New Zealand

[Lanolin]

post what you know about NZ...my country!

 

[Abdicate]

New Zealand makes internet 'trolling' illegal
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...-Zealand-makes-internet-trolling-illegal.html

Good for them

 

[Lanolin]

? Thats the first i heard of it lol.
I notice you looking at a UK paper.
Try the NZ herald.

 

[Lanolin]

My dad used to work for the NZ herald. But its gone downhill now. Its more tabloid trash than what it used to be. How times have changed!

 

[Lanolin]

Another good site is stuff.co.nz
Its got all the nZ newspapers, the local ones.

Fairfax media controls those though and they were based in Australia.

 

[Lanolin]

I wouldnt have minded being a journalist but...never had the training. My dad's job was to do layout and classifieds and a bit of sub editing.

 

[Lanolin]

But many jobs got made redundant with the advent of computers and now its all digital.

 

[Lanolin]

I dont know what other sites to tell you as obviously not a tourist but...to find good info about my country i recommend going to public library websites and local govt ones. Try Auckland Council, where I used to work.

(Thank God I dont anymore!)

 

[Lanolin]

You'll find all sorts of propoganda there lol.

 

[Lanolin]

Google Kim dotcom.
Ugh. I dont know WHY he thinks he wants to control this country.

 

[Francis Drake]

New Zealand, don't they have dragons there?

 

[Lanolin]

Taniwhas.
no..Tuataras. They are really small lizards, but if they were giant they would be scary.

 

[Lanolin]

The taniwhas, according to maoris, live underground. As you would expect.

 

[Lanolin]

There is a kowhai tree cultivar which is more like a shrub that is called 'Dragon's Gold' cos of the yellow flowers.
Kowhai is a native new zealand tree.
I have one bush in my garden, hasn't flowered yet.

 

[Lanolin]

It's the chinese that love dragons. i.e they used to worship them and many still do. They have dragon dances or lion dances.

Yea, its part of their culture. But since maori are originally descended from asian countries, they have kept some of that animal worship. So it's Taniwhas to them. Since they live underground, any area that's their territory is 'tapu' or taboo.

I know this sounds like something out of the Hobbit, but you know that was filmed in NZ too. Although that dragon is actually digital. lol.

 

[Lanolin]

New Zealand makes internet 'trolling' illegal
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...-Zealand-makes-internet-trolling-illegal.html

Good for them

just want to comment this may have come about not just because of 'roast busters' facebook thing but also Twitter when a kiwi (nzer) who is quite well known in the media called Charlotte Dawson was cyberbullied and told to commit suicide and she did. It was really sad. She was living in Australia though.

 

[Lanolin]

NZ has a high suicide rate esp amongst youth who feel they had no future. No jobs etc. When I was growing up..many students talked about suicide, knowing that, all the jobs were going overseas.

 

[boltardy]

post what you know about NZ...my country!

You all sing Now Is The Hour?

 

[Lanolin]

You all sing Now Is The Hour?

Yep when we going home...

 

[Ravindran]

post what you know about NZ...my country!

All my knowledge about New Zealand has been through cricket! I love Kiwis.. Brendon McCullum is one of my favorite players.. They are a passionate team.. They pursue sports with so much passion and with humbleness as well.. They reach finals of the world cup.. I was hoping they would beat Australia Didn't happen though..

So.. I know New Zealanders are called Kiwis.. They don't like Australia that much.. Agriculture is a big thing there.. They are one of the largest agricultural exporters of the world..