New Zealand

Air New Zealand Takes In-Flight Service to a New Level

Gadling (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

Filed under: Airlines , News These days, airline passengers expect the worst when they embark on a flight. Yes, they will still get a free bag of salted peanuts, but often have to pay $5 for a beverage to wash them down. Not all airlines are toning down the in-flight offerings, however. Air New Zealand is doing just the opposite by introducing a new breed of air service personnel, the airborne concierge....

Forex News: Interesting Article on Bank of New Zealand Rate Decision Tomorrow

TopForex.info (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

Forex News: Interesting Article on Bank of New Zealand Rate Decision Tomorrow New Zealand Dollar Falls as Traders Increase Bets on Rate Cut By Ron Harui and Candice Zachariahs July 23 (Bloomberg) — The New Zealand dollar declined for a sixth day, its longest stretch since May 15, as traders increased bets that the Reserve [...]

New Zealand central bank cuts interest rate to 8 per cent

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 24 minutes ago

Wellington - New Zealand's central bank cut its benchmark interest rate from 8.25 per cent to 8 per cent on Thursday, its first reduction for five years. The Reserve Bank had kept its official cash rate (OCR) at 8.25 per cent - one of the highest in ...

New Zealand: Bloggers Union

Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

Kiwiblog writes about the newly launched bloggers union that automatically counts any New Zealand bloggers as its member.

Sitting on Phone with Indymac Federal, what a day - Auckland, New Zealand

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Our Travel Adventures The first leg of out 10 month journey .....SE Asia. The trip we have been talking about about is here! We wil fill you in on the good and the bad!

Indonesian cat fight - Taupo, New Zealand

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Our Travel Adventures The first leg of out 10 month journey .....SE Asia. The trip we have been talking about about is here! We wil fill you in on the good and the bad!

Our New Best Friend - Taupo, North Island, New Zealand

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Our Travel Adventures The first leg of out 10 month journey .....SE Asia. The trip we have been talking about about is here! We wil fill you in on the good and the bad!

Freezing at Milford Sounds - Milford Sound, South Island, New Zealand

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Jump to the full entry & travel map Milford Sound, South Island, New Zealand Its 7.45am. We're on another green bus. I'm hearing weird whisperings, 'Ferg Burger' .......'Ferg Burger'...... Quick look at Caroline and Julia. Am i hearing things and really gone crazy or can they hear it to??? Great, we've got a weird bus driver whispering into the mic. Luckily he turns out to be weird funny as we have...

New Zealand's third-largest finance company in trouble

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago

Wellington - New Zealand's third-largest finance company, Hanover Finance Ltd, suspended business Wednesday, owing 16,500 investors more than 550 million New Zealand dollars (about 421 million US dollars). Against a backdrop of global credit uncerta...

Greymouth, what a place! - Greymouth, South Island, New Zealand

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First stop christchurch! - Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand

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We've got the wind, the rain and the Phoenix - Wellington, New Zealand

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Seven suitcases and one guitar

Checking your mobile data usage online is not easy: a Telecom New Zealand tale

Mauricio Freitas: My window to the (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago

Yesterday I posted about Telecom New Zealand's lack of a "meter" for their mobile data . Here is something that I thought would illustrate the issue well... Let's say you rent a car on a monthly basis, for work. You agree to pay $49.95 a month if you drive up to 1,000 km per billing cycle, and $1 per km after this. You decided on 1,000 km because you thought this could cover your average daily usage...

Ahipara - Ahipara, New Zealand

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Screw the Man, Embrace the Tan - Kerikeri, New Zealand

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South Pacific Historical, Geological, Anthropological and Otherwise Informational Survey by a Canadian Adventure-ologist...tician.

New Zealand begins worldwide search for national coach

rockport | 07/17/2008

New Zealand has begun a worldwide search for a new national cricket coach to replace John Bracewell.

• New Zealand begins worldwide search for national coach - Sify
• Kiwis seek Bracewell successor - ECB
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New Record for New Zealand wine

wineandfoodtube | 05/12/2008

Wine exports in New Zealand have reached a new record with wine export revenues increasing 16% to NZ$766 million in the year to March 2008, according to New Zealand Winegrowers. This was up from NZ$661 million in the last year. ‘The continuing growth of wine exports is very satisfying and reflects strong demand for New Zealand wines in new and existing global markets’ commented Philip Gregan, Chief...

Future IT Trends and Projects: New Zealand Public Sector

bharatbook | 05/10/2008

As a small, remote country, New Zealand has placed a strong emphasis on technology. New Zealand believes that by investing in technology, not only will it be less isolated from the rest of the world, but its citizens will also be able to realize economic, environmental, social and cultural benefits. Scope of this report Significant initiatives, deals and vendors in New Zealand Government programs