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”

• New Zealand Gets A New Emissions Trading Scheme. Before Australia.

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 716
  South Island, New Zealand. Photo: Warren McLaren / INOV8. New Zealand has a new emissions trading scheme (ETS). In many ways its passage through the NZ parliament is like a parallel universe to the climate change shenanigans that have been occurring across the Tasman Sea in Australia. According to the Sydney ...
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• Can the TPP Resolve the ‘Noodle Bowl’ Problem?

  
  East Asia Forum — Authority: 432
  Author: John Ravenhill, ANU The proliferation of preferential trade agreements (PTA) in the Asia-Pacific region in the last decade has been primarily a top-down affair, driven by governments acting as much for political-strategic as for economic considerations. The consequence has been a succession of poor ...
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• Australia: Getting To Know The Gold Coast

  
  Fractional Ownership, Leisure Property & Luxury Travel Magazine | Fractionals, Timeshares & Private Residence Clubs — Authority: 448
  The famous Gold Coast experience represents Australia at its best. The collective voice of more than 10.5 million visitors each year is a clear indication of the region’s ability to continually offer up new and innovative things to see and do all year long. Such strength lies in the natural and man made diversity ...
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• Crestwood B & B for private,quiet vacations (New Zealand)

  
  Travel & Vacation Listings @ RealAdventures — Authority: 158
  New Zealand Bed & Breakfasts - US $120 Per Couple Hill top seclusion with spectacular sea views. Separate entrance to private upstairs suite of rooms with two bedrooms,private bathroom, lounge, kitchenette and balconyTrout fishing paradise with scenic bush and rivers nearby. Crestwood Homestay is ...
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• Kiwi Walkabout

  
  saigoheiki.com — Authority: 115
  I have been tramping on my own for quite a while in New Zealand—something I would never attempt back in Malaysia—and I’m finding it oddly.. soothing. Thoughts would wrap themselves around my head, and it’s completely mystifying to think while listening to the waves crashing on the beach, or walking through ...
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• $21 Million Resort Opened At Seven Mile Beach

  
  Fractional Ownership, Leisure Property & Luxury Travel Magazine | Fractionals, Timeshares & Private Residence Clubs — Authority: 448
  Premier David Bartlett today officially opened the $21 million Wyndham Vacation Resorts Asia Pacific Seven Mile Beach calling the development another example of confidence in the Tasmanian economy. “ Tasmania was recently nominated by CommSec as the strongest economy in the nation. Tourism is part of our success ...
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• $21 Million Resort Opened At Seven Mile Beach

  
  Fractional Ownership & Timeshare Magazine | Fractional Property & Timeshare News, Information, Resort Reviews & Guides — Authority: 139
  Premier David Bartlett today officially opened the $21 million Wyndham Vacation Resorts Asia Pacific Seven Mile Beach calling the development another example of confidence in the Tasmanian economy.“Tasmania was recently nominated by CommSec as the strongest economy in the nation. Tourism is part of our success ...
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• Meridian unsure on wind farm appeal

  
  National Wind Watch: News — Authority: 164
  Meridian Energy is still considering whether to appeal the Environment Court decision on the Project Hayes wind farm.The court declined Meridian’s consents for the 176-turbine $2 billion development on the Lammermoor Range.Its 350-page decision, which was issued to the parties involved on November 6, said the ...
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• $21 Million Resort Opened At Seven Mile Beach

  
  Perspective Magazine | Timeshare & Fractional Ownership News, Resort Reviews & Guides — Authority: 141
  Premier David Bartlett today officially opened the $21 million Wyndham Vacation Resorts Asia Pacific Seven Mile Beach calling the development another example of confidence in the Tasmanian economy. “ Tasmania was recently nominated by CommSec as the strongest economy in the nation. Tourism is part of our ...
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• England wing Mark Cueto calls for change in points system to encourage more tries

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 972
  England wing calls for drop goals and penalties to be worth a single point to encourage more attacking rugby.
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• The 2 year family sponsorship wait.

  
  Avalon's Blog — Authority: 126
  Finally – the fact that INZ are screwing thousands of people out of a $700 “application fee” and then sitting on their backsides for 2 years has made the news in New Zealand. The Herald’s Lincoln Tan has now written about this situation which is causing so much stress and grief for so many of [...]
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• Futsal comes to the Hutt Valley! (NZ)

  
  Futsal4all - Futsal in Australia and New Zealand — Authority: 143
  Capital City Futsal are having a Futsal open day to kick off and establish Hutt Futsal based in Upper Hutt. For our inauguration CCF are offering a Pre-Christmas Opening Evening on the 7th of December at the brilliant Heretaunga College Sports Center . The facility offers a full Futsal marked court with full ...
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• New Zealand facing climate-gate on inspection of raw data

  
  XM MLB Chat — Authority: 134
  Accusations of temperature faking move from Britain to New Zealand, long perched at the climate trough. Meanwhile, UN daddy insists US taxpayers fork over billions right now. The AP, NY Times, Washington Post do not object. " The New Zealand Governments chief climate advisory unit NIWA is under fire for ...
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• New Zealand: 1000 die because of heavy drinking each year

  
  Fight Hangovers — Authority: 157
  Link: http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0911/S00412.htm Hon Jim Anderton When over 300 leading doctors and nurses and the heads of police in New Zealand and Australia agree that we face an urgent and serious issue with alcohol abuse, then we know we have a problem, says MP for Wigram and Progressive Party leader ...
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• Watch One News Online Live Internet TV Stream News Channel from New Zealand free

  
  Watch-Free.TV :: Stream Movies and TV for Free! — Authority: 504
  Watch One News Online Live TV Stream News Channel from New Zealand free.
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• Hide the Decline — Kiwi Edition

  
  threedonia.com — Authority: 540
  It seems that New Zealand’s National Institute of Water and Atmospheric research (NIWA) is under fire for “cooking the numbers” — a la the East Anglia Climate Research Unit. The New Zealand Government’s chief climate advisory unit NIWA is under fire for allegedly massaging raw climate data to show a ...
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• New Zealand’s NIWA Gets Busted “Tricking” Their Climate Date

  
  Doctor Bulldog & Ronin — Authority: 445
  Oh, this is going to get good!  Where’s my popcorn? BREAKING: NZ’s NIWA accused of CRU-style temperature faking UPDATE 15:49 NZDT – NIWA’s news release in response to this story appears to have been delayed, and according to a radio news report a few minutes ago Rodney Hide, leader of the minority ...
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• Pakistan vs New Zealand live free 1st test cricket match 3rd day on pc or TV.

  
  Dapx - Published news — Authority: 180
  Pakistan vs New Zealand live free 1st test cricket match 3rdd day on pc or TV. I think this match will be very enjoyable for you. So dont miss it.
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• Stonedogs

  
  AustCrimeFiction - Crime Fiction from Australia, New Zealand and everywhere — Authority: 130
  ISBN  9781869414764   Blurb from the Book In between drug deals and binge-drinking, reckless driving and street fights, the delinquents of the Brotherhood wage the holiest of wars. Yes, they will derail the Juggernaut before it can suicide . or have a ball trying at least. But when one of them falls prey to ...
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• Marriner, Craig

  
  AustCrimeFiction - Crime Fiction from Australia, New Zealand and everywhere — Authority: 130
  About the Author Craig Marriner (born 1974) is a novelist from Rotorua, New Zealand. His 2001 novel Stonedogs won a Montana New Zealand Book Award and in 2003 the film rights were sold to Australian production company Mushroom Pictures, a film based on the book is currently in production. His second novel Southern ...
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