New Zealand's Major Contributions to the World

2. She's aaaa...slice of heaven (slice of heaven!)

3. http://www.theblacksheep.net/images/dog96.jpg

4. Every crazy New Zealand chick I've slept with

5. New Zealand jokes (they never get old, especially the one about the sheep)

6. http://www.sergent.com.au/freddagg2.jpg

7. The 38th Most Powerful Woman In The World

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5d/Prime_Minister_Helen_Clark.jpg/225px-Prime_Minister_Helen_Clark.jpg

8. Split Enz and its constituent members and side-/apres-projects
9. Auckland
10. standing up to the US
11. Countdown
12. Popstars
12. WETA
13. Tony Martin

New Zealand stood up to the US? Were we made aware of this?

The whole docking-their-ships-in-Auckland-Harbour thing. NZ said no, US had a big sook, NZ almost cared.

(nuclear)

http://bp1.blogger.com/_p-u38EjBZ4M/RlecfrFOOwI/AAAAAAAAAXk/sNMAseh6p20/s1600/dead-c-montage.jpg

13. Tony Martin

Probably the second most important contribution after the crazy NZ girls I've slept with.

so it's #1 then

OTM!!!

um what

you fools

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4235893a10.html

See??

http://bp1.blogger.com/_p-u38EjBZ4M/RlecfrFOOwI/AAAAAAAAAXk/sNMAseh6p20/s1600/dead-c-montage.jpg

The Chills
The Clean

17. Kiwis on the Catwalk: the unlikely rise of New Zealand's fashion industry

18. that fucking awesome hole in mt tarawera

damn NZ chicks

Zinzan Brooke.

Chris Knox

The Bats!

22. Police Ten-7

"Assault! Assault!"

'You touched me officer! Sorry'

"How come??"

23. First country to give women the vote, though not the right to stand for election.

wtf no one alerted me to this thread!

24. wellington
25. mt taranaki
26. the haka http://youtube.com/watch?v=BpNfaVocfV8

i hate chris knox

Ruby your superb judgement means youre right even when all known facts suggest otherwise but no hatin on Mr Knox please!
We can agree on wellington --- had a lovely weekend recently, wilco played at the Opera house and were in great form, couldnt say as much for the crowd, but yeah, Wellington: LOVE IT!

roffle at Zinzan Brooke, another No 8 deserves a mention, my childhood hero..
27. BUCK SHELFORD.

i should rephrase: i dislike chris knox's music :)

27. phoenix foundation
28. flight of the conchords!
29. billy t james
30. destiny church - oh wait, that's supposed to go the list of nz's most embarrassing contributions to the world

kiwi, my dad wanted to name my little bro zinzan after his favourite rugby player

:) nice work father rubes!

lest we forget
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo0s2VVmdhQ

31. tip top hokey pokey ice cream

32. tip top boysenberry ice cream

33. katherine mansfield

34. tana umaga

35. heavenly creatures

36. meal mates

37. toffee pops

38. pineapple lumps

39. chocolate fish

40. paua shell ashtrays

41. macrocarpa hedges

42. the paua shell house!

http://www.bluff.co.nz/southern_scenic_route/images/p31.jpg

estela, i forgot to tell you: i sold bill manhire a pair of shoes a few weeks ago! he's a very weird dude. and he was wearing a tight t-shirt that was too small for him, and his tubby belly was poking out.

what are meal mates and pineapple lumps

(and otm re: heavenly creatures)

43. xena: warrior princess

let there be light roxy
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4w869_pineapple-lumps-true-story_shortfilms

roxy, meal mates are these awesome crackers that are a GREAT SNACK ON THEIR OWN OR SUPER TASTY WITH CHEESE AND TOMATO YUM

44. L&P (lemon and paeroa, a very special nz soft drink)

45. Dead Alive (Best thing Peter Jackson ever did)

46. even tho aussies try to claim her as their own (like all good nz things), estela is also one of nz's major contributions to the world <3

i've been thinking abt moving to new zealand for a while starting next winter, i don't know, it has been a thought in my head for a while for some reason. and i hadn't even thought abt the ilx nz people being there! yknow in new zealand, as you obv wld be. i didn't even realize estela was in/from nz!

also i understand nothing on this thread
but i have managed to live in freakin quebec for almost 6 yrs where not only is there a huge amt of inside cultural references but they're all in another language that may or may not be french
so maybe one day i will understand this thread

34. tana umaga

yesyes! For the team mate crying handbag attack.

aww rrrrobyn i won't be here in a few months, and estela was born in nz but lives in aussie. but i think you would like it here a lot.

rrrobyn, whose winter, yours or theirs?

miine
i am putting together a 'long-term plan' that maybe i will stick to barring unforeseen circumstances
i tire of the americas

rrrobyn, youre already in canada!

47. (should be no1) KING LOSER

when i hate my job (which is often) and want to think about getting away i always think about going back to new zealand. the two months i spent there seem perfect, at least in retrospect.

canada is in the americas!
xpost
maybe i am having end-of-winter issues and want to move far away but i also think why not? what i'm gonna move to europe? no. i will briefly idealize nz

b-b-b-b-but canada (and montreal!) is totally grebt! nz probably is too, but expensive to get to

actually, mookie you raise an important point: not only is nz expensive to get to, it's also very expensive to live in.

otoh, we do have socialised healthcare.

Virgin flights from LA to Sydney may be good. "$400 one way" allegedly.

maybe i should fly out of oz when i go to the US

it's also very expensive to live in.

rly? everything seemed cheaper when i was there, but then i guess salaries are lower?

re: wages - depending on what kind of work you do, the pay is definitely lower here than aussie. i can't speak for the whole country, but wellington is getting more and more expensive to live: rent, electricity and food prices are all increasing, but wages aren't.

48. Rubyredd

nz as whole would probably beg to differ, but thanks anyway 'snorkels' <3

Australia's like that too now, though.

L&P = A+++++ would drink again

this is terrible but i had forgotten about l&p, which is just as good as kbp says.

yes 48. rubyredd<3

49. snifters

i think rrrobyn would <3 nz and nz would <3 rrrobyn.

i would like to hear more about jergins' trip.

i was going to add snifters, but i couldn't remember if that was pascal's (i.e. nz) thing or not.

50. jaffas!!
51. minties!!
52. perky nanas!!
53. hangi-cooked potatoes and kumara and pumpkin

have you tried l&p 'dry'?

minties are from nz?? new found respect.

Virgin flights from LA to Sydney may be good. "$400 one way" allegedly.

-- wilter, Tuesday, April 1, 2008 7:25 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

yeah but what do they charge you to get back?

The REAL cheap option is to fly Air Tahiti Nui via 12 hour stop over in Tahiti's airport (a goat shed) for MASSIVE SAVINGS!!

my mom did this.

there is also a real cheap flight that stops in hawaiian but the catch is you have only a few hours to get to another island to catch the connecting plane. the only way i found out about this was from a travel agent. they dont really tell you when you book online.

i took a cheap flight to LA that stopped in tokyo for 12 hours. IT WAS HELL.

moral for the day: pay the extra $300, people.

my moms actually liked the tahiti flight

i love when estie shows his travel agent steez

I once did LAX-AKL-MEL-ADL which kinda sux ass when you're hanging around at Auckland Airport when it's 5am.

Until you realise that it could be worse: you could be flying LAX-SYD direct with UNITED.

By the way, my recommendation of Air Tahiti Nui is NOT influenced by the fact that I once scored several cans of Yuengling and an Air Tahiti Nui t-shirt from an Air Tahiti Nui Sales Representative.

54. lolly cake

55. 6 = sex

lol

yeah but what do they charge you to get back?

yeah it sounds like total bullshit.

an article on it: http://news.smh.com.au/branson-vows-a400-sydneyla-flights/20080401-22xw.html

I like how the headline is "Branson vows $A400 Sydney-LA flights" and Branson actually says "If we have to sell a fare for $A400, we'll sell it for $A400."

Also this: Branson said standard return fares on V Australia from Sydney to Los Angeles will be $A1,899, cutting Qantas' standard rate by at least 16 per cent.

You can get a qantas flight for less than $1899. Just dont buy it directly from qantas.

who do you buy it from??

If you're travelling from the US of A, Qantas do a good deal with their Aussie Airpass: http://www.qantas.com.au/regions/dyn/am/specials/us/aussie-airpass-visit-australia

Ask my friends at Swain Tours about it - and mention my name to get a good deal. Some of the guys and gals there still remember me sitting at my desk there eating Dunkin' Donuts onion bagels during lunchtime ^__^

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