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Michael, Designer, Christchurch, New Zealand Here is something for the kiwi newsmakers section - ‘Swarovski Mouse' designed by Jeremy Doherty, Simon Doherty and Dareen Doherty, from New Zealand have won an international Designboom and Swarovski competition called 'Crystal Vision.' http://www.designboom.com/contest/view.php?contest_pk=22& item_pk=20976&p=1 Wed Sep 3 16:56:24 2008 Debbie, Bradford, Great Britain Sunessa, Homemaker, Independence, Unites States of
America
Thomas, Duvall, Washington, USA
Ian and Marie Lucus, busdrivers, Sydney, Australia Mike, Los Angeles, USA
Craig, Sales manager, Aschaffenburg, Germany Jon, Director of sales and marketing, Auckland, New
Zealand Bridgid Mark, Melbourne, Australia
Shelley, Structures Maintainer, Greymouth, New Zealand Tigilau Saili, London, Great Britain Sue, Apiarist/Farmer/Author/Artist/Administrator,
Sligo, Ireland Robert, Student, Frostburg University, Oakland, USA
Lynette, Housewife, Westport, New Zealand Roger, Mechaincal Supervisor for EROC, Adelaide
Lynn, Fitness Instructor, Nelson Lisa, Development Manager Chris, TV Senior Promo Producer, Sydney Peta, Financial Consultant/Owner and Designer of Koru
Designz, New York Sharon, School teacher, St. Petersburg, Florida John, Kiwi Newspaper Editor, Brisbane
Rob, Traveller, New Zealand
Richard, Retired, Picton, Ontario
Stephen, Teacher, Auckland Frank was born in Akaroa, and became a sea captain. His real claim to fame was as the captain of Shackleton's expedition to cross the Antarctic continent. As is well known the expedition met with disaster when their ship, the Endurance was crushed and they were left stranded with no way of rescue. The men set off on the most remarkable journey of survival known to history. After many trials and tribulations the party reached Elephant Island, a lonely uninhabited bit of rock in the Southern Ocean. Here they would die unless further help was found. Shackleton and Worsley set of in the only seawothry craft to sail countless miles across the ocean to South Georgia where there was a whaling station. With three other men they succeeded in doing this through Worsley's extraordinary powers of navigation. On reaching South Georgia they found themselves on the wrong side and had to cross the high range of intervening mountains - or die. Worsley, Shackleton and another man managed this. Eventually all members of the expedition were rescued with NO loss of life. Worsley's contribution to this is second to none (although he would modestly give all the credit to the more famous Shackleton). Unbelievably the story continues... On reaching
civilisation they found the world was in the middle of the Great War.
Worsley joined up, working on Q ships and leading convoys into Russia. Peace
saw him trading with Iceland and other locations and when WWII started he
enlisted again! My paragraphs do not do the man any
justice whatsoever but further information can be found in the NZ Geographic
magazine, and Worsley's own autobiography - Shackleton's Boat Journey
Vivvy, Mental Health Community Worker, Auckland
Jacqueline, USA Malcolm, Publisher, Nelson Greg, Hong Kong
Diane, Dental Hygienist, Gainesville, Florida
Roger, Freelance Professional Businessperson,
Ankara, Turkey Isaac, Vancouver/Auckland Over here in Canada I keep seeing 100% Pure NZ ads. How
about suggesting to them that they put a link to your website on their one.
It might educate a few people into learning about NZ. Also I hope that this
website is right at the top of the list for when people are
googling/yahooing/etc about NZ! Xavier, Unix Systems Engineer, New Zealand
John, New Zealand
Wayne, School Teacher, Wollongong, Australia
Mishi, Singer/Song writer/Actress/Public speaker, Edmonton, Alberta Lawrence, Leadership Development Specialist, Wellington Tim, New Zealand Jessica, Hamilton, New Zealand Pat, Whangarei, New Zealand Diane, Global Volunteer, New Zealand Cristalyn, Special Education Teacher, Santa Rosa City,
Philippines
Josephine, Auckland
VV, Iceland Brad, Producer, Queenstown Allan, Struggling Artist, Wellington
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Adele, Historian Researcher for early settlers to
Carterton, Carterton, New Zealand
I am down at Clareville, where we have a special lady
buried at our cemetery, where I am researching, and hard to believe that she
was No. 1 Registered Nurse in the World, Ellen Dougherty. Her anniversary
yesterday of her Registration, 106 years ago. I met a gentleman up there on
Wednesday he said he could hardly believe what he read on her grave on his
last visit to Clareville, I said it was true, she was No.1. UK did not start
until 1919, the year Ellen died..
Leile Sims, Solicitor, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Viv, Registered Nurse, Levin, New Zealand
Wayne, School Teacher, Wollongong, Australia
Eddie, Retired,
Shifnal, Great Britain
Fitri, University Student, Makassar, Indonesia
David, Great Britain
Beth, New Zealand
Sandy Lee, Product Support Specialist, USA Peter, Retired Builder, Blue Ridge, Georgia Sally, Pharmacy, Melbourne Nicholas, Property Finance, Hamilton Tuesday, Student, Invercargill, New Zealand
Catherine, New Zealand My only child, a daughter, is named for Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, because I love to hearing Dame Kiri sing. My daughter is adopted as is Dame Te Kanawa as well as her children, so it seemed to be an appropriate name. My Kiri is a delight, and is actually studying classical voice in high school, and singing quite well. She could not have a name that fits her better! I will be taking my daughter and her voice teacher to the Tampa, Florida concert of Dame Te Kanawa. Tue Nov 6 14:21:15 2007 Dave, Musician, Frankfurt |
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Christina, Primatologist, Los Angeles I am a primatologist originally from Christchurch now living in LA. I completed my B.Sc (1st class hons) at Canterbury and went on to do my Ph.D. at The University of California, Berkeley where I spent 15 months living in Panama studying the sexual behavior and endocrinology of wild spider monkeys. I now spend every summer in Panama studing wild spider monkeys and conducting archaeological field digs with my husband. Thu Nov 1 18:44:19 2007
Mary, Mortgage Broker, Sydney
Bronwen, Humanitarian Worker, Kandahar, Afghanistan Richard, IT, Bristol As an expat working with the largest IT company in the world I am on an R&D site where Kiwi's are over-represented in the workforce. One day when sitting down chatting with a mate (a world leader in his field) and talking about returning home I was surprised to hear him say "You and I will never go home (except to retire) - New Zealand doesn't want people like us." You know, the more I thought about it, the more I realised it was true. There is more spent on welfare in NZ each week than is spent on R&D each year. The kind of science and R&D that goes on to produce new industries and new jobs. There are no tax-breaks for R&D or new start-ups and almost zero venture-capital or investors in a country that is so risk-averse that all anyone wants lock up their money in housing instead. (Kiwis are quite happy to jump off a bridge with a rubber-band around their ankles, but god forbid they should invest in a struggling start-up). Whenever a Kiwi company does do well (like Ghost or 42Below) what happens? They get bought by a richer foreign company. Why aren't there Kiwi companies the size of Nokia (from Finland, with only 6 million people, not much bigger than NZ and where education is free, for all, for life). I desperately want to go home and do the kind of work we do here, but there is no chance of ever being able to build a company or earn a living doing what we do. It breaks my heart every time I have to get on a plane and fly back here. Stop trumpeting the successes of smart New Zealanders for
other countries and start poking the government and the people into changing
their ways so that success can stay at home. Otherwise NZ's only future is
as the largest retirement village in the world. This claiming of other
nation's successes as our own is just embarrassing, stop it.
Harold, Coach, South Point, Ohio That was in the year 2000, and I have been back every
year, sometimes twice a year. During those years I have traveled all over
your country and made friends with many Kiwis, including the late Arthur
Lydiard, and Peter Snell. The reason I am writing is to ask for some help
and advice. My school recently built a new track and field facility and
stadium. This May, we will be hosting a large track invitational at the
meet. I am calling the meet the Kiwi Classic, and I want to use the meet to
highlight New Zealand as a travel destination, its culture, people and
businesses. When I return to New Zealand this December, I am purchasing some
Maori handicrafts as awards for the winning athletes and teams. We want to
feature Kiwi food and music. I am working to bring in some famous Kiwis to
help promote the meet. I have Anne Audain confirmed and we are working to
bring in Peter Snell. To make all of this happen, we are looking for
sponsors, and I am trying to use New Zealand companies who have a connection
to the United States. So far Kumfs shoes and Sealord Seafood have joined us.
I was writing to see if you might have any suggestions on things we could do
at the meet to promote New Zealand and if you know of any New Zealand
companies we could contact. contact@nzedge.com Tim, Haka instructor and Tee Cotton Bowl Founder,
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Kate, Motueka, New Zealand I am a professional juggler from Auckland who makes his living by travelling the world and performing at various entertainment venues. Last year I trained in Berlin with the leading juggler from Cirque du Soleil. I am currently performing weekly at the Hilton Tokyo Bay, where I have been since April this year. I have just had my contract extended for another 5 months. I am based in Tokyo, but travel often. This is the 4th Hilton hotel that I have performed at around the world. I intend to perform in Dubai (where I visited 2 years ago) in the near future. Jugglers in NZ are very few compared to other countries. Professional jugglers are even less. Wed Sep 26 02:27:43 2007 Paul, Aviation, Melbourne Paul, Professional Speaker, Novato,
USA
Neville, Retired, New Zealand Geoff, Retired Aviation Engineer, Auckland Linda, Great Britain Len, Woodend, New Zealand Simon, Tyre, Lebanon
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Jeffrey, Physician, Lancaster, USA Where can I find a NZ black running singlet which is similar or the same as Jack Lovelock is often seen wearing? As an avid runner and late-in-life fan of this amazing man, I would love to obtain one somehow, somewhere. contact@nzedge.com Tue Sep 4 11:35:06 2007 Sophie Steve, Paramedic/Nurse, Coongulla,
Australia Sandra, Receptionist, Melbourne
Lea-Ann, Customer Co-ordinator, Palmerston North, New Zealand Nardia, Sales Rep, Monroeville, USA Wayne, School Teacher, Wollongong,
Australia
John, Engineering Manager, Prince Edward
Island, Canada Cary, Business Development Manager,
Frankfurt Elisabeth, Executive Director, Auckland,
New Zealand Glenda, Lab Tech, Bush Mills, Great
Britain Anne-Marie, Transportation, USA Marcus, Northants, UK John, Semi-retired and internet radio DJ,
Australia I've been living on a tiny island of Tinian for three years now, previously residing in Melbourne, Australia. One thing I've noticed about life here in the middle of the Pacific: there's no shortage of kiwis who are keen to get out and about! There are around 20 other kiwis living on Tinian - not bad for a population of around 1,500 people!! Fri Aug 10 13:57:09 2007 Teri, Educational Business, Suwon,
Korea
Glenys, Retired Teacher, New
Zealand John, Wellington
Fiona, Geraldine John, Director, Auckland Tracey, Fisherwoman, Orsta, Norway Maxine, Registered Nurse, Opotiki Olwen, Fashion/Costume Designer, Las Vegas
Sally, Sales Assistant, Melbourne Govind, Engineering Consultant,
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Sandra, Journalist, Ireland I'm an Irish journalist just finishing off writing a book entitled To the Limits of Endurance. It's the true story of a 16 year old Irish boy, Johnny Harte, who ran away from home and joined the British Army in search of adventure. He found it in Palestine & Malta pre-WW2 and later was in the Siege of Malta in WW2. He joined the fledgling SAS/SBS and one of his instructors was a New Zealander, Stud Stellin, who was on Manoel Island in Malta. They went on covert undercover missions into enemy territory, dropped off by submarine and rowing in aboard folboats - small kayaks. Johnny was on the Greek Island of Leros when he was finally captured by the Germans, forced marched to Athens and put aboard a cattle train with little food or water for fourteen days and night, as it travelled across Europe, in sub-zero temperatures. Many died on that journey. Eventually he arrived at a POW camp near Belsen in Germany, where he endured harrowing experiences until his release at the end of WW2. While this is a story of hardship and endurance, it is also a tale of the scams, and schemes he got up to along the way and there are numerous funny stories of his experiences - such as his 'seduction' by a lady of the night aged 17. The book is due out in September and I am
anxious to try and contact anyone who remembers Stud Stellin, as efforts to
track him or his relations in Ireland and the UK have failed. I'm not sure
if he survived the war, returned to NZ or what. Any help would be
appreciated. Johnny - or Jack as he became known - went on to become a
Senator in the Irish Government, where he served for 22 years. He's 86, hail
and hearty and looking forward to meeting up with old comrades, family and
friends at the launh in the Irish Dail - our house of parliament. It will be
an historic occasion as never before have the Irish Parliament allowed a
book to be launched there. It would be wonderful to have some NZ input to
this occasion. contact@nzedge.com David, New Zealand
Christchurch Russel, London Ra'Bia, Writer/Cosmetologist, Seattle
Faith
Andrew, Marketer, Wellington It's been a labor of love getting a website up but the
interest from people in NZ and elsewhere vindicates that people want to use
this medium. So if you are feeling a little homesick and want to hear some
kiwi voices, want to recall some Maori legends or want to let others in on
the secrets of your home town, may I recommend www.guide2newzealand.co.nz
for a download (including a free Auckland track), or info on buying the
CD. I am a kiwi living in Melbourne. Since leaving NZ, I have never been so proud of being a kiwi. It's funny the old saying of "you don't know what you've got until it's gone". I wanted to share this with my fellow kiwis; I have come
across a company called ACN which is a telecommunications company which is
providing free calls to NZ for customers on their service. Since joining I
have saved up to $70 on my bill, which is a lot over a whole year. I really
see this as a way of keeping kiwi connected. If there are any people
interested in finding out more information they can email me through contact@nzedge.com. Joy, Rheinfelden, Germany Despite these hardships they are determined NZ should be represented. Cycle Couriers provide a much needed service to grid locked city businesses...they are considered an annoying but necessary part of central city life. Couriers themselves are a 'special breed' of people who are not afraid to live on the edge, take risks and rely on their own physical ability to earn their bread and butter…there is little jam on the meager commissions given in return for putting their lives at risk daily, and they are generally despised by motorists and pedestrians alike and tolerated as an evil necessity in grid locked city traffic; why do they do it? Like
all professional sports people it is the adrenaline obtained through their
performance which keeps them hooked and eager to improve their personal
bests. They derive satisfaction from providing a quick efficient service to
inner city businesses. While working the central city region 5 to 6 days per
week the two couriers mentioned have beaten a track to all possible sponsors
around their city and have failed to attract any real sponsorship...so
should they stay home? No way - they say they will go even if they can't
afford it.
Derrek,
Project Manager, Guayaquil, Ecuador
Kiwi, France Gavin, Contractor, Brisbane Phil, Flight Lieutenant, Fording Bridge, Hampshire Trevor, Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex Bethany, Melbourne Brechon, Exercise Scientist/Personal Trainer,
Dunedin
Garry, Accountant/Company Secretary, Tustin, California Cathy, Senior Research Professor I would suggest you are taking a limited perspective on what defines a New Zealander and New Zealand globally in two senses. First, I am a New Zealander who lives and works in the US, and here where anything is known about New Zealanders at all its very vague and American football means that most Americans don't even know what rugby is, don't know that bungy jumping is a New Zealand export, don't even know where New Zealand is geographically located; may have seen Lord of the Rings and some reference to it being filmed in NZ. An aging and decreasing Second World War generation remembers New Zealand fondly as the staging point of the Southern hemisphere for island hoping operations through to Japan. So the things you note that we are known for, it's not necessarily that we are known everywhere for these things. Second, I would suggest that New Zealanders are more known for a set of qualities than for a set of things (sheep, bungy jumping rugby). Many of these results reflect the qualities. I would suggest that New Zealanders are viewed as the "little country that doesn't know it" - how do we win at rugby - not because we have the biggest, brawniest, muscle-bound two-hundred-fifity-pound giants on the field, but because our rugby players and coaches are fast, fleet, able to think of their feet, innovate continuously, so that every time our tactics are perfected by another team, we don't those tactics and move to something new that no-one has thought of. Whether it is film, fashion, technology, rugby, bungy jumping there is a constant theme of novelness, innovation, of being small enough not to be bound by the inertia of bigger, larger, organizations and countries. And yet, this is a country with nearly a sixth of its population not living in New Zealand. How much of New Zealand's image in the world is influenced by these Kiwis, or the Kiwis who work and live at home? If you ask a lot of ex-pats why they left, its because they felt their creativity, innovation, get-up-and-go, can-do, want-to-make-things-happen, stop-standing-in-my-way passion was frustrated, damped-down, locked into mediocre-levelling, chop-the-tall-poppy, can't-do-anything-but-the -status-quo, type individuals who hold onto many leadership positions and are allowed to do so. Clearly,
my own prejudices creep in here, but just some observations and opinions for
you. Adrienne, Language Teacher/Writer, Morocco Richard, Film Editor, Masterton |
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Peter, Retired, Wellington Sarah, Phd Candidate, Chicago Philip, Business Manager, Singapore Ric, Recreation Consultant, Forst Grove, USA Paula, Child Carer, Hamilton Keen to talk to/meet people who are as passionate about New Zealand design as I am. contact@nzedge.com Wed Feb 7 15:51:36 2007 Kevin, Self Funded Retiree, Australia Warwick, Australia
Grant, Operations Manager, Bangkok Sandra, Salt Lake City
Simon, Director, Auckland Kathy, Steilacoom, USA Rachel, Mum, Christchurch David, Retired, Paeroa Ric, Outdoor Recreation Consultant, Oregon Kelly, Onewhero, Tuakau |
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