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THE new-look southlandnz.com website has been unveiled. Venture Southland group manager tourism and marketing Kathryn MacDonnell said the original site was developed six years ago and was in need of a facelift. "With such increased internet usage, developments in web technology and online marketing opportunities for the region since then, it was a top priority for southlandnz.com site to be redeveloped," Ms MacDonnell said. A strong web presence was considered crucial to marketing...
By HINE, Will in Queenstown UEENSTOWN'S biggest party of the year has come with a hangover, with 18 people arrested for drink-driving during the opening days of Winterfestival. Sergeant Bruce Martin, of the Rural Drink Drive Squad, said his team tested 2605 drivers at checkpoints on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights and nabbed 16 people who were over the limit. He described the haul as "very disappointing" and said police would expect fewer than 10 offenders in an enforcement...
By ANDREW, Kelly HINEPAU is the girl with sunset red hair and pounamu eyes. Because she looks different from the rest of her tribe she is sent away from her village to live alone. But it's Hinepau with her special understanding of the natural world who becomes the unlikely heroine when disaster strikes her community. Hinepau is the stage adaptation of writer and illustrator Gavin Bishop's book of the same name, which celebrates difference and diversity. The show, which is targeted at...
Wild weather batters parts of New Zealand WELLINGTON, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Snow, rain and gale force winds closed roads, halted interisland ferry travel and threw the plans of some air travelers in Wellington into disarray on Sunday. Roads in the central North Island were closed because of snow and ice around Mount Ruapehu, the New Zealand Press Association reported. And in the South Island, police warned drivers to be cautious as snow and ice made roads in the central and southern South...
A project to generate electricity from the tides in Kaipara Harbour is to receive a grant of $1.85 million from the Marine Energy Deployment Fund. Energy Minister David Parker announced the grant to Crest Energy Ltd last week. Crest Energy's Pouto Link Project will see up to three turbines deployed, as the first stage of a commercial-scale electricity generation plan. The grant is subject to resource consents being obtained. (c) 2008 Waikato Times. Provided by ProQuest Information and...
HOUSTON, June 17, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Holloman Energy Corporation (OTCBB:HENC) ("the Company" or "HENC"), through its CEO, Grant Petersen, today has elected to give an interim update to shareholders in preparation to what management feels will be a very busy and productive last half of the year and beyond. Due to significant recent activity and interest by major international oil companies in Australia to include each of the three geological basins that HENC has properties totaling in...
By HILL, Ruth A poet, a trainspotter and a country town mayor are some of the characters in a documentary tracking the near demise of a piece of Kiwi rail history. By Ruth Hill. -------------------- WHEN Sam Hunt first hit the road at 17 or 18, the narrow metal track of the main trunk line took him into the heartland of New Zealand. He describes the line as "the main artery" of his life, the engine- house of his future poetic output. His father used to meet him at Paekakariki Station...
By Michelle Nichols HONIARA (Reuters) - The Solomon Islands parliament was sworn in on Monday under heavy security, as foreign peacekeepers arrested another opposition politician after violent protests against the election of Prime Minister Snyder Rini. Hundreds of foreign peacekeepers and police cordoned off the building for the swearing-in ceremony as a helicopter hovered overhead, amid fears of further violent protests against Rini. Opposition MP Patteson Oti said the lockdown was...
By Maureen Maratita HAGATNA, Guam (Reuters) - Can wartime suffering have a price? According to a bill making its way through the U.S. Congress, losing a spouse or a parent is worth $25,000. The figure is part of an act intended to compensate the Chamorro people of the Pacific island of Guam for atrocities during the Japanese occupation from December 1941 to July 1945. The island is now a U.S. territory and first came under U.S. control in the 19th century. About $85 million has been...
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Open champion Michael Campbell returned to New Zealand to a hero's welcome on Wednesday, the first time he has visited his home county since winning the major in June. Accompanied by his wife Julie and two children, Campbell was met by about 300 people and a traditional Maori welcome at Auckland airport. Campbell's two-stroke victory over world number one Tiger Woods at Pinehurst, North Carolina, was only the second time a New Zealander had won a major title. Bob...
Latest Geography of Oceania Reference Libraries
Pinnacles National Park is located in the state of California in the United States. The park is comprised of 26,606 acres of land that was once inhabited by Native American tribes including the Ohlone people. When Spanish explorers arrived in the area, they brought diseases that nearly wiped out all of the Ohlone people, leaving the area uninhabited until Anglo-Americans arrived in 1865. By the 1880’s, visitors like picnickers and explorers began moving into the area, with the first...
The Pacific Rim is a reference to places around the edge of Pacific Ocean. The term Pacific Basin includes the Pacific Rim and the islands within the Pacific Ocean. It roughly overlaps with the geologic Pacific Ring of Fire. These countries are generally considered to be a part of the Pacific Rim, since they lie along the Pacific Ocean: North/East Asia Russia, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand,...
