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Apple Picking

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My other niece, Michal, left Israel after serving in the army and has been traveling the world. About 3 months ago she somehow found herself in New Zealand, and she too loves the place. Right now she is picking apples in Nelson area. (Click on photo to enlarge)

The New Zealand Weta. Weta = Mouse-sized crickets. The purpose of this page is to give people a better understanding of this national treasure in the hope that we may be able to preserve them for future generations. (From Open Reading Frame)

The awe of Haka

The New Zealand Kunekune Breeders' Association

New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) became the third official language of New Zealand in April 2006, joining English and Māori

The Long March to NZ. The Herald spent two weeks in Shanghai, China, trying to find out why so many Chinese want to abandon their families and their culture for a new life in New Zealand. We tracked the stories of two couples - young, bright, educated people with dreams of doing better - as they set their sights on the South Pacific. One pair made it; the other didn't

Milford Track, called “The Finest Walk in the World”. Other hiking possibilities around the world

Tramping (backpacking & such) in the backcountry

Energy Painting of Ian K S Robertson

NZ International Arts Festival

April 23, 2006 in Kiwi lifestyle | Permalink | Comments (3)

Kiwi lifestyle

Map_of_new_zealand I am going to dump here some links that I collected in preparation for the trip, and will arrange them later on into a coherent flow

Distance calculator. (Thank you, Martin)

Weather and Climate Services

New Zealand slang

The haka war dance

Recognition of educational degrees in New Zealand

42 Below spirits

The flight of the Kiwi

New Zealand now has fewer than 40 million sheep

How to prepare kiwi

December 10, 2005 in Kiwi lifestyle | Permalink | Comments (0)

What is Koru?

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What is a Koru?

The koru shape is a scroll shape and is linked to the New Zealand fern plant. The shoot of the fern has a curled-over tip which unfurls and becomes a fernleaf.

The koru reaches towards the light, striving for perfection, encouraging new positive beginnings...

The koru, represents the unfolding of new life, that everything is reborn and continues. It represents renewal and hope for the future.

Spiral, geometry of life, sacred creation...

(From Aotearoa Pacific arts)

December 06, 2005 in Kiwi lifestyle | Permalink | Comments (7)