Top Document: The soc.culture.new-zealand FAQ (part 1 of 6) Previous Document: A1.1 On The Net See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge A1.2.1 Overseas Offices Of The New Zealand Tourism Board AUSTRALIA SYDNEY: Prudential Finance House, 84 Pitt Street, Ph (+61 2) 231 1322 GP Box 614,2100 Sydney (+61 2) 221 7333 NSW 2000 BRISBANE: Ground Floor, 288 Edwards St Ph (+61 7) 221 3176 GPO 2634, Brisbane, Queensland 4001 Fax (+61 7) 221 7289 MELBOURNE: Level 19 Comco Office Tower Ph (+61 3) 823 6283 644 Chapel Street, South Yarra Melbourne, Victoria BRITAIN LONDON: New Zealand House, Ph (071) 973 0363 Haymarket, SW1Y4TQ EUROPE FRANKFURT: 6000 Frankfurt am Main 1, Ph (069) 288 189 Kaiserhofstrasse, Fax (069) 281 482 JAPAN TOKYO: Toho Twin tower Building, Ph (03) 508-9981 2nd Floor, 1-5-2 Yurakucho C Hiyoda-ku 100 PAN-ASIA SINGAPORE: 13 Nassam Rd, Ph 2359966 Singapore 1025 HONG KONG: 3414 Jardine House, Ph (05) 255 044 1 Connaught Place, Central UNITED STATES LOS ANGELES: 501 Santa Monica Blvd 300, Ph 1 800 3885494 Santa Monica CA 90401 Fax (310) 395 5453 NEW YORK: Suite 1206, 432 Park Avenue South, Ph (001212) 447 0550 New York, NY 10016 Fax (001212) 447 0558 CANADA VANCOUVER: 1200 - 888 Dunsmuir Street, Ph (604) 684-2117 Vancouver, B.C., V6C 3K4 Fax (604) 684-1265 Air New Zealand also has offices at 1250 - 888 Dunsmuir Street ph (604) 640-4600 -------------------- A1.2.2 Traditional Sources (libraries, newspapers, etc.) Check libraries, travel agents, embassies, consulates. Year books, almanacs, census data(?) etc. are all usually available. The following book has been suggested as a useful source of information: New Zealand - a Lonely Planet travel survival kit by Peter Turner, Jeff Williams, Nancy Keller and Tony Wheeler http://www.lonelyplanet.com/ The following CD is available: New Zealand Encyclopedia (TVNZ): An encyclopedia of NZ that covers lots of different areas. Over 1200 illustrations, 20 maps, over 20 minutes of videos (1994 version). Available from: The Electric Book Co. PO Box 34-422 Ph/fax: (+64 9) 415 9343 Auckland 10 If all else fails, try the: Auckland Information Bureau/Auckland Information Centre 24 Wellesley St or Queen Elizabeth II Square PO Box 7048 Phone (+64 9) 366 6888 Auckland 1 Fax (+64 9) 366 6893 Wellington Info Centre Phone (+64 4) 801 4000 Fax (+64 4) 801 3030 Wellington is included because if you know how to send a fax via e-mail, use Wellington's fax number. They probably can't email you back. Christchurch Info Centre Phone (+64 3) 379 9629 Fax (+64 3) 377 2424 Lincoln University library keeps (or kept?) a list of all the NZ magazines/newspapers at: http://manuka.lincoln.ac.nz/libr/nz/nzserial.htm ----- Newspaper Contact Information New Zealand Major Daily Newspapers: (>25,000 Circulation) Newspaper Postal Box City Circulation Phone Mngmnt Fax Editorial Fax New Zealand Herald (M) PO Box 32 Auckland 238,000 09-379-5050 09-303-0265 09-366-1568 Otago Daily Times (M) PO Box 181 Dunedin 48,000 03-477-4760 03-477-5120 03-477-1313 The Daily News PO Box 444 New Plymouth 29,000 06-758-0559 06-758-4653 06-758-6849 The Dominion (M) PO Box 3740 Wellington 67,000 04-474-0222 09-474-0584 04-474-0350 The Evening Post (M) PO Box 3740 Wellington 69,000 04-474-0222 04-474-0584 04-474-0237 The Press (M) Private Bag Christchurch 100,000 03-379-0940 03-364-8496 04-364-8492 The Southland Times PO Box 805 Invercargill 33,000 03-218-1909 03-218-4349 03-214-9905 Waikato Times Private Bag 3086 Hamilton 41,000 07-849-6180 07-849-9554 07-849-9603 New Zealand Other Daily Newspapers: (<25,000 Circulation) Newspaper Postal Box City Circulation Phone Mngmnt Fax Editorial Fax Ashburton Guardian PO Box 77 Ashburton 6,300 03-308-3089 03-308-9855 Bay of Plenty Times Private Bag Tauranga 21,000 07-578-3059 07-578-0047 Daily Post PO Box 1442 Rotorua 13,000 07-348-6199 07-349-0959 07-346-0153 Evening News PO Box 92 Dannevirke 2,700 06-374-7081 06-374-9353 Evening Standard PO Box 3 Palmerston North 24,000 06-356-9009 06-350-9525 06-357-6316 Evening Star PO Box 3 Greymouth 5,600 03-768-7121 03-768-6205 Hawkes Bay Herald Tribune PO Box 180 Hastings 20,000 06-878-5155 06-876-0655 06-878-5668 Northland Times PO Box 96 Dargaville 2,900 09-439-8209 09-439-6505 Te Awamutu Courier PO Box 1 Te Awamutu ? 07-871-5151 07-871-3675 The Daily Telegraph PO Box 343 Napier 16,000 06-835-4488 06-835-6786 06-835-1129 The Ensign PO Box 182 Gore ? 03-208-9280 03-208-9594 The Gisborne Herald PO Box 1143 Gisborne 9,700 06-868-6655 06-867-8048 The Levin Chronicle PO Box 547 Levin 6,400 06-368-5109 06-368-2366 The Nelson Mail PO Box 244 Nelson 19,000 03-548-7079 03-546-2849 03-546-2802 The Northern Advocate PO Box 210 Whangarei 15,000 09-438-2399 09-430-5669 09-430-5665 The Oamaru Mail PO Box 343 Oamaru ? 03-434-9970 03-434-9723 The Timaru Herald PO Box 46 Timaru 15,000 03-684-4129 03-688-1042 Wairarapa Times-Age PO Box 445 Masterton 9,100 06-378-9999 06-378-2839 06-378-2371 Wairoa Star PO Box 41 Wairoa ? 06-838-7194 06-838-6973 Wanganui Chronicle PO Box 433 Wanganui 15,000 06-345-3919 06-345-3232 Westport News PO Box 249 Westport 2,200 03-789-7319 03-789-7203 New Zealand Non-daily Newspapers: Newspaper Postal Box City Circulation Phone Mngmnt Fax Editorial Fax Clutha Leader (N) PO Box 45 Balclutha 2,500 03-418-1115 03-418-1173 Marlborough Express (N) PO Box 242 Blenheim 10,000 03-578-6059 03-577-6006 03-578-0497 National Business Review* (W) PO Box 1734 Auckland 13,000 09-307-1629 09-373-3997 Northern News (W) PO Box 1 Kaikohe ? 09-401-0123 09-401-2129 Sunday News* (W) PO Box 1409 Auckland 119,000 09-302-1300 09-366-4670 09-358-3003 Sunday Star-Times* (W) PO Box 1409 Auckland 195,000 09-302-1300 09-366-4670 09-309-0258 The Independent* (W) 17 Victoria St West Auckland 10,000 09-303-3534 09-303-2999 The New Truth* (W) PO Box 1409 Auckland 35,000 09-302-1300 09-366-4670 09-309-2279 Whakatane Beacon (N) PO Box 243 Whakatane 8,600 07-308-8129 07-307-0719 Type Note: Provincial Daily unless: (M) Metropolitian Daily (N) Non-Daily (ie. 2-5 times/week) (W) Weekly Distrubution Note: * = Nationwide Circulation The above information was kindly supplied by the NZPA & INL via Tony Randle For further information, please contact the NZPA. Phone: (+64 4) 472-7910 Fax: (+64 4) 478-1625 Postal Address PO Box 1599, Wellington ----- Please refer to section A2.2 How Do I Get News From Home? for URLs of NZ News sources. -------------------- A1.2.3 In The Wild... The following comments result from the thread 'Obviously Antipodean' which Dave Frame started by posing the question, "So does anyone have any idea why we antipodeans are so readily identifiable when we travel?". From: andrew@unigen.unit.no (Andrew McNaughton) Track suit bottoms, jandals, rugby jersey (bit too fashionable now), vegemite stains around the mouth, obviously travelling on the cheap, working in a pub in London or as a nanny in some pile in the countryside, a willingness to pass the time of day with a total stranger. This last one happened to me in the London Underground, said gidday to some bloke as we waited in this draughty hole of a station and he looked at me as if I was a madman and backed away. Thing that got me was he was grottier looking than I was so by rights I should have been the one backing away. Even slobs have pride. ----- From: morrisp@lincoln.ac.nz (Morris, Peter) Because Australians wear a ball 'n' chain round their leg? Because you have suntans at the wrong time of year? Because you have skin cancer at any time of year? Because your name is Bruce/Sheila? Because you open your mouth? Because you eat vegemite or weak marmite? Because you drink Tetleys/Stones Because you're taller than the average Brit? Because you exercise more than the average Brit? Because you whinge more than the average Brit? Because you stare, with your mouths wide open in awe at the wonderful land that Britain truly is.:-) ----- From: "(Ghost ) Joost Stenfert Kroese" <joost@cad.canterbury.ac.nz> Your wildernis pack, your hiking boots. The Ozone depleted sunburn, the stubble, checkered shirt, the dusty khaki pants... do you want me to continue? OK the sheepish grin. For god's sake people in europe don't smile at each other in the tube. it's dangerous. ----- From: ted@fishnet.co.nz (Ted Howard) Two things I've noticed that stand out in a crowd. We tend to look people in the eyes. We tend to be interested in our surroundings - with an almost childish facination (compared to most other cultures). ----- From: lawry@maths.ox.ac.uk (James Lawry) Speight's T-shirts, Dave. ----- From: matoed.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com@ (Dave Matoe) We tend to be loud We have outrageous opinions on places that we recently arrive in (Because a mate was there 4 years back and told us..bla bla bla..) We are fiercely patriotic and wear rugby jerseys everywhere We wear shorts to work in Summer We wear Adidas trackies down Oxford Street We call a spade a 'bloody spade' which means we have street cred We kick ass in Rugby and rub it in like heck We end many of our words with an 'o', 'aye' or 'mate' for instance 'Hey mate, what the bloody hell do yuh think your doing with Davo's pint aye?' We exploit our Maori culture in the Rugby, but ignore it at other times. (ooops, controversial point..forget I said that one :-) We rave on about sweets no ones ever heard of like 'Barley Sugar, Pineapple Lumps and Milkshake lollies' We winge about everybody else winging We watch Xena and Hercules cos they are filmed in NZ We cringe when ever Rachel Hunter comes on the tele We remark on how Phillip Schofield started off in shazam before he hit it big time with 'Joseph' We p*ss in the back garden when we have a BBQ - Warning, English do not find this an endearing quaint down-under custom. We don't object to women buying a round We think a swanny is great to wear at all times of the year, despite the 'NZ Railways' markings on the back of it. All of us have a relative called 'Wayne' or 'Trevor' somewhere down the line. ----- From: jthursto@direct.ca (s & j thurston) Gazing around, staring and grinning at everyone and everything. Every other guy called Bruce or Graham. NZ women talking to non NZ men about football and sports and they (the dorks) think that they *must* be coming on to them. Yeah sure pencil neck you're just my type. NOT. NZ women liking guys who don't have a thing for Mummy. NZ women ready to arm wrestle to see who pays for the beer. ----- From: matoed.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com@ (Dave Matoe) Some more....... We would be proud to be considered 'All Black' We are the only country to spell awesome with an 'o' (remember David Tua the boxer?) We use awesome in replacement of 'Great, excellent, fantastic, remarkable interesting, wonderful, stimulating and choice' We wear Jandals and not thongs or flip flops Kiwi ladies understand the off-side rule (now explain it to me...:-) We call personality-challenged individuals 'dicks heads' We take 50 photo's of ourselves in front of Big Ben to send to all the relo's back home. We send our mums a wedgewood tea cup and saucer and forget about the rest of the tea set. We never watch neighbours We only travel with MacPacs We know who Phillip Sherry and Dougal Stevenson are (Well some of us do I s'pose..:-) We use unique words like Drongo, Skite, Hokey Pokey, L&P, tutai, hangi and DB We know what ship Captain Cook sailed in We call Australians - wallabies, English - POMS and Dennis Connor a 'bit of a bugger...' when we're with our folks, but 'bloody ozzies, winging poms and a personality-challenged individual' when we're with our mates :-) We only eat sure to rise pikelets and no other kind We miss luxury flakes when we're away yet never eat them when we're at home and finally We don't like people being a smart ass - so I'm off. :-) ----- From: otago@falcon.cc.ukans.edu (Graham Pendreigh) : We use awesome in replacement of 'Great, excellent, fantastic, remarkable : interesting, wonderful, stimulating and choice' Received text remains, however, "not bad", as in Salisbury Cathedral... ----- From: David Frame <d.frame@phys.canterbury.ac.nz> > Speight's T-shirts, Dave. Yeah... ok... I can see how that might be a wee bit of a giveaway... but even when I was out of uniform - wearing non-standard blokewear - people still figured me for a kiwi. And that was *before* I opened my mouth and demonstrated a particular affinity for certain consonants. ----- From: alan@remaal.prestel.co.uk (Alan Macdougall) The old Macpac - where I live (Queens Park tube) every fifth person on the train either has a Macpac or reads the TNT on a Monday morning. Also, I keep meeting on the Central line people from NZ that I haven't seen in years - I'm sure that loud reunions on the tube through Shepherds Bush is a bit of a giveaway too... ----- From: aph502@leonard.anu.edu.au (Aidan Philip Heerdegen) >We wear shorts to work in Summer And winter - most important. >We end many of our words with an 'o', 'aye' or 'mate' Australianism .. mate. No shit. I came here and found EVERYONE is 'mate'. Quite off putting. You also have a 'servo' (Service Station), bottleo (Bottle Store), fisho (Fish Shop) etc etc. Much more Australian than NZ(ish) IMO. >for instance 'Hey mate, what the bloody hell do yuh think your doing with >Davo's pint aye?' I think I am more likely to say "Hey pal/fella, what the f*ck do you think you're doin' with my mate Dave's pint!?" I think NZers reserve Mate for mates, rather than just any Joe Bloggs. >We use awesome in replacement of 'Great, excellent, fantastic, remarkable >interesting, wonderful, stimulating and choice' I thought choice was pretty popular. >We take 50 photo's of ourselves in front of Big Ben to send to all the >relo's back home. Rellies where I come from. You been hanging out with the Aussies in Earl's Court too long. >We call Australians - wallabies, English - POMS and Dennis Connor a 'bit >of a bugger...' when we're with our folks, but 'bloody ozzies, winging >poms and a personality-challenged individual' when we're with our mates :-) I think the 'pom' and 'whinging pom' thing is extremely Ocker. They also call them 'pommie baarstids' here. I always called them English when I was in NZ. ----- From: stephen@waikato.ac.nz (Stephen Judd) Definitely. "-ies" is THE Kiwi diminutive. Rellies, vegies, pollies, etc. ----- From: morrisp@lincoln.ac.nz (Morris, Peter) I believe though that there is a certain innocence about NZers & Aussies when they wander around looking at everything. ----- From: brian_d@welly.gen.nz (Brian Dooley) >>all the relo's back home. >Ah, he's an Australian. Obviously. "Relo" and "Davo" in another post were a dead giveaway. ----- From: matoed.portsmouth.uk.ibm.com@ (Dave Matoe) >>all the relo's back home. >Ah, he's an Australian. Ummm, thats 4 years of living in Melbourne filtering through. My apologies for letting my Kiwi standards drop. :-) I forgot a couple of others:- We know how to sign 'Keep Cool till after Skool' for deaf people. We laugh if anyone says 'Jeez Wayne' We know that Annie Whittle was a singer as well as an actress (5 points if you can remember her song) We all wish we knew what the Dogs name is We know who Manu is We experience true fear when anyone says the word Weta If anybody is interested, we did a kiwi questionnaire several years back to spot any fakes in the crowd. Its humour at its sarcy-est and tackiest - but humour none the less. If theres an interest for this kind of thing I'd be happy to post it. [this is lurking in Section C1.1] ----- From: nrowe@gwdu19.gwdg.de (Nicola Rowe ) I spoke to someone once in Germany who had a Macpac, thinking they might be a NZer; they weren't, and, once I started investigating the backpack situation, I found that higher-priced camping shops often sell Macpacs - at almost double NZ prices. ----- From: Jochen Siegenthaler <jochen.siegenthaler@alcatel.ch> Indeed, here in CH you can buy Kiwi MacPacs at hiking stores. The locals regard them as being of very high quality and are thus prepared to pay extra for them (great for NZ economy) ----- From: andrew.wicken@stonebow.otago.ac.nz (Andrew Wicken) BTW, I'm not sure if anyone's mentioned this but Aussies and NZers are about the only caucasians in Britain who don't have a skin tone reminiscent of dead fish. I'll always remember when my Yorkshire grandad came over to visit and nearly blinded us when he rolled up his trouser legs one sunny day. Lucky the US Defence Dept didn't know about Brits when they were trying to get SDI running. ----- So now you know. User Contributions:Top Document: The soc.culture.new-zealand FAQ (part 1 of 6) Previous Document: A1.1 On The Net Part1 - Part2 - Part3 - Part4 - Part5 - Part6 - Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: Tricia <scnz-faq@usenet.net.nz>
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