Weird news first: Overgrown sheep shorn for first time, producing 40kg of wool
(That's 88 pounds--trouble viewing click here)
From the Department of We Concur: Queenstown, Auckland among world's most friendly cities
Queenstown and Auckland have made the list of the top 10 friendliest cities for 2015. The
southern city ranked number three and Auckland number nine in the
annual Condé Nast Traveler magazine Reader Choice Awards survey."For the third year running, we've asked our readers to rate a city's "friendliness" in the Readers' Choice Awards survey. We found out which cities greet visitors with open arms...which international cities were warm - or had a chill in the air."
These people certainly look friendly (oh wait this is my family...)
Auckland
Photo:Paula Hough
Queenstown
On NZ's response to the refugee horror: John Key has got it wrong on refugees - doing nothing is not an option
It's been a very interesting week for John Key and the National Party.
I think the party's strategists thought their centre-right voter base would support them when it came to the refugee crisis. But as more and more horrific images have been beamed around the world, it's become clear that an increasing number of New Zealanders feel we should be doing more.
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Cushion star
Cushion stars are probably the commonest starfish
around the coast and are frequently found in tidal rock
pools. They may be orange, brown, green, blue, purple or
mottled combinations of these; their underside is pale
pink. Usually they have five arms like this specimen, but
some have four or six.
Scallop
We had an update today on the new tire's trajectory. It should be arriving Monday, thanks to the efforts of many good Kiwis.
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