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Young Women Flock to New Zealand

New Zealand Herald article I’m showing all my (male) friends about why it’s a great idea to move to New Zealand.

Kea - Social Network of New Zealanders

Kea New Zealand is “global community of people who help each other achieve great things all over the world because of the connection they share with New Zealand.” Virtual Rotary Club :-)

Top 20 Jobs Done By Migrants in NZ

Fascinating report on the jobs that migrants with higher degrees or university degrees do when they get to NZ. Biggest category is computer professionals. Windows doesn’t just reboot itself, …

Anzac Quickies

Anzac Day is Veteran’s Day for New Zealand and Australia. Two great pieces on it: history and some intelligent questioning at the bottom of this.

Rollercoasters

We had a great run of a few weeks where the weather and family travels aligned: Dad and I were both back, so we got to do a lot of fishing boat activity. One day we caught a ton of fish (they were …

Development

Yesterday we went to the Silverdale A&P show (Agricultural and Pastoral) with our friend Pam and her two kids aged about 13 and 14. It was a blast, with everything from prize pumpkins (112kg or …