Touring Scots Experience Hongi and Other Quirks of New Zealand Culture

Such as this unique local solution to the Fijian Crisis, on observing the Scots training an onlooker reportedly said: “what you should do is use that big fellar as ram on the door of the Parliament House in Suva, this other feller to crash tackle George Speight to the floor. Crisis Over.” We’ll see if they’re up to it after the test this weekend …


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Unique Prehistoric Dolphin Discovered

Unique Prehistoric Dolphin Discovered

A prehistoric dolphin newly discovered in the Hakataramea Valley in South Canterbury appears to have had a unique method for catching its prey, Evrim Yazgin writes for Cosmos magazine. Aureia rerehua was…