Saturday, September 30, 2006

Telecom NZ

Telecom NZ have suffered much controversy in recent times over business practices that may be great for the Telecom shareholders and yet have cost the New Zealand public dearly. The government has recently stepped in and put pressure on the company to unbundle the telecommunication services. New Zealand has gone from a country leading with internet technologies to one now that is slipping behind due to substandard technology. This has been exhibited in the costs that New Zealand residents have been paying for long distance call services.

New Zealand News
New Zealand Newspapers
New Zealand People

Taupo Luxury Accommodation

Taupo is a cool place to stay, especially if you are a fisherman...

Maori Music
Maori People
Maoris

Tana Umaga

Tana is the All Black who picked up a ladies handbag and used it for unusual purposes at a New Zealand hotel one day... Afterwards Tana was pictured many times with photos handing off him...

All Black Haka
All Blacks
All Blacks Haka

Snow Skiing

Snow Skiing and Snowboarding...

Ruapehu
Dunedin
Canterbury

Ski New Zealand

Sir Edmund Hillary

Self Contained Accommodation New Zealand

Ruapehu

Rotorua

Rental Car In New Zealand

Real Estate NZ

Real Estate New Zealand

Queenstown New Zealand

Queenstown is one of my favourite places to holiday in New Zealand. The township has got a lot busier than it used to be and is far noisier now. The busiest period is in the heart of the tourist season December through to March. A trip up the Skippers Canyon is an adventure, especially if you choose a bungy jump up there.

New Zealand Tour
New Zealand Tourism
New Zealand Travel

Queenstown Attractions

Queenstown

Property NZ

Property for Sale New Zealand

Population of New Zealand

One Way Tickets New Zealand

Peter Jackson

The Film Director of the recent King Kong movie and the director of the Lord of the Rings series of movies... Yes he is a Kiwi - a New Zealander... Look at the films and you see New Zealand scenery.
Lord Of The Rings
Lord Of The Rings Pictures
Luxury Accommodation New Zealand

NZ White Pages

The partner to the NZ Yellow Pages...

New Zealand Facts
New Zealand Fishing
New Zealand Flag

New Zealand Weather

My first job was working as a Meterological Observer. Yes I worked in a New Zealand Weather office... At that stage we actually worked alongside the weather forecasters, we had three operating out of our office. We worked shiftwork and each shift a different forecaster was on duty. Their philosophies on forecasting always amused me and I list them here - hopefully it will give you a smile too...
Forecaster 1 - 'I always forecast a cold front - because sooner or later one will come along'.
Forecaster 2 - 'I always forecast fair weather because noone really knows what fair weather is.
Forecaster 3 - 'I always forecast fine weather - because it is fine most of the time and if it is wet now, it will soon be fine'.
Now I doubt that that was how they did actually forecast, as they were quite good forecasters, I can see the sense in it though.

New Zealand Vacation
New Zealand Wather
New Zealand Weather