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		<title>Air New Zealand – Crazy About Rugby – Safety Video</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 13:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GregR</dc:creator>
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As we gear up for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, trust Air New Zealand to make over the in-flight safety video and here it is. Included are All Black players and coaches, commentators, fans and ...]]></description>
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<p>As we gear up for the 2011 Rugby World Cup, trust Air New Zealand to make over the in-flight safety video and here it is. Included are All Black players and coaches, commentators, fans and sundry others. Pay careful attention for the dig(s) at the Aussies&#8230;&#8230;</p>
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<p>And here is the &#8220;making of&#8221; video.</p>
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<p>The music is &#8220;Why does love do this to me&#8221; from The Exponents from April 1985 (Mushroom Records).</p>
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		<title>Tana and Petra do Auckland to the Bay of Islands (Video)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 12:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GregR</dc:creator>
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<p>Tana and Petra set off from Eden Park Auckland, where the final Rugby  World Cup game will be held. Petra travels north to go sand boarding  down spectacular sand dunes, and Tana heads to Mid-northern rugby club  where he chats to a legendary All Black. It is in Northland they visit  the magnificent Tane Mahuta, the largest Kauri tree in New Zealand.  After they journey to the Bay of Islands, where they take a boat ride  through a hole in a rock.</p>
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		<title>The Electric Car Song (Video)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GregR</dc:creator>
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They Might Be Giants and the song is &#8220;Electric Car. Features vocals by ...]]></description>
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<p>Most of us at CityTV are greens so we are happy when an anthem comes along that expresses our interest in Electric Vehicles.</p>
<p>They Might Be Giants and the song is &#8220;Electric Car. Features vocals by Robin Goldwasser. From TMBGs new DVD/CD set Here Comes Science release by Disney Records (after the jump).</p>
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		<title>Petra and Tana Visit Caves and Pools (Video)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 19:38:18 +0000</pubDate>
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Petra and Tana visit, Auckland, Rotorua, Hamilton and all points inbetween.
Petra then heads to the geothermal land of Rotorua, visiting Te Puia  Maori Village and Polynesian Spas. Meanwhile, Tana heads to Hamilton to  ...<div class='googlemapicon'><a href="http://www.citytv.co.nz/wp-content/themes/arthemia-premium/gmap.php?t=h&amp;q=-38.139826,176.247073" rel="shadowbox;height=501;width=805"><img src='/img/google_maps_icon_90.gif' border=0 class='googlemapicon' /></a></div>]]></description>
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<p>Petra and Tana visit, Auckland, Rotorua, Hamilton and all points inbetween.</p>
<p>Petra then heads to the geothermal land of Rotorua, visiting Te Puia  Maori Village and Polynesian Spas. Meanwhile, Tana heads to Hamilton to  check out Waikato Stadium and Waitomo Gloworm Caves, where he also  tackles blackwater rafting. They then wrap up their trip in Auckland,  checking out Auckland&#8217;s War Memorial Museum.</p>
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		<title>Tana and Petra Visit the Alpine Pacific Triangle (Video)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>On this rugby road trip, Tana and Petra cover the area known as the  Alpine Pacific triangle -- an amazing region which is full of contrasts.  Departing from Christchurch on the east coast of New Zealand&#8217;s South  Island, Petra travels north up the coast to Kaikoura and inland to  Hanmer Springs. Meanwhile Tana stops in at a rugby club which has  produced many All Blacks, and continues on to a wine region, the Waipara  Valley.</p>
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		<title>Photoblogging from Otago Peninsula (Video)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GregR</dc:creator>
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<p>Phototourism and Photoblogging is a growing past-time (and occupation) throughout the world and New Zealand is no exception. It is many varied and compelling landscapes and subjects within close reach of the main centers allow for day tripping as well as longer excursions.</p>
<p>In this video (after the jump) intrepid photourists capture the beauty of some of the world&#8217;s  rarest wildlife on Otage Peninsula, not 1/2 an hour from the City of Dunedin.</p>
<p>Featured in this video is celebrity Aussie blogger Neerav Bhatt. I have guest posted on his blog <a title="Road less travelled" href="http://www.roadlesstravelled.com.au/" target="_blank">www.roadlesstravelled.com.au</a>, check it out.</p>
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		<title>The Symphony of Busy Happiness</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 13:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GregR</dc:creator>
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<p>One of the characteristics of summer time in New Zealand is the celebration of food and wine with all things outdoors. The festival is the weapon of choice. This is where hundreds, if not thousands of kiwis are bused, biked or boated in to a wine growing area, such as Waiheke, Blenheim, The Bay of Plenty and Martinborough, and a plied with an over-indulgence of life. Cleo Pascal calls it the <a title="Toronto Star" href="http://www.thestar.com/travel/asiapacific/article/833591--the-liquid-gold-that-begat-a-new-zealand-festival" target="_blank">symphony of busy happiness</a>.</p>
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<p>Food and Wine Festivals in New Zealand have been a staple of the landscape for the last 20 years, the <a title="Taste of Martinborough" href="http://www.toastmartinborough.co.nz/" target="_blank">Toast Martinborough </a>is in it&#8217;s 21st year and sells over 10,000 tickets for each festival. Although they vary in size and style, they all accommodate the key ingredients of sun, music, food and wine. Each one emphasis one particular ingredient that makes the festival unique and compelling.</p>
<p>Although not unique to New Zealand, it is one of the Kiwi experiences that <a title="Toronto Star" href="http://www.thestar.com/travel/asiapacific/article/833591--the-liquid-gold-that-begat-a-new-zealand-festival" target="_blank">speaks to travelers</a>:</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>The atmosphere is what the 1950s pretended to be. Outside, families are  picnicking on the grassy slope, watching a cheerful jazz band playing  old standards. Older kids are sledding down the grass on sheets of  cardboard. Gingerbread cookies and lemonade are for sale. And the teens  are flirting in a not-that-I-care-or-anything way.</em></p>
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<p>The Waiheke Island Olive Oil festival this year is on November 20th and 21st. The promoters characterize it as a mixture of Olive oils, jazz, food, wine and song. With 13 different Olive growers on the Island, it promises to be a palate watering experience.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>Waiheke olive oils are  recognised as some of the best in the world.  Try the free tastings   &amp; buy at festival prices. The island’s olive harvest has high  recognition from New Zealand awards to international acclaim.</em></p>
<p>Waiheke Island is in the middle of the Auckland Harbour, a 40 minute ferry ride from downtown Auckland. It is the Sausalito of Auckland. An encave of weathly winegrowers, bankers and artists. There are 8000 residents but swell to over 50,000 during the summer.</p>
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<p>The festival will be held at Rangihoua Estate Olive Grove -  1 Gordons Rd,  Rocky Bay, 20th and 21st November 2010. Toast Martinborough will be held on the 21st 2010 in Martinborough in the Wairarapa Valley, north of Wellington.</p>
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		<title>Bollywood Comes to Queenstown (Video)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Queenstown is a lead character in Bollywood’s latest runaway box office hit, I Hate Luv Storys starring Imran Khan and Sonam Kapoor. Movie goers in India and across the  world got to see Luv Story for the first time this weekend.<br />
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<p><em>I Hate Luv Storys</em> -- a romantic comedy starring Indian  heart-throbs Imran Khan and Sonam Kapoor -- has been ranked India’s 12th  best net grossing movie of all time on opening day. The movie, which premiered in India on Friday 2 July 2010, saw big city  movie theatres filling to the brim. The film is also proving to be a big hit outside of India.  Internationally, it has provided the biggest opening day ever for filmstar Imran Kahn.</p>
<p>Here in an interview with Imran and Sonam (Hindi):</p>
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<p>The film tells the story of two Bollywood actors who fly to Queenstown,  in New Zealand’s South Island, to shoot a film and end up falling in  love. Director Punit Malhotra -- who came New Zealand  looking for &#8220;picture postcard locations&#8221; -- also fell in love  with Queenstown. &#8220;As a film maker in Queenstown you don’t have to hunt for good  locations. The place itself is one giant exquisite locale,&#8221; Malhotra  told <em>H T Cafe </em>magazine.</p>
<p>&#8220;We were looking for landscapes that resembled Switzerland in Hindi  films from the nineties. I came across Queenstown in New Zealand &#8230; the  place turned out to be perfect. We got an opportunity to shoot around  Glenorchy the location for ‘Lord of the Rings’.&#8221; &#8220;It’s a little far from India but the journey is totally worth it.&#8221; he added.<br />
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		<title>Otira Village for Sale</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 20:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Otira (pronounced or-tear-ra) deep in the heart of the west coast of the South Island is up for sale. The small village (population 40), tucked into the foothills of the Southern Alps is on the market complete with it&#8217;s colourful history.</p>
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<p>It was originally a stop on the Cobb and Co stagecoach from Canterbury to the West Coast to meet up with the railway line to <a title="Otira" href="http://www.nzine.co.nz/features/otirahistory.html" target="_blank">Greymouth in the west</a>.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>Up until 1907 the settlement consisted of a  railway station – the terminus of the railway from the West Coast, the Terminus Hotel, Cobb and  Co’s busy stables, a school, two stores, a bakery and a handful of cottages  near the  station. The railway line was then  built from Greymouth to Otira, with the pass navigated by  coach, until the railway tunnel opened in 1923.</em></p>
<p>The township was  principally old Railways housing to both build and support the tunnel and the railway line . Much of the town was constructed in Hamilton and shipped south to be  reassembled on site. The tunnel began work in 1907 and was completed in 1923.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>On 4 August 1923 the Otira Tunnel was  opened by the Prime Minister, the Right Honourable W. F. Massey and the rail link between the east  and west coasts of New Zealand’s South Island was finally complete.</em></p>
<p>The first hotel was opened in Otira in  1864. Originally there was two hotels, the Gorge Hotel and the Terminus hotel, now known as the Otira Hotel which is now for sale for $350,000.</p>
<p><strong><em>Bill and Christine Hennah</em></strong>, who are originally from Auckland, are in  their 60s and bought the village in 1998 after falling in love with it  while driving through. &#8220;We felt sorry for the dilapidated pub and run-down houses and  decided to buy,&#8221; says Christine. The couple says they would like to see Otira go to a younger couple  bursting with enthusiasm and ideas. &#8220;We need someone to build it up again. There is a lot of potential  and opportunity.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Tana Touts Tourism on Trip (Video)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:12:57 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Tana Umaga and Petra Bagust take a quick tour through Christchurch in preparation for the 2011 rugby world cup.</p>
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		<title>Wind in the Willows Woos Wellington</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>First the hobbits, then Narnia and Tintin, now Toad, Badger, Rat and Mole are to be brought to life by Weta Workshop  of ‘Wellywood’ in a big-screen adaptation of <em>The Wind in the  Willows</em>.</p>
<p>Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame is the next film in the line of best loved classic fiction being created for the big screen. Willows was first published in <a title="1908 in  literature" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1908_in_literature">1908</a>. Others include Tintin and Lord of the Rings.</p>
<p>Filming will begin in New Zealand at the end of this year.</p>
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<p><em>The Wind in the Willows</em> is another prospective blockbuster  for the Weta Workshop team which now holds a raft of major awards .<em> </em>It centers on the story of four furry  friends &#8211; Toad, Badger, Rat and Mole, and their adventurous journey  towards learning the true value of friendship. In the script, written by Bill Marsilli, the friends band together to  save their land from a sinister plot to destroy an uneasy truce between  the peaceful animals of the Willows and what remains of Mankind.</p>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 10:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><strong>New Zealand Māori</strong> is a rugby  union team that traditionally plays teams touring New  Zealand. A prerequisite for playing in this team is that the player  is to have Māori whakapapa. In 1888-89, the &#8216;New  Zealand Natives&#8217; was the first time the team traveled overseas, and the rest is history&#8230;..</p>
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		<title>Food Festival – A Taste of Wellington</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Positively Wellington Tourism and Grow Wellington have joined forces again for this years <a title="Wellington on a plate" href="http://www.wellingtononaplate.com" target="_blank">Wellington On a Plate</a>, an annual festival of food to run from  August 14-29th this year. Positively Wellington Tourism General Manager of Marketing Sarah Meikle  says the festival will start small and local, but the long-term vision  is for Wellington On a Plate to be an annual gourmet showcase that will  draw residents into the downtown area and attract visitors from around  the country and Australia.</p>
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<p>Festival spokesperson Sarah Meikle said the phenomenal success of  last year’s event &#8220;blew organisers out of the water&#8221; and judging by the  incredible ideas planned for 2010, this year’s event would be stepping  up even further.</p>
<p>Boutique weekend markets are planned to run throughout the festival  in Thorndon, a suburb rich with history and also the birthplace of  Katherine Mansfield, one of New Zealand’s best-known authors.</p>
<p>Stalls will sell a range of local produce, olive oil, wines, brews,  sweets, seafood and sauces.</p>
<p><strong>Wellington on a Plate<br />
</strong><strong>14 &#8211; 29 August, 2010</strong></p>
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		<title>Maori All Black team welcomed in Rotorua before Irish test</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>The Maori All Blacks are welcomed in Rotorua prior to taking on Ireland in the second match of the Sealord New Zealand Maori Centenary  Series on Friday night at the Rotorua International Stadium.</p>
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<p>“There is a great buzz around Rotorua at the moment and the team knows  the whole town is behind them. The fact that we are about to play in the  same place as the first ever game played by the New Zealand Maori Rugby  team 100 years ago, is very special,” says New Zealand Maori Coach Jamie Joseph.</p>
<p>This year’s  Sealord New Zealand Maori Centenary Series celebrates 100 years of the  New Zealand Maori rugby team. To honour the anniversary, the 2010 team  is playing a three-match series – with the first of two internationals  matches getting under way against Ireland on Friday. The second  international will be played next Wednesday 23 June against England in  Napier.</p>
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		<title>Aussie Claim Kiwi Victory</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:34:31 +0000</pubDate>
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Aussie daily The Sydney Morning Herald this morning claimed victory on behalf of the All Whites draw over Slovakia. The Aussies were miffed that New Zealand was able to extract a draw from Slovakia after ...]]></description>
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<p>Aussie daily The Sydney Morning Herald this morning <a title="sydney morning herald" href="http://www.smh.com.au/world-cup-2010/world-cup-news/australasia-1--slovakia-1-kiwis-get-the-point-20100616-ydks.html" target="_blank">claimed victory</a> on behalf of the All Whites draw over Slovakia. The Aussies were miffed that New Zealand was able to extract a draw from Slovakia after their own 4-0 defeat at the hands of Germany.</p>
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<p>The sibling rivalry has not faded since the 2-1 Aussie victory over New Zealand in Melbourne last month. This win was clouded by foul play by the Aussies that went un-penalized.</p>
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<p>Perhaps we should un-invite <a title="Kiwibloke" href="http://www.kiwibloke.org/kiwi-news/aussie-pm-kevin-rudd-to-speak-at-parliament/" target="_blank">Kevin Rudd if he is going to claim Parliament as his own</a>.</p>

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		<title>Aussie PM Kevin Rudd To Speak At Parliament</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
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Prime Minister of &#8220;Number 19th best place to live&#8220;, Kevin Rudd is to address a full sitting of Parliament during his state visit on June 29th.
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<p>Prime Minister of &#8220;<a title="Kiwibloke Australia" href="http://www.kiwibloke.org/kiwi-news/new-zealand-tops-global-peace-index-again/" target="_self">Number 19th best place to live</a>&#8220;, Kevin Rudd is to address a full sitting of Parliament during his state visit on June 29th.</p>
<p>&#8220;&#8230;.a speech by Prime Minister Rudd late  morning to Members of the House of Representatives in the debating  chamber &#8211; the first foreign leader to do so. This will be a highlight of  the visit and again underscores the special and unique relationship  that exists between the two countries.&#8221; says Kiwi PM John Key.</p>
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<p>Other highlights of the day-long programme will include an official  welcome at Parliament, bilateral talks between the two Prime Ministers  and an official luncheon.</p>
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		<title>New Zealand Tops Global Peace Index Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 09:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
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New Zealand has again ranked the most peaceful country in the world according to the 2010 Global Peace Index.
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<p>New Zealand has again ranked the most peaceful country in the world according to the 2010 Global Peace Index.</p>
<p>The fourth annual Global Peace Index (GPI), compiled by  global think  tank <a href="http://www.visionofhumanity.org/" target="_blank">Institute for Economics and Peace</a>, looked at the  relationship  between economic development, business and peace.</p>
<p>The report examines key areas of conflict, safety,  security and  military factors in 149 countries.</p>
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<p>New Zealand took out the top spot because of its  political  stability, safety and harmonious relations with neighbouring  countries  like Australia, which came in at number 19 in the poll.</p>
<p>The â€œpeace indicatorsâ€ which the Kiwis outshone their  trans-Tasman  neighbours in were the number of conflicts fought, the  likelihood of  violent demonstrations, the level of security required per  capita and a  number of military factors.</p>
<p>The Kiwis were followed by Iceland and Japan in the poll,  while  Austria and Norway rounded out the top five.</p>
<p>The institute said small, stable and democratic countries   consistently ranked highest and Western Europe was deemed the most   peaceful region, with a majority of the areaâ€™s countries ranking in the   top 20.</p>
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		<title>Perky the Pukeko’s Flight of Freedom (Video)</title>
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<p>Parakao resident Perky the Pukeko won&#8217;t stay away. After befriending a local family one day, Perky decided that the home was his for the taking. Perky was then relocated courtesy of Fish and Game but that was not the end of it.</p>
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		<title>Kiwis Celebrate Arbour Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 05:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
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This Queens Birthday Weekend, Kiwis of all sizes are celebrating Arbour Day with the annual planting of trees and generally beautifying their neighbourhoods.
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<p>This Queens Birthday Weekend, Kiwis of all sizes are celebrating Arbour Day with the annual planting of trees and generally beautifying their neighbourhoods.</p>
<p>Since 1977 New Zealand has celebrated Arbor Day on June 5, which is also  <a title="World Environment Day" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Environment_Day">World Environment Day</a>, prior to then  Arbor Day, in New Zealand, was celebrated on August 4 &#8211; which is rather  late in the year for tree planting in New Zealand hence the date change.</p>
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<p>The founder of Arbor Day was Julius Sterling Morton, a member of  Nebraskaâ€™s Board of Agriculture. He asked for one day a year to be set  aside for planting trees to help save the Great Western Plains. They had  been almost totally cleared of trees. As a result the worldâ€™s first  Arbor Day was held in Nebraska on 10 April, 1872.</p>
<p>New Zealandâ€™s first Arbor Day planting took place in Greytown in the  Wairarapa on 3 July, 1890. Following calls for the establishment of a  day for tree planting, 4 August was designated as a holiday in  government offices for Arbor Day. This countryâ€™s first official  celebration took place in Wellington that year. From that day, it has become an annual celebration throughout New Zealand.</p>
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		<title>Turners and Growers Kicks Them In The B**ls</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 20:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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Repelling advertisers yesterday erected a large billboard expressing Turners and Growers opinion on the Kiwifruit Export Regulations Act of 1999.
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<p>Repelling advertisers yesterday erected a large billboard expressing Turners and Growers opinion on the Kiwifruit Export Regulations Act of 1999.</p>
<p>Turners and Growers, one of New Zealand&#8217;s largest produce exporters is heading a campaign to overturn the monopoly that Zepri NZ has for the export of Kiwifruit. T&amp;G wantsÂ  the ability to market and sell its own kiwifruit  varieties overseas, something that is forbidden under the current act.</p>
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<p>Turners &amp; Growers CEO, Jeff Wesley says that the regulatory regime established in 1999 was designed for an industry that only had one commodity to sell. â€œThe Kiwifruit export Regulations 1999 simply havenâ€™t kept up with the growth of new varieties and have become a handbrake on innovation and export earnings.â€</p>
<p>In 1959 Turners &amp; Growers coined the name â€˜Kiwifruitâ€™ as it worked to establish the export market for NZ-grown Chinese Gooseberries in the United States. Turners &amp; Growers remains at the forefront of the kiwifruit industry with several new varieties that it has developed and tested for production and export from New Zealand. The company holds the global Intellectual Property Rights to ENZAGold(TM), ENZARed(TM) and the regional rights to Summerkiwi(TM).</p>
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		<title>Gandhi has Friend on Salt March</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 05:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
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The bronze statue of Mahatma  Gandhi was decorated today with a stuffed dog no doubt accompanying the icon on his path to the salt mines.
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<p>The bronze statue of <a href="http://www.mkgandhi.org/">Mahatma  <em>Gandhi</em></a> was decorated today with a stuffed dog no doubt accompanying the icon on his path to the salt mines.</p>
<p>The statue was a gift from the Indian Council for Cultural Relations in 2007,  on behalf of the people of India, to the city of Wellington. The statue was the first of Mahatma Gandhi to be erected in New  Zealand, it was made by noted Indian sculptor Gautam Pal.</p>
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		<title>Moko the Dolphin Retires in Tauranga</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Moko the Dolphin, a long time resident of the East Coast of New Zealand, has been following the fishing trawler Eskdale on it&#8217;s journeys. At Christmas Moko followed the Eskdale away from Gisborne, and from his home beach in Mahia. Today he has ended up in <a title="NZ Herald" href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&amp;objectid=10649584" target="_blank">Tauranga harbour</a> much to the delight of the locals.</p>
<p>Moko is so famous in New Zealand, he has a documentary to be shot in eastern Bay of Plenty by film student and marine biologist  Amy Taylor.</p>
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		<title>Dunedin Gets Ready for Chocolate</title>
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Kiwi Chocoholics are rolling in anticipation of a Kiwi food  festival thatâ€™s become an annual get togetherÂ  &#8211; Dunedinâ€™s Cadbury  Chocolate Carnival.
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<p>Kiwi Chocoholics are rolling in anticipation of a Kiwi food  festival thatâ€™s become an annual get togetherÂ  &#8211; Dunedinâ€™s <a title="Chocolate Carnival" href="http://www.chocolatecarnival.co.nz/" target="_blank">Cadbury  Chocolate Carnival</a>.</p>
<p>This year is the carnivalâ€™s 10th anniversary in the South Island  city of Dunedin, and while chocolate treats and activities are in abundance, all forms of chocolate themed activities are on tap. Highlights of the 2010 carnival will include the annual Cadbury  Jaffa Race &#8211; a spectacle on the worldâ€™s steepest street, Baldwin St.</p>
<p>The family carnival also offers chocolate classes, competitions,  storytelling, food tours, games, arts and crafts.</p>
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<p>Baldwin Street, Dunedin is recognised as the â€˜steepest street in the  worldâ€™ by <em>Guinness Book of World Records</em>.Â   This year, there will be two Cadbury Jaffa races down the street.  The popular race involves rolling a sea of Giant Jaffas, or orange  candy-coated chocolate balls down the steep descent, which &#8211; in the  opposite direction &#8211; rises by one metre for every 2.8 metres traveled  horizontally.</p>
<p>Each Giant Jaffa is individually numbered by hand and all the money  raised from ticket sales go towards chosen charities.</p>
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		<title>Tourists Told To Get On Their Bikes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 14:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
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Tourists have been told to get on their bikes with the start of the New Zealandâ€™s national cycleway project and the first of seven â€˜quick startâ€™ projects launching in July.Â   The â€˜Ruapehu &#8211; Whanganui ...<div class='googlemapicon'><a href="http://www.citytv.co.nz/wp-content/themes/arthemia-premium/gmap.php?t=h&amp;q=-39.40266133927797,175.41574215902074" rel="shadowbox;height=501;width=805"><img src='/img/google_maps_icon_90.gif' border=0 class='googlemapicon' /></a></div>]]></description>
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<p>Tourists have been told to get on their bikes with the start of the New Zealandâ€™s national cycleway project and the first of seven â€˜quick startâ€™ projects launching in July.Â   The â€˜Ruapehu &#8211; Whanganui &#8211; Nga Ara Tuhonoâ€™ trail, which runs from  Ruapehu in the central North Island to Whanganui on the western coast,  will form part of the ongoing â€˜Great Ridesâ€™ national cycle network is due to be launched on the 2nd of July by PM John Key.</p>
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<p>The first cycle trail, which travels through land protected by the  Department of Conservation (DOC), will be launched on 2 July by New  Zealand Prime Minister Mr John Key.</p>
<p>The launch of the Ruapehu &#8211; Whanganui trail will take place at Ohakune  Railway Station with a karakia or MÄori blessing and an official  ribbon-cutting ceremony by Mr John Key. The prime minister will be one  of the first to ride a mountain bike on the new cycle trail.</p>
<p>The Raetihi &#8211; Mangapurua Track is an historical highlight of the  cycle trail, as it crosses the â€˜Bridge to Nowhereâ€™ and passes through  Mangapurua Valley soldiers settlement within Whanganui National Park.  The bridge was built in the 1930s for the first settlers &#8211; soldiers who  were given land by the New Zealand government for their service during  WWI.</p>
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		<title>Auckland and Wellington World’s Top Cities to Live</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 13:53:15 +0000</pubDate>
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Auckland (along with Vancouver BC) has been named the 4th best city in the world to live in according to 2010 Mercer Worldwide Quality of Living Survey which measures Quality of Life metrics. Wellington was ...]]></description>
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<p>Auckland (along with Vancouver BC) has been named the 4th best city in the world to live in according to 2010 Mercer Worldwide Quality of Living Survey which measures Quality of Life metrics. Wellington was judged 12th worldwide for quality of living. However the places were switched for eco-cities, Wellington was placed 5th and Auckland 12th place for world cities.</p>
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<p>The<a title="Mercer" href="http://www.mercer.com/qualityofliving" target="_blank"> 2010 Mercer Worldwide Quality of Living Survey</a> was released today,  ranking cities for overall quality of living based on political,  socio-economic and environmental criteria as well as sanitisation,  education and transport. The company also compiled a list of top  eco-cities.</p>
<p><strong>Global ranking</strong></p>
<p><strong>Quality of life:</strong></p>
<p>1: Vienna, Austria<br />
2: Zurich, Switzerland<br />
3: Geneva, Switzerland<br />
4=:  Auckland<br />
4=: Vancouver, Canada<br />
6: Dusseldorf, Germany<br />
7=:  Frankfurt, Germany<br />
7=: Munich, Germany<br />
10: Sydney, Australia<br />
11:  Copenhagen, Denmark<br />
12: Wellington</p>
<p><strong>Eco-city ranking:</strong></p>
<p>1: Calgary, Canada<br />
2: Honolulu, United States<br />
3=: Ottawa, Canada<br />
3=:  Helsinki, Finland<br />
5: Wellington<br />
6: Minneapolis, United States<br />
7:  Adelaide, Australia<br />
8: Copenhagen, Denmark<br />
9=: Kobe, Japan<br />
9=:  Oslo, Norway<br />
9=: Stockholm, Sweden<br />
12: Perth, Australia<br />
13:  Auckland</p>
<p><strong>Asia Pacific</strong></p>
<p><strong>Quality of living:</strong></p>
<p>1: Auckland (4th overall)<br />
2: Sydney (10th)<br />
3: Wellington (12th)<br />
4:  Melbourne (18th)<br />
5: Perth (21st)</p>
<p><strong>Eco-city ranking:</strong></p>
<p>1: Wellington (5th overall)<br />
2: Adelaide (7th)<br />
3: Kobe (9th)<br />
4:  Perth (12th)<br />
5: Auckland (13th)</p>
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		<title>Air New Zealand Continues to Collect Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 May 2010 12:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
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On 20th May 2010 Air New Zealand was voted the world&#8217;s fifth best airline by Skytrax beating out perennial competitor Qantas who this year dropped to 7th place. New Zealand&#8217;s national carrier has received several ...]]></description>
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<p>On 20th May 2010 Air New Zealand was voted the world&#8217;s fifth best airline by <a title="Skytrax" href="http://www.worldairlineawards.com/" target="_blank">Skytrax</a> beating out perennial competitor Qantas who this year dropped to 7th place. New Zealand&#8217;s national carrier has received several awards in 2010, including Best Airline in the World 2010 Which? Awards from the United Kingdom consumer magazine. ANZ was also named this year by <em>Air Transport World</em> as the world&#8217;s top airline. It gave the company the award for its commitment  to safety, operational performance, customer service and staff.</p>
<p>The top award this year was take by Asiana Airlines. No North American or European airlines make it into the top 10. Asia has 4 top 10 airlines, the Middle East 3 and Australasia 2.</p>
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<p>Air New Zealand was also voted best Pacific/Australasian airline ahead of Qantas and Virgin Australia. Edward Plaisted, Chairman of Skytrax is quoted as saying that &#8220;Air New  Zealand are clearly meeting and exceeding their customers&#8217; expectations  to have been named both the Best Airline Australia/Pacific, and then  going on to collect the prestigious recognition of their staff, with the  Staff Service Excellence Award.&#8221;</p>
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<p>The top 10 places in Skytrax&#8217;s Airline of the Year Award:</p>
<p>1.   Asiana Airlines (Korea)<br />
2.  Singapore Airlines (Singapore)<br />
3.  Qatar Airways (Qatar)<br />
4.   Cathay Pacific (Hong Kong)<br />
<strong>5.  Air New Zealand (New Zealand)<br />
</strong>6.  Etihad Airways (UAE)<br />
7.   Qantas Airways (Australia)<br />
8.  Emirates (UAE)<br />
9.  Thai Airways (Thailand)<br />
10. Malaysia  Airlines (Malaysia)</p>

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		<title>This Time of Year is Whale Watchers Delight</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 11:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>The Winter Whale Watch season in New Zealand has begun in earnest and this year looks to be particularly spectacular.</p>
<p>Department of Conservation (DOC) scientist and National Marine Mammal  Coordinator Dr Laura Boren says that the number of whale sightings in  New Zealand says there have been unusual sightings of rare species includng the Blue Whale.<br />
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<p>&#8220;We are now entering the beginning of the winter migratory season.  Recently, we have been lucky enough to have had two particularly unusual  sightings of rare species in our waters.&#8221;</p>
<p>Dr Boren says conservation workers in the southern South Island have  already sighted a blue whale &#8211; by far the biggest mammal on earth, on  its way down the Otago coast, and a pod of Arnouxâ€™s beaked whales in  Fiordland.<br />
&#8220;Beaked whales in New Zealand are largely known only from  strandings, so live sightings are a rare and exciting occurrence for  us,&#8221; Dr Boren said.</p>
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<p><strong>Whale Watch Kiakoura</strong></p>
<p>Whale Watch Kaikoura &#8211; a tourism business run by the local Ngati Kuri MÄori tribe &#8211; takes around 100,000  visitors each year out onto the Pacific Ocean to view the giant sperm  whale, with a guaranteed 95% success rate.</p>
<p>Whale Watch boats have already sighted two rare massive blue whales  out on the water this year.</p>
<p>&#8220;Blue whale sightings are not that common here, maybe one or two  times a year. However on this particular tour, passengers got not one  but two sightings which was very exciting for all on board,&#8221; Captain  Lisa Bond said.</p>
<p>You can find Whale Watch Kiakoura <a title="Whale Watch Kiakoura" href="http://www.whalewatch.co.nz/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
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		<title>Aussie Launch Seaborn Invasion on New Zealand</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 12:17:52 +0000</pubDate>
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Australiaâ€™s largest cruise operator &#8211; Carnival Australia, will more  than double its fleet for 2012 to meet increasing demand. The ...]]></description>
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<p>Boatloads of Australians are cruising to New Zealand, inundating the local waters with <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">refugees</span> tourists.</p>
<p>Australiaâ€™s largest cruise operator &#8211; Carnival Australia, will more  than double its fleet for 2012 to meet increasing demand. The company  runs trips to New Zealand through P&amp;O Cruises and Princess Cruises,  which have ships based in Australia all year.</p>
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<p>Carnival chief executive Ann Sherry said the company would increase  the number of cruises from 17 to 38 by 2012, increasing the number of  passengers going across the Tasman from 35,000 to 80,000. Carnival  Australia would offer 31 cruises to New Zealand next year.</p>
<p>&#8220;New Zealand is becoming to Australia what Alaska is to Americans &#8211; a  very desirable holiday destination thatâ€™s ideal to visit by sea,&#8221;  Sherry said.</p>
<p>Because of New Zealand&#8217;s large coast waters there is plenty of opportunity to explore the fiords, inlets and friendly native cities.Â  Auckland is the most-visited destination, but other regional stop overs  such as Tauranga, Napier, and  Wellington are also popular. Visitors can also choose from a  variety of voyages up and down the country. Fiordland cruises offer  breathtaking views of the rugged, mountainous South Island coastline,  while trips through the sunny Bay of Islands offer sea vistas and local country side.</p>

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		<title>Scooters Scour South Island</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 12:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>A clutch of Kiwis on scooters are preparing to assault New  Zealandâ€™s Southern Alps on a winter-time expedition &#8211; the <a title="Scooter Safari" href="http://www.scootersafari.co.nz/" target="_blank">Tranz Alpine  Scooter Safari</a> &#8211; that will take them across the South Island. The safari is to raise funds for the New  Zealand Cancer Society. Started in 2009, the Scooter Safari was created by Jayne and Mike  Rattray. The idea to ride coast to coast as a fundraiser was born in  support of Mikes friend and colleague at Air NZ Engineering who had just  been diagnosed with Bowel Cancer.</p>
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<p>Riders will set off from Christchurch on 29 May to travel the 250km  to Hokitika on the west coast. The endurance ride &#8211; across the Canterbury Plains, through the mountains  and along the rugged west coast. The Arthur&#8217;s Pass route through the Southern Alps is one of New Zealand&#8217;s great drives, and a popular route for motorists in cars and campervans but not usually on scooters.</p>
<p>Scooter Safari organiser Jayne Rattray says about 170 people have  registered as riders, including Air New Zealand staff and their chief  executive Rob Fyfe &#8211; who also participated in the inaugural ride in  2009.</p>
<p><strong>Tranz Alpine scenery </strong></p>
<p>The Tranz Alpine Scooter Safari follows a scenic route across New Zealand&#8217;s largest island. Highlights include Arthurâ€™s Pass  National Park, Otira summit, heritage hotels and homesteads, and local businesses. New Zealand is also well known for a quality expresso in the middle of no where and the Southern Alps is no different.</p>
<p>Other refuelling stops include â€™hot cuppasâ€™ at Kirwee Tavern near  Christchurch, classic Kiwi meat pies at the award-winning Sheffield Pie  Shop, and muffins and tea at Flockhill Lodge on the Great Alpine  Highway.</p>
<p>The final part of the ride will follow the West Coastâ€™s Great Alpine  Highway, a region of diverse scenery, terrain and climate.</p>
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		<title>Puzzling Wanaka Awarded</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 08:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
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International travel website IgoUgo.com (part of Travelocity) has named Wanaka&#8217;s Puzzling World among the world&#8217;s top 10 most weird attractions for       tourists. [igougo post]
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<p>International travel website IgoUgo.com (part of Travelocity) has named <a title="Wanaka Puzzling World" href="http://www.puzzlingworld.co.nz/" target="_blank">Wanaka&#8217;s Puzzling World </a>among the world&#8217;s top 10 most weird attractions for       tourists. [<a title="igougo.com" href="http://www.igougo.com/travel_blog/post-p483-10_Weird_Attractions_Around_the_World.html" target="_blank">igougo post</a>]</p>
<p>Puzzling World marketing manager Duncan Spear said the     IgoUgo.com had compiled the list from readers&#8217;     recommendations on places for travellers with a penchant for weird and wonderful.</p>
<p>Puzzling World hosts such attractions as &#8220;The Leaning Tower of Wanaka&#8221; which is also listed asÂ  of the &#8220;strangest buildings in the       world&#8221; by Wonder World Website.</p>
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<p>Other attractions include The Great Maze, Hologram Hall, the Tiled House and an amazing array of puzzles to enjoy.</p>
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<p><strong>Street Address</strong>: 188 Main Highway 84, Wanaka<br />
<strong>Phone</strong>: 03 443 7489 / <strong>Fax</strong>: 03  443 7486<br />
<strong>Post</strong>: PO Box 95 Â· Wanaka Â· New Zealand<br />
<strong>Email</strong>: <a href="mailto:info@puzzlingworld.co.nz">info@puzzlingworld.co.nz</a></p>
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