It's Waitangi Day again,(in NZ, anyhow... it's still the day before here in the UK) so here's some fluff about New Zealand.
This is a Kiwi:
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| Kiwi |
So is this:
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| Self |
And this:
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| Gavin |
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| Kai |
Although I'm not so sure about that last one.
However this is not a kiwi:
That's a bloody kiwifruit. Get it right.
This is not a kiwi either:
But it's a bloody big bird. Called a Moa. Now extinct. Tasted too nice for its own good, apparently.
I'm from Auckland (largest city, not the capital; that'd be Wellington, where Kai lives), which is quite cool because it's basically made out of volcanoes. The most impressive volcano in Auckland is in the middle of the harbour, Rangitoto:
It's cool.
A lot of people get this idea that NZ is basically next to Australia, and is pretty much the same. But consider this:
New Zealand really is at the arse-end of the world.
Finally... this is ours:
We won it in the quadrennial war-dancing championships, as seen here:
Hands off.
--
Adam
Photos sourced as follows, completely without permission:
Kiwi: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Tokoeka.jpg
Gavin: https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/3472868887/efa0becf1543de4051ba16f8bd2a00e0.jpeg
Kai: http://farm1.staticflickr.com/40/106868830_ee041bc4da.jpg
Kiwifruit: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Golden_kiwifruit.jpg
Moa: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d7/Megalapteryx.png
Rangitoto: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Rangitoto02.jpg
Distance images: http://www.distance.to/
RWC: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Rugby_World_Cup_Trophy.JPG
