by GWTAdmin | Apr 29, 2016 | anzac day 2016, anzac poppies, in flanders field, new zealand culture, Whangarei New Zealand
Evening falls over Anzac commemorative crosses at Whangarei’s Returned Service Association (RSA).Seemed every New Zealand museum, regardless of focus or size, ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps)commemorations were heavily featured. Perhaps it’s... by GWTAdmin | Apr 10, 2016 | Bay of Islands New Zealand, local food, new zealand culture, new zealand tui bird, South Pacific wildlife, tui beer, Whangarei New Zealand
Tui’s plain plumage shifts an iridescent blue in the lovely lightat Motorua, Bay of Islands. This Tui leaving its favorite,New Zealand flax.They’re chatty, New Zealand’s Tui songbirds (click here to New Zealand songbirds sing). Sometimes... by GWTAdmin | Apr 3, 2016 | new zealand culture, new zealand dairy farming, provisioning, road food, road trip
In New Zealand, sharing the road with dairy cows headed towardheir milking station is not uncommon. Many dairy farms buildtunnels under the highway for their cows to cross betweenpaddocks and to the milking stationsNew Zealand’s cows ruined my... by GWTAdmin | Mar 24, 2016 | kiwi humor, new zealand culture, new zealand flag debate, new zealand flag referendum
Photo says it all – after the final flag referendum vote New Zealand isretaining its current Union Jack flag.Back when we first arrived in NZ, there was a special referendum to consider replacing the New Zealand flag. For more about the reasons proposed for... by GWTAdmin | Feb 10, 2016 | len lye centre, new plymouth new zealand, new zealand culture, new zealand north island attractions, road trip
Len Lye Centre, New Plymouth, New Zealand. Significantly smallerin stature than the Eiffel or Opera House, but arguably as iconic. Eiffel Tower (Paris). Opera House (Sydney). Len Lye Centre (New Plymouth [NewZealand]).That’s the... by GWTAdmin | Feb 7, 2016 | new zealand agriculture, new zealand culture, new zealand economy, new zealand roas trip, recipes
This flock of sheep blocked the road on our New Zealand road trip.Is New Zealand sheepish?While New Zealand does indeed claim more sheep than human residence (over 6 sheep for every one person) , with ~30 million of the former, 4.5 million the latter. Bovines also...