hobbits, Extreme Sports, Sheep and Bret and Jemaine from the Flight of the Conchords

New Zealand has a lot more to offer than just beautiful landscape, it has a prodigious blogging community, from Kiwiblog to Kiwibloke. The mainstream media also has embraced blog culture with both main news outlets, Fairfax Media and The New Zealand Herald having blogging communities.

The definitive resource for traveling blogs for New Zealand is Pure New Zealand, a site run by Tourism NZ.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “New Zealand”

• Conspiracy Theories: Total Information Awareness

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 576
  In the wake of 9/11, the US Department of Defense set up a new program called the Office of Information Awareness (OIA). It’s stated aim was to develop and implement Total Information Awareness (TIA), a project that would use the most advanced technology to collect, analyse and store as much information as possible ...
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• Slack markets.

  
  fxmadness.com — Authority: 467
  So far this week very little of interest happened in financial markets, currencies being no exceptions. Not much movement and if there is any it lacks conviction and/or follow through. This is happening in spite developments which, in theory, should create more than a yawn. There is some talk about Austria becoming ...
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• Ok, Maybe You CAN Love A Fat Girl

  
  A Merry Life — Authority: 511
  Today is my 3 month anniversary with my boyfriend. :) But before I talk about that I want to explain a few things of how this all came to be. You see, several months ago I wrote a post titled, “ Because You Can’t Love A Fat Girl .”  This post was something that I wrote at a low moment, when even though I was ...
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• Bundle Up Your "Babies in Sheeps Clothing"

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 629
  Babies in Sheeps Clothing, merino wool childrenswear. Credit: Babies in Sheeps Clothing If youre looking to bundle up your little one during winter months, take a look at Babies in Sheeps Clothing s cute and cuddly collection of merino wool clothing and outerwear for children. The mittens, sweaters, scarves, ...
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• Ridley Done Butched Up His ROBIN HOOD

  
  Twitch — Authority: 668
  Does the world really need another Robin Hood film?  No, probably not.  And do all of Ridley Scotts period films look pretty much exactly like one another?  Why, yes, yes they do.  But that said ... Scotts period stuff, though flawed, actually tends to be a pretty fun time and as much of a prat as Russell Crowe ...
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• Pakistan cricketers racially abused in New Zealand

  
  The Pakistani Spectator — Authority: 444
  The visiting Pakistani cricketers were subjected to racial abuse during the third Test against New Zealand in Napier but the team manager has ruled out lodging a formal protest about the episode. A brother of New Zealand MP Chris Tremain and his 17 friends chanted slogans of ‘Pakistani terrorists’ from a ...
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• Far Flung: New Zealands Campbell Island

  
  Intelligent Travel Blog — Authority: 134
  Contributing editor Andrew Evans is down under this month, and he sends us a dispatch from a tiny corner of the world hed always wanted to see. I wanted to go to New Zealands Campbell Island ever since I saw it on a map. Thats all it takes sometimes--to see a tiny squiggle on an ocean of blue paper, to ...
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• Rain douses a potential cracker

  
  CricketViewer.com — Authority: 142
  Close but no cigar for New Zealand. They needed 118 from a minimum of 23 overs to win the series, BJ Watling was leading the chase with a spirited half-century and no Pakistan bowler looked threatening when the rain came down in Napier to kill the contest. The target looked within reach but the steady [...]
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• Not Now! Pre-Taped Tiger Woods Interview: ‘Family First, Golf Second’

  
  Mediaite — Authority: 786
  On November 17th, ten days before his marriage-(and career?)-ruining car accident, Tiger Woods had no idea how the rest of his 2009 would play out. He was probably riding high, maybe enjoying his money and definitely giving an interview to New Zealand sports analyst Murray Deaker . Gossip Cop is reporting that ...
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• Herb Kelleher Threatens to Disrobe in Southwest Ad

  
  Dallas Blog, Daily News, Dallas Politics, Opinion, and Commentary FrontBurner Blog D Magazine — Authority: 532
  Air New Zealand created ads wherein its employees go about their business while wearing nothing but body paint . They challenged Southwest Airlines to answer. And Southwest has. But the Dallas-based airline decided to keep its clothes on:
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• India clubbed with Pakistan in hockey World Cup

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 724
  New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) Eight-time Olympic champions India have been clubbed with four-time winners and arch-rivals Pakistan in the Hero Honda Hockey World Cup to be played here from Feb 28 to March 13 at the National Stadium.India and Pakistan are in Pool B with Australia, Spain, England and South Africa.Defending ...
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• Review: Matthew Vaughns KICK-ASS

  
  Twitch — Authority: 668
  Footage from Matthew Vaughns independently produced adaptation of Mark Millars Kick-Ass comic created a strong buzz at Comic-Con in 2009. Lionsgate to pick up the film a few months ago, butlittle information has emerged beyond a lackluster trailer and someposters. The studio decided to test the waters by showing a ...
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• Too Hot Not to Cop: Stolen Girlfriends Club Crop Mesh Top

  
  Killahbeez — Authority: 528
  One of my fave new labels is Stolen Girlfriends Club , outta Auckland New Zealand. The label house both mens and womens collections, and their current collection is just outstanding. It’s fresh and quirky, a little outdoorsy, a little city, two-parts tomboy and one-part girly, and a whole lotta cute! Stolen ...
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• Pakistan New Zealand Test drawn

  
  Jazba's Blog| Growing Pakistani Blog|Latest Pictures|Latest News|Pakistani Cartoons|Stories of the Week — Authority: 135
  The third cricket Test match between Pakistan and New Zealand has ended in draw due to rain interruption during the last session of the final day and the series remained level by 1-1, Geo news reported.According to details, Pakistan could only manage to score 108 runs in today’s play losing six wickets while Kiwis, ...
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• Kiwi Train Travel – the Overlander

  
  Travel Blog — Authority: 440
  Ive always been very sceptical of train travel in New Zealand. Its slow, routes are extremely limited and, for a long time now, the infrastructure has had few upgrades. On the other hand, New Zealand has some of the most scenic train rides in the world with popular tourist routes including the Overlander, TransCoastal ...
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• Pakistan New Zealand Test drawn

  
  Pakistan Views — Authority: 152
  Officials called off draw for the third cricket test and series between Pakistan and New Zealand at McLean Park after heavy rain stopped play and saved Pakistan from defeat. The series remained level by 1-1. Just when it has heading for an exciting finale the clouds opened up and let the rain flow to halt New Zealand ...
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• Tiger Woods before sex scandal: ‘Family comes first’

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 724
  London, December 15: Just before the exposure of Tiger Woods’ sex scandal, he had said his family is the number one priority in his life.The golfer had done an interview for Sky TV in New Zealand last month, days before reports of his extra-marital affairs started coming.Journalist Murray Deaker had asked: “Family ...
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• Vikings NZ Men in Camp

  
  Futsal4all - Futsal in Australia and New Zealand — Authority: 139
  New Zealand Mens coach Gui Costa put the men through 2 solid session today (Saturday Dec 12th) as he reacquainted himself with the side. Australian based Costa, who is also the Vikings Futsal Director of Coaching flew in on Thursday to start preparations with the side as they prepare for the Vikings Nationals in ...
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• Amver Container Ship Assists Fishing Vessel

  
  Amver, Saving Lives at Sea Since 1958 — Authority: 415
  The Amver participating container ship ACX Diamond was diverted by United States Coast Guard rescue authorities to assist a disabled fishing vessel approximately 100 miles northwest of the island of Ponape on October 4, 2009. The NFC Chuuk adrift approximately 100 miles northwest of Ponape The ACX Diamond, a ...
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• Review: Canterbury of New Zealand tote

  
  Doobybrain.com — Authority: 616
  Click to enlarge image A couple of weeks ago, the folks over at Canterbury New Zealand sent over a large tote bag constructed out of the same (or similar) material as their rugby jerseys and shirts. The bag is incredibly soft to the touch because of this material and sewn together to hold quite a bit amount of ...
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