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Archive-name: cultures/new-zealand-faq/part1
Posting-frequency: monthly, and a pointer is posted to s.c.n-z on Mondays.
SOC.CULTURE.NEW-ZEALAND Frequently Asked Questions
Copyright 1998 Lin Nah
Copyright 1994 - 1997 Phil Stuart-Jones
This FAQ can be found online at:
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/cultures/new-zealand-faq
*** PLEASE DON'T E-MAIL CONTRIBUTIONS TO ME ***
*** E-mailed contributions will NOT be included ***
*** E-mailed requests/questions will NOT be answered ***
*** Replies to this message go back into the newsgroup ***
I am NOT here to supply information on request or research obscure topics.
I merely compile the information from the newsgroup and add whatever I
think may be useful or relevant. If you really can't look something up for
yourself, *ask in the newsgroup*!
Like many people in New Zealand (and some other parts of the world) I pay
for my e-mail by volume, both incoming and outgoing. E-mailing a request
to someone you don't know without an invitation is often NOT appreciated.
I very seldom respond to such mail.
Contributions and comments are welcomed, but PLEASE POST THEM to s.c.n-z so
that others can comment on their accuracy/relevance. If you quote for
context, please keep it to a minimum.
Thanks.
I correct and amend the FAQ as information and time come to hand and post
it around the tenth of each month. The subject line on the FAQ and the
weekly reminder will be constant for the convenience of those who wish to
killfile them.
My thanks to the contributors (listed in section D1) without whom I couldn't
(and wouldn't) have compiled this. Please remember that most of this stuff
is quoted so I may not be to blame for factual errors!
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CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION:
1 History of soc.culture.new-zealand
2 Phil Stuart-Jones
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PART A: INFO SOURCES
A1 HOW TO FIND NZers AND INFORMATION ABOUT NZ
A1.1 On The Net
A1.2 Elsewhere
A1.2.1 Overseas Offices of the NZ Tourism Board
A1.2.2 Traditional sources (libraries, newspapers, etc.)
A1.2.3 In The Wild...
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A2 INFORMATION FOR NZers OVERSEAS
A2.1 NZ Consulates/Embassies Overseas
A2.2 How Do I Get News From Home?
A2.3 Expatriate Organisations
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A3 INTERNET ACCESS WITHIN NZ
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PART B: FACTS AND FIGURES
B1 THE COUNTRY
B1.1 Where Is NZ?
B1.1.1 General
B1.1.2 Statistics
B1.1.3 Dependencies
B1.1.4 Time Zones
B1.2 The Landscape
B1.2.1 General
B1.2.2 Miscellaneous Figures
B1.2.3 Flora and Fauna
B1.2.4 Climate
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B2 THE PEOPLE
B2.1 A Short History
B2.2 Maoritanga
B2.2.1 The Moriori Question
B2.2.2 Guide to Maori pronunciation
B2.2.3 The Haka
B2.3 Demography
B2.3.1 General
B2.3.2 Major Cities
B2.3.3 Age Distribution
B2.3.4 Ethnicity
B2.3.5 Official Languages
B2.3.6 Religions
B2.3.6.1 Russian or Greek orthodox church in NZ
B2.3.6.2 URLs related to religion in NZ
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B3 LIFE IN NEW ZEALAND
B3.1 The Political Scene
B3.1.1 Why 'New Zealand'
B3.1.2 Constitution
B3.1.3 Form of Government
B3.1.4 The Justice System
B3.1.5 Organisation Membership
B3.2 Economy
B3.2.1 Defence Against Silly Questions
B3.2.2 Current Status
B3.2.3 Currency
B3.2.4 Stockmarket
B3.2.5 Interest Rates
B3.2.6 Taxes
B3.2.7 Miscellaneous Prices
B3.3 Life In General
B3.3.1 Business Hours
B3.3.2 Tipping
B3.3.3 Cost of Living
B3.3.3.1 Rent
B3.3.3.2 Wages
B3.3.3.3 Transport
B3.3.3.4 Food
B3.3.3.5 Consumer goods
B3.3.4 Crime
B3.3.5 Finding a job
B3.3.6 Schools and Education
B3.3.6.1 Online resources for Education
B3.3.7 Universities
B3.3.7.1 Teaching focus
B3.3.7.2 Addresses
B3.3.7.3 The University Hierarchy
B3.3.7.4 Postgrad Study
B3.3.8 Health
B3.3.8.1 Water Supply
B3.3.9 Communications
B3.3.10 Misc
B3.4 Holidays
B3.4.1 National
B3.4.2 Regional
B3.4.3 Web Resources on Holidays
B3.5 Technical Stuff
B3.5.1 Electricity
B3.5.2 TV info
B3.5.3 Video Conversion
B3.5.4 Bringing Computers In
B3.5.5 Telephone
B3.5.6 Radio
B3.5.7 Internet
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B4 COMING TO NEW ZEALAND
B4.1 Immigration
B4.1.1 Online Resources to Immigration
B4.1.2 Visitor's Permit
B4.1.3 Permanent Residence
B4.1.3.1 Resident Permit
B4.1.3.2 Points System
B4.2 Agricultural Restrictions
B4.2.1 Animal Quarantine
B4.3 Customs
B4.3.1 Duty Free allowance
B4.3.2 Allowances for people relocating to NZ
B4.4 Moving to New Zealand
B4.4.1 Shipping stuff to NZ
B4.4.2 Importing a Car
B4.5 Information for Visitors
B4.5.1 Departure Tax
B4.5.2 Health
B4.5.3 Overseas Embassies In NZ
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B5 TRAVEL WITHIN NZ
B5.1 Info Sources
B5.1.1 Tourism Board
B5.1.2 Maps
B5.2 Accommodation
B5.2.1 Hotels
B5.2.2 Motels and Motor Lodges
B5.2.3 Backpackers
B5.2.3.1 Youth Hostel Association
B5.2.3.2 Backpackers Accommodation
B5.2.4 Miscellaneous
B5.2.5 Published Accommodation Guides
B5.2.6 Online Accommodation Guides
B5.3 Transport
B5.3.1 Cycling/Sea kayaking
B5.3.2 Hitchhiking
B5.3.3 Renting a car/campervan
B5.3.4 Train Services
B5.3.5 Cook Strait Ferry
B5.3.6 Coach Travel
B5.3.7 Driving
B5.3.8 Commercial Tours
B5.3.9 Flying
B5.4 Misc Info
B5.4.1 Film Developing
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B6 MAP OF NEW ZEALAND
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PART C: THE SUBJECTIVE BITS
C1 DEFINITION OF 'KIWI'
C1.1 'Real Kiwi' Test
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C2 DESCRIPTIONS OF NZ CITIES
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C3 HOLIDAYING IN NZ
C3.1 Places
C3.1.1 Parks and Tracks
C3.1.2 Beaches, etc.
C3.1.3 Distinctive Features
C3.1.4 Archaeology/Historical/Heritage Sites
C3.1.5 Places To Go To
C3.1.6 Places To Avoid
C3.1.7 Temporary Attractions
C3.2 Activities
C3.2.1 Tramping
C3.2.2 Skiing
C3.2.3 Climbing/mountaineering
C3.2.4 Watersports
C3.2.5 Whale/Dolphin Watching
C3.2.6 Pubs To Go To/Nightlife
C3.2.7 Anything Else????
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C4 GENERAL CULTURE
C4.1 Sport
C4.1.1 Why do New Zealander Sportspeople Wear Black?
C4.2 Food
C4.2.1 What is Vegemite/Marmite?
C4.2.2 Pavlova recipe
C4.2.3 The Edmonds Cook Book
C4.2.4 Laying A Hangi
C4.3 National Anthems
C4.4 The Gumboot Song
C4.5 Some Works by NZ Authors
C4.6 Other Bits
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C5 FAMOUS NEW ZEALANDERS
C5.1 Cinema
C5.1.1 Films
C5.1.2 People
C5.2 Music
C5.2.1 Pop/rock bands
C5.2.2 Blues
C5.2.3 Country
C5.2.4 Classical
C5.3 Literature
C5.4 Fine Art
C5.5 Humour
C5.6 Other...
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PART D: APPENDICES
D1 The Contributors
D2 History of soc.culture.new-zealand
D2.1 s.c.n-z -- The Early Days
D2.2 CFV List of Voters
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INTRODUCTION:
1 History of soc.culture.new-zealand
The following gives some of the history of the creation of s.c.n-z. The
rest of the details, including the list of voters, has been removed but
should be at an archive site somewhere before long...
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Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,soc.culture.australian,
soc.culture.british,soc.culture.celtic,soc.culture.misc,nz.general
Followup-To: news.groups
Keywords: New Zealand, Kiwi
Sender: tale@cs.rpi.edu
From: gcwillia@daisy.waterloo.edu (Graeme Williams)
Subject: CFD: soc.culture.new-zealand
Date: 25 Feb 91 04:41:44 GMT
[ I have the rest of the header if it'd be useful to anyone ]
Z*******Z******* CFD: A New Zealand culture group *******Z*******Z
This is a call for a discussion regarding the creation of a new
newsgroup devoted to "New Zealand culture". Here is what I propose:
NAME: This will need to be decided on, several suggestions are:
soc.culture.newzealand
soc.culture.aoteoroa
soc.culture.kiwi
soc.culture.nz
MODERATION STATUS: The group would be unmoderated.
CHARTER:
The group will provide a forum for discussion of topics
related to New Zealand. In particular such things as:
News, politics, Maori and Pacific Island culture, music, sport,
events, films, telly, jobs, farming, the enviroment, economics,
tourism, places to see, trade, education, bungy jumping, pavlovas,
the Goodnight Kiwi and Wal and the dog in Footrot Flats.
In short anything and everything Kiwi, or related to NZ.
Contributions and queries from people other than New Zealanders
will also be most welcome.
COMMENTS:
I have had rather a lot of positive feedback via email regarding
the creation of this group, some very enthusiastic. What I would
like to see now is some discussion on the net amongst the various
people interested. In particular we will need to decide on a name
for the group.
I have set the Followup-to: field to news.groups so all discussion
regarding this proposal should take place there.
So, if you're interested and don't subscribe to news.groups, SUBSCRIBE
to it NOW! I want to hear publicly from all you Kiwis (and others
interested) scattered few and far between all over the globe. Shake
off the traditional Kiwi apathy cos "she'll be right" won't work
here on the net. Get those fingers typing and tell us what you think.
Cheers,
Graeme Williams - a Kiwi in Canada
gcwillia@daisy.waterloo.edu
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Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,nz.general,
soc.culture.australian,soc.culture.british,soc.culture.celtic,soc.culture.misc
From: Graeme Williams <gcwillia@daisy.waterloo.edu>
Subject: CFV: soc.culture.new-zealand
Followup-To: poster
Sender: tale@cs.rpi.edu
Date: 12 Mar 91 05:33:09 GMT
*************** CALL FOR VOTES: soc.culture.new-zealand ***************
This is the first call for votes for creation of the newsgroup
soc.culture.new-zealand.
Please read all of this article carefully before you send your vote.
The proposed group is as follows:
NAME: soc.culture.new-zealand
MODERATION STATUS: Unmoderated
CHARTER:
The group will provide a forum for discussion of topics
related to New Zealand. In particular such things as:
News, politics, Maori and Pacific Island culture, music, sport,
events, films, telly, jobs, farming, the enviroment, economics,
tourism, places to see, trade, education, bungy jumping, pavlovas,
the Goodnight Kiwi and Wal and the Dog in Footrot Flats.
In short anything and everything Kiwi.
Contributions and queries from people other than New Zealanders
will also be most welcome.
VOTING PROCEDURE:
Send mail to me at: gcwillia@daisy.waterloo.edu
Preferably your message should include one of the following lines:
I vote: YES soc.culture.new-zealand
I vote: NO soc.culture.new-zealand
I will accept other wording providing your vote is clear and
unambiguous and is for the group as proposed. Votes for or against
the group, but with a different name (Note: The name is hyphenated),
will not be counted.
The voting period will begin when this article appears and end at
12pm EST on Wednesday 10th April. In order for your vote to count
I must receive it during this period.
COMMENTS:
The guidelines for successful creation of a new newsgroup require
that the votetaker receive 100 more YES votes than NO votes, and that
the YES votes be at least 2/3 of all valid votes cast.
I will endeavour to post a mass acknowledgement of votes at least
once during the voting period.
Cheers,
Graeme Williams
gcwillia@daisy.waterloo.edu
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Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,nz.general,
soc.culture.australian,soc.culture.british,soc.culture.celtic,soc.culture.misc
From: Graeme Williams <gcwillia@daisy.waterloo.edu>
Subject: RESULT: soc.culture.new-zealand passes 217: 27
Followup-To: news.groups
Sender: tale@cs.rpi.edu
Date: 16 Apr 91 06:24:59 GMT
The voting period for soc.culture.new-zealand closed at the end of
Wed. 10th April.
244 valid votes were cast, 217 in favour and 27 against.
Votes in favour exceed those against by over 100 and also comprise more
than 2/3 of votes cast, so soc.culture.new-zealand passes.
Thanks to all the people who voted. Votes in favour of this group
originated from all over. In particular though considerable support
came from Australia (from both genuine Aussies and ex-pat Kiwis), England
and Finland.
Valid votes were received from the following:
[ moved to Section D2 ]
That's it. Any comments or contributions to this introduction would be
appreciated.
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2 Phil Stuart-Jones
Phil Stuart-Jones volunteered to start the soc.culture.new-zealand FAQ
in 1994. Phil has been a regular participant of the newsgroup and
did a splendid job in starting and maintaining the FAQ.
It was a shock and great loss to all when he died suddenly on 13
August 1997.
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From: geoff@southern.co.nz (Geoff McCaughan)
Subject: Phil Stuart-Jones dies suddenly, was Re: The soc.culture.new-zealand FA
Q (part 1 of 6)
Date: 14 Aug 1997 23:22:07 GMT
I'm sure all the s.c.n-z readers will be as shocked as I was to hear that
Phil Stuart-Jones died on Wednesday night. The death notice in The Press
today states that he died "as a result of a tragic accident at home".
The funeral will be private, but Friends are invited to a gathering to
celebrate Phil's life att the Friends Meeting House, 72 Cresswell Avenue, on
Saturday August 23, 2:15 pm.
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From: phys218@csc.canterbury.ac.nz (Lyndon Watson)
Subject: Phil
Date: 25 Aug 97 13:08:41 +1200
Phil Stuart-Jones was remembered at a meeting at the Friends' Meeting
House in Christchurch last Saturday. A number of people spoke about
Phil and revealed aspects of his character that were only hinted at in
the kind of limited interaction that we have here, but I can appreciate
even better than I did before how lucky we were to have a person such as
Phil create our FAQ file for us. He had impressed and was loved by an
extraordinary range of people, and I can only regret not having the time
to get to know him better than our postings and email and occasional
meetings and telephone conversations allowed.
It has occurred to me that some people who never knew Phil might
appreciate a picture of him. Of course, people such as Pete and Geoff
and Noeline knew him much longer and better than I did, but even first
impressions can be interesting.
Like most here, I "met" Phil first as a name behind postings in the
newsgroup. I don't know about you, but I tend to form pictures of
people based on nothing more than their names - I'm almost always wildly
wrong, of course, but it's an entertainment.... To me the name Phil
Stuart-Jones, together with the enormous amount of computer time that
Phil was obviously spending early on with the FAQ, suggested a small,
indoorsy sort of person, perhaps the paradigm computer nerd, definitely
with glasses, perhaps not exactly a wide circle of friends. Then I met
him on the occasion of Lin's first South Island holiday.... Imagine a
sort of human spider, over six feet tall, all arms and legs, blond hair
down to his shoulders, beard, bare feet, immensely friendly and
welcoming to everyone and interested in absolutely eveything. We stayed
talking very late on that first occasion; the scnz Pignic earlier this
year ended up at Phil's place and went on to the wee small hours.
We've all heard of Phil's interest in rock-climbing, and you could tell
just be looking at him that he could probably climb a slick rock face
using nothing but his eyebrows and toenails for grip. From the many
stories told at the meeting on Saturday it was obvious that he was a
true natural and a very good climber. What had never been mentioned
here was that he was a professional landscape designer with
qualifications from Canterbury and Lincoln Universities. Knowing Phil's
love of the southern mountains, I can just dream about what sort of
garden he might have designed for me, had I ever been in a position to
engage his services.
So many might-have-beens. So long, Phil, we're missing you.
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From: David Farrar <david@work.net.nz>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 14:32:35 +1200
Shit, shocked is definitely one of my reactions. And very sad. Despite
not having met Phil in real life I felt I knew him well through the
group and his passing saddens me deeply. Life can be so fragile.
Finding out's someones death through Usenet is a new experience for me
and not altoegther pleasant, but considering that is how I (and many
others) knew Phil, it is perhaps appropriate.
Farewell Phil, and thanks for everything. You will be missed.
David Farrar
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From: Tony Williams <tonyw@ledelec.demon.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 10:02:38 +0100 (BST)
This is one of those times when you feel compelled to say
something, but with really nothing to say. As a long-distance
lurker on s.c.n-z, Phil's FAQ was probably one of the earliest
things I read on this group. He's one of those unsung heroes
on the 'net, using his spare time in various little support
activities that the rest of us take for granted. I had a real
sense of shock and sympathy on opening up and reading this post.
I also have to remark here that, although we don't actually
know people on the net in the normal social sense, their death
and sudden disappearance seems to affect you just as much. I
recently experienced it when an Email pal, Alex Knox of ChiChi,
died suddenly.
Could I suggest that a nice thing to do would be to let the FAQ run
as it is for the time being, perhaps with a tribute added at the front.
[Tony Williams, Ledbury, Herefordshire, UK.---Pagewidth=64-----]
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From: jmg24@cornell.edu (Jolisa Gracewood)
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 11:35:47 -0400
Tony Williams suggested:
> Could I suggest that a nice thing to do would be to let the FAQ run
> as it is for the time being, perhaps with a tribute added at the front.
Absolutely, let's do that. Like many of us here I'm virtually mourning
someone I never met in person, but it certainly feels like the real
thing. Perhaps dubbing the FAQ "Phil's FAQ" (or more formally, The
Phil Stuart-Jones Memorial FAQ) would be a good way to pay tribute to
his presence and work in this group?
Jolisa,
a long way from Chch, and feeling very sad for Phil's partner and family.
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From: B.Hamilton@irl.cri.nz (Bruce Hamilton)
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 12:38:59 +12
Bummer.
Today is a gloriously fine, bracing, winter day - and then
this post appeared. I never thanked him for all the hard
work he expended in producing and maintaining the
group's FAQ, which is a treasure.
In the vain hope that he finds an ISP up there ( he might
have difficulty - in a just world, most are due to head in
the opposite direction ).
" Thanks Phil for all your work, and your willingness to accept
the onerous task, which you completed superbly and without
complaint, and which is a wonderful legacy. Rest quietly."
Bruce Hamilton
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From: noeline@styx.southern.co.nz (Noeline McCaughan)
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 97 15:23:29 +1200
I have just had news of the sudden death of Phil. Stuart-Jones last
wednesday who as you all know was the compiler of the s.c.FAQ.
Phil and I had known each other for quite a few years and I know his
passing will be missed by a great many people in all walks of life. His
climbing exploits on vertical faces along the length of the Southern Alps
was renouned, not for nothing was he referred to as "Old velcro toes".
Those who only knew him through his postings here will also miss him,
his selfless work in compiling and up-dating the FAQ has been
appreciated by many.
Phil's funeral will be held on Saturday 23rd August. I will enquire as
to the time and about where to forward messages and post it here.
Noeline McCaughan.
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From: arachne@uci.edu.nospam (arachne)
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 16:11:37 GMT
Knowing how much Phil hated receiving extraneous email at home, I
don't want to send my condolences to his family that way. I hope that
if someone from ChCh is going to the funeral, they could perhaps print
out some of these messages and hand them on.
Phil was certainly an important member of this online community and
his hard work has been most appreciate - especially the good humour
with which he took comments and suggestions about the faq and the way
he seldom complained about the amount of work it was to maintain.
Thanks Phil.
mj
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From: lawry@maths.ox.ac.uk (James Lawry)
Date: 15 Aug 1997 20:42:54 GMT
arachne <arachne@uci.edu.nospam> wrote:
>Phil was certainly an important member of this online community and
>his hard work has been most appreciate - especially the good humour
>with which he took comments and suggestions about the faq and the way
>he seldom complained about the amount of work it was to maintain.
>
>Thanks Phil.
Hear hear. My deepest sympathies to his family, and his friends
everywhere.
James Lawry.
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From: Lyndon Watson <L.Watson@csc.canterbury.ac.nz> (Lyndon Watson)
Date: 18 Aug 97 09:31:35 +1200
arachne@uci.edu.nospam (arachne) writes:
> Knowing how much Phil hated receiving extraneous email at home, I
> don't want to send my condolences to his family that way. I hope that
> if someone from ChCh is going to the funeral, they could perhaps print
> out some of these messages and hand them on.
I intend to go to the Friends meeting this Saturday, and I would be glad
to do that if anyone wishes. Given news propagation delays and the
generally flaky state of the news system here at the moment, it would be
safest to email me.
> Phil was certainly an important member of this online community and
> his hard work has been most appreciate - especially the good humour
> with which he took comments and suggestions about the faq and the way
> he seldom complained about the amount of work it was to maintain.
To which should be added our appreciation of his (and Val's) generosity
in making their house available to the rest of scnz whenever we wanted
somewhere to meet. Among the other things that stand to Phil's credit
is the saving of the 1997 Pigout.
> Thanks Phil.
Lyndon Watson L.Watson@csc.canterbury.ac.nz
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From: cne@efn.org ( Charles N. Eggen)
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 18:39:47 GMT
I would second the suggestion of "The Phil Stuart-Jones Memorial FAQ".
I have been stunned regarding our loss, Since I had only been in
contact with him via e-mail, I could not consider him a close friend,
but I certainly will miss his input and energy. My condolences to all
of you who are experiencing a significant hole in your lives now.
Charles Norman Eggen
"How often are we to die before we go quite off this stage?
In every friend we lose a part of ourselves,
and the best part."
Alexander Pope, 5 Dec. 1732
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From: nrowe@gwdu19.gwdg.de (Nicola Rowe )
Date: 20 Aug 1997 21:44:42 GMT
I agree - a memorial is a good idea.
I have pointed many Germans curious about NZ to the FAQ,
and appreciate the enormous effort that must have gone into maintaining
it. My sincere condolences to Phil's family and friends.
Nicola
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PART A
Subject: A1 HOW TO FIND NZers AND INFORMATION ABOUT NZ
Subject: A1.1 On The Net
You may also find other URLs in the relevant sections.
Looking for people:
Online phone directory http://www.whitepages.co.nz/
NZ Internet Users directory http://bitz.co.nz/bitz/email/
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For general information, follow this newsgroup! You might also want to
investigate the nz.* groups (if they are available to you) particularly
nz.general. Readers with web browsers might like to do a search on the
'keyword' "New Zealand". There seem to be quite a few travel resources
there. Corrections for any of these addresses would be appreciated.
The faq is available from numerous sites, including:
ftp site: ftp.demon.co.uk
dir: /pub/ibmpc/misc
including the internet access faq and immigration eligibility software.
Searching for organisations, companies, governmental agencies etc
* NZ Yellow Pages http://www.yellowpages.co.nz
* The NZ Internet Registry (information on Domains within the *.nz TLD)
http://www.domainz.net.nz/
* NZ Government Online (with search facility) http://www.govt.nz/
* Consulates/Embassies Overseas http://www.mft.govt.nz/Overseas/index.htm
* The Companies Office http://www.companies.govt.nz/
* Education Links http://nz.com/NZ/EducationResearch/Universities.html
* Employment Resources http://url.co.nz/employ.html
New Zealand Search engines
A list of major NZ search engines and indexes by Paul Bourke
http://www.mhri.edu.au/~pdb/internet/nzsearch.html
Other NZ search engines not included in the list are:
http://www.nzpages.co.nz/
http://www.anzwers.co.nz/
List of New Zealand Internet connected sites by Mark Davis of Victoria
University of Wellington
http://www.comp.vuw.ac.nz/~mark/netsites.html
Other info about NZ is available via WWW from:
Michael Witbrock's NZ pages at http://www.nz.com/
Sam Sampson says:
"Stewart Island Pages on the akiko tour of nz. Site is:
http://nz.com/tour/Stewart Island/
Philip Greenspun's file (illustrated with 25 JPEG photos):
http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/philg/travel/
then click on "email from New Zealand" and all the old stuff is there.
Jennifer Mary George's pages:
Obscurities/infrequently asked questions;
http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~jmgeorge/ifaq.html
and home page
http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~jmgeorge/nz.html
Pat Cain's ftp site/web page:
http://www.dosli.govt.nz/lists
ftp://ftp.dosli.govt.nz/pub/
including the Internet Access in NZ FAQ, Tony Sutorius' NZ Internet
Typical User Profiles FAQ and BBS Listings for Auckland, Waikato,
Manawatu, Wellington and Christchurch.
David Lobb's site http://www.tricky.com/davelobb.html
Jon Clarke's site http://air.com.hk/~jonc
Derek Tearne's site http://url.co.nz/NZ/nzl.html
NZ Legislation http://www.knowledge-basket.co.nz/gpprint/acts.html
Health Links http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/libr/nz/nzmed.htm
Government web pages
NZ Government Online http://www.govt.nz/
NZ Companies Office http://www.companies.govt.nz/
NZ Statistics http://www.stats.govt.nz/statsweb.nsf
NZ Passport Office
http://inform.dia.govt.nz/internal_affairs/businesses/doni_pro/pports_home.html
Dept of Internal Affairs Information and Services
http://202.49.212.149/internal_affairs/helping.frml
Local Government Web pages
Auckland City Council http://www.akcity.govt.nz/
Canterbury City Council http://www.ccc.govt.nz/
Dunedin City Council http://www.dcc.govt.nz/
North Shore City Council http://www.nscc.govt.nz/
Palmerston North City Council http://www.pncc.govt.nz/
Waitakere City Council http://www.waitakere.govt.nz/
Wellington City Council http://www.wcc.govt.nz/
Museums
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/
Museums of New Zealand (an article with links)
http://gosouthpacific.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa011198.htm
NZ Fighter Pilots Museum http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/welcome/welcome.htm
Library sites throughout NZ.
National Library of New Zealand http://www.natlib.govt.nz/
Email: visitors@natlib.govt.nz
New Zealand Library Catalogues:
http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/libr/nzopac.htm
New Zealand Library and Information Association:
http://www.netlink.co.nz/~nzlia/
which gives details of the organisation, and links to related sites.
Canterbury Public Library http://www.ccc.govt.nz/Library/
Wellington City Libraries http://www.wcl.govt.nz
University Libraries:
University of Auckland http://www.auckland.ac.nz/lbr/libhome.htm
University of Waikato http://www2.waikato.ac.nz/library/
Massey University http://www.massey.ac.nz/~wwwlib/
Victoria University of Wellington http://www.vuw.ac.nz/library/
University of Canterbury http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/libr/home.htm
University of Otago http://librius.otago.ac.nz:800/home-page.html
Lincoln University
http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/libr/libhome.htm
http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/libr/nz/
and their alphabetical list of NZ WWW Home Pages at:
http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/libr/nz/nzalpha.htm
Library servers on the web:
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Libweb/
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/staff/morgan/alcuin/wwwed-catalogs.html
Arts
NZ Arts on the Web http://url.co.nz/arts/nzarts.html
NZ Art Resources http://www.elam.auckland.ac.nz/links/galleries.html
NZ Symphony Orchestra http://www.nzso.co.nz/
NZ Music Centre http://www.sounz.org.nz/
Aotearoa Traditional Maori Performing Arts Festival
http://www.maori.org.nz/kapahaka/ampac/index.html
For URLs on NZ music and Film, look at Sections "C5.2 Music" and
"C5.1.1 Films"
Radio Broadcasts from NZ
Note: You'll need the Real Player plug-in in most cases.
Go to http://www.realaudio.com/ to find out more about it.
Audionet http://www.audionet.co.nz
List of links to various broadcasts including sports and radio.
Click on the "Audio" or "Live" button. The radio stations are
mostly Wellington radio stations. eg. MoreFM, Newtalk1ZB, 91ZM FM.
BFM (Student radio - Auckland)
BFM Home page (for programme) http://www.95bfm.co.nz/
BFM Live http://www.ihug.co.nz/bFM.ram
Radio New Zealand http://www.rnz.co.nz/
Radio Active http://www.radioactive.co.nz
Sport
Americas Cup 2000 http://www.americascup.co.nz/
Cricket http://www.cricket.org/
Links to NZ Sports http://www.plug.co.nz:80/sport.htm
NZ Sports Foundation http://www.sportsfoundation.org.nz/
Rugby (NZRFU) http://www.nzrugby.co.nz/
Sports Beat http://www.sportsbeat.co.nz/
Sports Web http://www.sports.graben.co.nz/
Skiing in NZ
Cadrona http://www.cardrona.co.nz
HMH Heli-skiing http://www.new-zealand.com/hmh
Mt Cook Line http://www.mtcook.co.nz/
Treble Cone http://www.new-zealand.com/TrebleCone
Whakapapa ski fields http://www.whakapapa.co.nz/
Transport
NZ by Rail http://www.waikato.ac.nz/nz/rail/
Intercity Coach http://www2.intercitycoach.co.nz/intercity/
Interislander Ferry http://www.waikato.ac.nz/nz/rail/interislander.html
Automobile Association http://www.aa.org.nz/
Mt Cook Line http://www.mtcook.co.nz/
Travel and Tourism related web pages:
NZ on the Web http://www.nz.com/
Destination NZ http://url.co.nz/nzl.html
NZ Tourism Bureau http://www.nztb.govt.nz/visitor/
NZ Travel Channel http://www.nz-travel.co.nz/
http://www.nz-travel.com/
Lonely Planet http://www.lonelyplanet.com/dest/aust/nz.htm
Auckland Airport http://www.auckland-airport.co.nz/
Waiheke Island http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~waiheke
Rotorua http://www.rotorua.com/
http://nz.com/Rotorua/index.htm
Hawke's Bay Online http://www.hb.co.nz/
Waitomo http://www3.waikato.ac.nz/waitomo/index.html
Tourism Taranaki http://tipnet.taranaki.ac.nz/tourism/
Destination Taupo http://www.laketaupo.tourism.co.nz/
Wellington Interactive Tours http://www.wcc.govt.nz/~Virtually.NZ/
http://www.wellington.net.nz/discwell/virtual/
Wellington WWW http://www.wellington.net.nz/
Nelson Guide http://nelson.net.nz/
Wanaka http://www.voyager.co.nz/~wanaka/index01.htm
Antarctica - Tourism http://www.icair.iac.org.nz/tourism/
Millenium
Govt Millenium page http://www.year2000.govt.nz
Gisborne Events2000 http://gisborne2000.org.nz/
Other sites:
NZ Stamp Centre (by NZ Post) http://www.nzstamps.co.nz/
Footrot Flats newsgroup news:alt.comics.strips.footrot-flats
Radio NewZealand International http://www.actrix.gen.nz/biz/rnzi
Royal Society of NZ (NZ Science) http://www.rsnz.govt.nz/
Institute of Professional Engineers http://www.ipenz.org.nz/
NZ Architectural Links
http://www.architecture.auckland.ac.nz/info/archsearch.htm
http://charm.wcc.govt.nz/extern/kennett/homepage.htm
http://liber.stanford.edu/~torrie/
http://archpropplan.auckland.ac.nz/internal/lab/search/nz.htm
Pukeiti http://Vulcan.taranaki.ac.nz/pukeiti/
Kiwi Wildlife tours http://www.kiwi-wildlife.co.nz/
http://www.indirect.com/www/richardk/NZgraphic.html
http://www.rsnz.govt.nz/
NZ Thoroughbread Network http://www.horse.co.nz/
Gateway to Antarctica http://www.icair.iac.org.nz/
US Naval Antarctic Support unit http://www.iac.org.nz/nasu/default.htm
Information on the Rainbow Warrior
The Memorial http://www.northland.ac.nz/matauri/rainbow.htm
The Bombing of the Warrior
http://www.kauai.net/centralscrutinizer/pardonmyanalysis/rainbow_bomb.html
Greenpeace http://www.greenpeace.org/
A list of newspaper sites is at the end of section 1.2.2.
The Wizard of New Zealand (also known as the Wizard of Christchurch) is
pleased to announce his home page http://www.chch.planet.org.nz/wizard/
Subject: A1.2 Elsewhere
A1.2.1 Overseas Offices Of The New Zealand Tourism Board
AUSTRALIA
SYDNEY:
Prudential Finance House,
84 Pitt Street, Ph (+61 2) 231 1322
GP Box 614,2100 Sydney (+61 2) 221 7333
NSW 2000
BRISBANE:
Ground Floor, 288 Edwards St Ph (+61 7) 221 3176
GPO 2634, Brisbane, Queensland 4001 Fax (+61 7) 221 7289
MELBOURNE:
Level 19 Comco Office Tower Ph (+61 3) 823 6283
644 Chapel Street, South Yarra
Melbourne, Victoria
BRITAIN
LONDON:
New Zealand House, Ph (071) 973 0363
Haymarket, SW1Y4TQ
EUROPE
FRANKFURT:
6000 Frankfurt am Main 1, Ph (069) 288 189
Kaiserhofstrasse, Fax (069) 281 482
JAPAN
TOKYO:
Toho Twin tower Building, Ph (03) 508-9981
2nd Floor,
1-5-2 Yurakucho C
Hiyoda-ku 100
PAN-ASIA
SINGAPORE:
13 Nassam Rd, Ph 2359966
Singapore 1025
HONG KONG:
3414 Jardine House, Ph (05) 255 044
1 Connaught Place,
Central
UNITED STATES
LOS ANGELES:
501 Santa Monica Blvd 300, Ph 1 800 3885494
Santa Monica CA 90401 Fax (310) 395 5453
NEW YORK:
Suite 1206,
432 Park Avenue South, Ph (001212) 447 0550
New York, NY 10016 Fax (001212) 447 0558
CANADA
VANCOUVER:
1200 - 888 Dunsmuir Street, Ph (604) 684-2117
Vancouver, B.C., V6C 3K4 Fax (604) 684-1265
Air New Zealand also has offices at 1250 - 888 Dunsmuir Street
ph (604) 640-4600
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A1.2.2 Traditional Sources (libraries, newspapers, etc.)
Check libraries, travel agents, embassies, consulates. Year books,
almanacs, census data(?) etc. are all usually available.
The following book has been suggested as a useful source of information:
New Zealand - a Lonely Planet travel survival kit
by Peter Turner, Jeff Williams, Nancy Keller and Tony Wheeler
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/
The following CD is available:
New Zealand Encyclopedia (TVNZ): An encyclopedia of NZ that covers lots of
different areas. Over 1200 illustrations, 20 maps, over 20 minutes of
videos (1994 version).
Available from:
The Electric Book Co.
PO Box 34-422 Ph/fax: (+64 9) 415 9343
Auckland 10
If all else fails, try the:
Auckland Information Bureau/Auckland Information Centre
24 Wellesley St or Queen Elizabeth II Square
PO Box 7048 Phone (+64 9) 366 6888
Auckland 1 Fax (+64 9) 366 6893
Wellington Info Centre
Phone (+64 4) 801 4000
Fax (+64 4) 801 3030
Wellington is included because if you know how to send a fax via e-mail,
use Wellington's fax number. They probably can't email you back.
Christchurch Info Centre
Phone (+64 3) 379 9629
Fax (+64 3) 377 2424
Lincoln University library keeps (or kept?) a list of all the NZ
magazines/newspapers at:
http://manuka.lincoln.ac.nz/libr/nz/nzserial.htm
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Newspaper Contact Information
New Zealand Major Daily Newspapers: (>25,000 Circulation)
Newspaper Postal Box City Circulation
Phone Mngmnt Fax Editorial Fax
New Zealand Herald (M) PO Box 32 Auckland 238,000
09-379-5050 09-303-0265 09-366-1568
Otago Daily Times (M) PO Box 181 Dunedin 48,000
03-477-4760 03-477-5120 03-477-1313
The Daily News PO Box 444 New Plymouth 29,000
06-758-0559 06-758-4653 06-758-6849
The Dominion (M) PO Box 3740 Wellington 67,000
04-474-0222 09-474-0584 04-474-0350
The Evening Post (M) PO Box 3740 Wellington 69,000
04-474-0222 04-474-0584 04-474-0237
The Press (M) Private Bag Christchurch 100,000
03-379-0940 03-364-8496 04-364-8492
The Southland Times PO Box 805 Invercargill 33,000
03-218-1909 03-218-4349 03-214-9905
Waikato Times Private Bag 3086 Hamilton 41,000
07-849-6180 07-849-9554 07-849-9603
New Zealand Other Daily Newspapers: (<25,000 Circulation)
Newspaper Postal Box City Circulation
Phone Mngmnt Fax Editorial Fax
Ashburton Guardian PO Box 77 Ashburton 6,300
03-308-3089 03-308-9855
Bay of Plenty Times Private Bag Tauranga 21,000
07-578-3059 07-578-0047
Daily Post PO Box 1442 Rotorua 13,000
07-348-6199 07-349-0959 07-346-0153
Evening News PO Box 92 Dannevirke 2,700
06-374-7081 06-374-9353
Evening Standard PO Box 3 Palmerston North 24,000
06-356-9009 06-350-9525 06-357-6316
Evening Star PO Box 3 Greymouth 5,600
03-768-7121 03-768-6205
Hawkes Bay Herald Tribune PO Box 180 Hastings 20,000
06-878-5155 06-876-0655 06-878-5668
Northland Times PO Box 96 Dargaville 2,900
09-439-8209 09-439-6505
Te Awamutu Courier PO Box 1 Te Awamutu ?
07-871-5151 07-871-3675
The Daily Telegraph PO Box 343 Napier 16,000
06-835-4488 06-835-6786 06-835-1129
The Ensign PO Box 182 Gore ?
03-208-9280 03-208-9594
The Gisborne Herald PO Box 1143 Gisborne 9,700
06-868-6655 06-867-8048
The Levin Chronicle PO Box 547 Levin 6,400
06-368-5109 06-368-2366
The Nelson Mail PO Box 244 Nelson 19,000
03-548-7079 03-546-2849 03-546-2802
The Northern Advocate PO Box 210 Whangarei 15,000
09-438-2399 09-430-5669 09-430-5665
The Oamaru Mail PO Box 343 Oamaru ?
03-434-9970 03-434-9723
The Timaru Herald PO Box 46 Timaru 15,000
03-684-4129 03-688-1042
Wairarapa Times-Age PO Box 445 Masterton 9,100
06-378-9999 06-378-2839 06-378-2371
Wairoa Star PO Box 41 Wairoa ?
06-838-7194 06-838-6973
Wanganui Chronicle PO Box 433 Wanganui 15,000
06-345-3919 06-345-3232
Westport News PO Box 249 Westport 2,200
03-789-7319 03-789-7203
New Zealand Non-daily Newspapers:
Newspaper Postal Box City Circulation
Phone Mngmnt Fax Editorial Fax
Clutha Leader (N) PO Box 45 Balclutha 2,500
03-418-1115 03-418-1173
Marlborough Express (N) PO Box 242 Blenheim 10,000
03-578-6059 03-577-6006 03-578-0497
National Business Review* (W) PO Box 1734 Auckland 13,000
09-307-1629 09-373-3997
Northern News (W) PO Box 1 Kaikohe ?
09-401-0123 09-401-2129
Sunday News* (W) PO Box 1409 Auckland 119,000
09-302-1300 09-366-4670 09-358-3003
Sunday Star-Times* (W) PO Box 1409 Auckland 195,000
09-302-1300 09-366-4670 09-309-0258
The Independent* (W) 17 Victoria St West Auckland 10,000
09-303-3534 09-303-2999
The New Truth* (W) PO Box 1409 Auckland 35,000
09-302-1300 09-366-4670 09-309-2279
Whakatane Beacon (N) PO Box 243 Whakatane 8,600
07-308-8129 07-307-0719
Type Note: Provincial Daily unless: (M) Metropolitian Daily
(N) Non-Daily (ie. 2-5 times/week)
(W) Weekly
Distrubution Note: * = Nationwide Circulation
The above information was kindly supplied by the NZPA & INL via Tony Randle
For further information, please contact the NZPA.
Phone: (+64 4) 472-7910
Fax: (+64 4) 478-1625
Postal Address PO Box 1599, Wellington
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Please refer to section A2.2 How Do I Get News From Home?
for URLs of NZ News sources.
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A1.2.3 In The Wild...
The following comments result from the thread 'Obviously Antipodean' which
Dave Frame started by posing the question, "So does anyone have any idea
why we antipodeans are so readily identifiable when we travel?".
From: andrew@unigen.unit.no (Andrew McNaughton)
Track suit bottoms, jandals, rugby jersey (bit too fashionable now),
vegemite stains around the mouth, obviously travelling on the cheap,
working in a pub in London or as a nanny in some pile in the countryside, a
willingness to pass the time of day with a total stranger. This last one
happened to me in the London Underground, said gidday to some bloke as we
waited in this draughty hole of a station and he looked at me as if I was a
madman and backed away. Thing that got me was he was grottier looking than
I was so by rights I should have been the one backing away. Even slobs
have pride.
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From: morrisp@lincoln.ac.nz (Morris, Peter)
Because Australians wear a ball 'n' chain round their leg?
Because you have suntans at the wrong time of year?
Because you have skin cancer at any time of year?
Because your name is Bruce/Sheila?
Because you open your mouth?
Because you eat vegemite or weak marmite?
Because you drink Tetleys/Stones
Because you're taller than the average Brit?
Because you exercise more than the average Brit?
Because you whinge more than the average Brit?
Because you stare, with your mouths wide open in awe at the wonderful land
that Britain truly is.:-)
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From: "(Ghost ) Joost Stenfert Kroese" <joost@cad.canterbury.ac.nz>
Your wildernis pack, your hiking boots. The Ozone depleted sunburn, the
stubble, checkered shirt, the dusty khaki pants... do you want me to
continue?
OK the sheepish grin. For god's sake people in europe don't smile at each
other in the tube. it's dangerous.
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From: ted@fishnet.co.nz (Ted Howard)
Two things I've noticed that stand out in a crowd.
We tend to look people in the eyes.
We tend to be interested in our surroundings - with an almost childish
facination (compared to most other cultures).
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From: lawry@maths.ox.ac.uk (James Lawry)
Speight's T-shirts, Dave.
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From: matoed.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com@ (Dave Matoe)
We tend to be loud
We have outrageous opinions on places that we recently arrive in (Because a
mate was there 4 years back and told us..bla bla bla..)
We are fiercely patriotic and wear rugby jerseys everywhere
We wear shorts to work in Summer
We wear Adidas trackies down Oxford Street
We call a spade a 'bloody spade' which means we have street cred
We kick ass in Rugby and rub it in like heck
We end many of our words with an 'o', 'aye' or 'mate' for instance 'Hey
mate, what the bloody hell do yuh think your doing with Davo's pint aye?'
We exploit our Maori culture in the Rugby, but ignore it at other times.
(ooops, controversial point..forget I said that one :-)
We rave on about sweets no ones ever heard of like 'Barley Sugar, Pineapple
Lumps and Milkshake lollies'
We winge about everybody else winging
We watch Xena and Hercules cos they are filmed in NZ
We cringe when ever Rachel Hunter comes on the tele
We remark on how Phillip Schofield started off in shazam before he hit it
big time with 'Joseph'
We p*ss in the back garden when we have a BBQ - Warning, English do not
find this an endearing quaint down-under custom.
We don't object to women buying a round
We think a swanny is great to wear at all times of the year, despite the
'NZ Railways' markings on the back of it.
All of us have a relative called 'Wayne' or 'Trevor' somewhere down the
line.
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From: jthursto@direct.ca (s & j thurston)
Gazing around, staring and grinning at everyone and everything. Every
other guy called Bruce or Graham. NZ women talking to non NZ men about
football and sports and they (the dorks) think that they *must* be coming
on to them. Yeah sure pencil neck you're just my type. NOT. NZ women
liking guys who don't have a thing for Mummy. NZ women ready to arm
wrestle to see who pays for the beer.
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From: matoed.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com@ (Dave Matoe)
Some more.......
We would be proud to be considered 'All Black'
We are the only country to spell awesome with an 'o' (remember David Tua
the boxer?)
We use awesome in replacement of 'Great, excellent, fantastic, remarkable
interesting, wonderful, stimulating and choice'
We wear Jandals and not thongs or flip flops
Kiwi ladies understand the off-side rule (now explain it to me...:-)
We call personality-challenged individuals 'dicks heads'
We take 50 photo's of ourselves in front of Big Ben to send to all the
relo's back home.
We send our mums a wedgewood tea cup and saucer and forget about the rest
of the tea set.
We never watch neighbours
We only travel with MacPacs
We know who Phillip Sherry and Dougal Stevenson are (Well some of us do I
s'pose..:-)
We use unique words like Drongo, Skite, Hokey Pokey, L&P, tutai, hangi and
DB
We know what ship Captain Cook sailed in
We call Australians - wallabies, English - POMS and Dennis Connor a 'bit of
a bugger...' when we're with our folks, but 'bloody ozzies, winging poms
and a personality-challenged individual' when we're with our mates :-)
We only eat sure to rise pikelets and no other kind
We miss luxury flakes when we're away yet never eat them when we're at home
and finally
We don't like people being a smart ass - so I'm off. :-)
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From: otago@falcon.cc.ukans.edu (Graham Pendreigh)
: We use awesome in replacement of 'Great, excellent, fantastic, remarkable
: interesting, wonderful, stimulating and choice'
Received text remains, however, "not bad", as in Salisbury Cathedral...
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From: David Frame <d.frame@phys.canterbury.ac.nz>
> Speight's T-shirts, Dave.
Yeah... ok... I can see how that might be a wee bit of a giveaway... but
even when I was out of uniform - wearing non-standard blokewear - people
still figured me for a kiwi. And that was *before* I opened my mouth and
demonstrated a particular affinity for certain consonants.
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From: alan@remaal.prestel.co.uk (Alan Macdougall)
The old Macpac - where I live (Queens Park tube) every fifth person on the
train either has a Macpac or reads the TNT on a Monday morning. Also, I
keep meeting on the Central line people from NZ that I haven't seen in
years - I'm sure that loud reunions on the tube through Shepherds Bush is a
bit of a giveaway too...
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From: aph502@leonard.anu.edu.au (Aidan Philip Heerdegen)
>We wear shorts to work in Summer
And winter - most important.
>We end many of our words with an 'o', 'aye' or 'mate'
Australianism .. mate.
No shit. I came here and found EVERYONE is 'mate'. Quite off putting.
You also have a 'servo' (Service Station), bottleo (Bottle Store), fisho
(Fish Shop) etc etc. Much more Australian than NZ(ish) IMO.
>for instance 'Hey mate, what the bloody hell do yuh think your doing with
>Davo's pint aye?'
I think I am more likely to say "Hey pal/fella, what the f*ck do you think
you're doin' with my mate Dave's pint!?"
I think NZers reserve Mate for mates, rather than just any Joe Bloggs.
>We use awesome in replacement of 'Great, excellent, fantastic, remarkable
>interesting, wonderful, stimulating and choice'
I thought choice was pretty popular.
>We take 50 photo's of ourselves in front of Big Ben to send to all the
>relo's back home.
Rellies where I come from. You been hanging out with the Aussies in Earl's
Court too long.
>We call Australians - wallabies, English - POMS and Dennis Connor a 'bit
>of a bugger...' when we're with our folks, but 'bloody ozzies, winging
>poms and a personality-challenged individual' when we're with our mates :-)
I think the 'pom' and 'whinging pom' thing is extremely Ocker. They also
call them 'pommie baarstids' here. I always called them English when I was
in NZ.
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From: stephen@waikato.ac.nz (Stephen Judd)
Definitely. "-ies" is THE Kiwi diminutive. Rellies, vegies, pollies, etc.
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From: morrisp@lincoln.ac.nz (Morris, Peter)
I believe though that there is a certain innocence about NZers & Aussies
when they wander around looking at everything.
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From: brian_d@welly.gen.nz (Brian Dooley)
>>all the relo's back home.
>Ah, he's an Australian.
Obviously. "Relo" and "Davo" in another post were a dead giveaway.
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From: matoed.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com@ (Dave Matoe)
>>all the relo's back home.
>Ah, he's an Australian.
Ummm, thats 4 years of living in Melbourne filtering through. My apologies
for letting my Kiwi standards drop. :-)
I forgot a couple of others:-
We know how to sign 'Keep Cool till after Skool' for deaf people.
We laugh if anyone says 'Jeez Wayne'
We know that Annie Whittle was a singer as well as an actress (5 points if
you can remember her song)
We all wish we knew what the Dogs name is
We know who Manu is
We experience true fear when anyone says the word Weta
If anybody is interested, we did a kiwi questionnaire several years back to
spot any fakes in the crowd. Its humour at its sarcy-est and tackiest - but
humour none the less. If theres an interest for this kind of thing I'd be
happy to post it. [this is lurking in Section C1.1]
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From: nrowe@gwdu19.gwdg.de (Nicola Rowe )
I spoke to someone once in Germany who had a Macpac, thinking they might be
a NZer; they weren't, and, once I started investigating the backpack
situation, I found that higher-priced camping shops often sell Macpacs - at
almost double NZ prices.
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From: Jochen Siegenthaler <jochen.siegenthaler@alcatel.ch>
Indeed, here in CH you can buy Kiwi MacPacs at hiking stores. The locals
regard them as being of very high quality and are thus prepared to pay
extra for them (great for NZ economy)
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From: andrew.wicken@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (Andrew Wicken)
BTW, I'm not sure if anyone's mentioned this but Aussies and NZers are
about the only caucasians in Britain who don't have a skin tone reminiscent
of dead fish. I'll always remember when my Yorkshire grandad came over to
visit and nearly blinded us when he rolled up his trouser legs one sunny
day. Lucky the US Defence Dept didn't know about Brits when they were
trying to get SDI running.
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