Todd: So Kate, if somebody had a month to spend in New Zealand where do you recommend they go and what do you recommend they do? Kate: Well most often you will fly into Auckland airport so you can start off in Auckland whch is a nice big city, howeve...
Todd: Hello! Leo: Hello! Todd: Uh, could you introduce yourself please? Leo: Sure. My name's Leonard Tui. I'm from Auckland, New Zealand. Todd: Wow! Great! Leonard? Leo: Yes, Leonard. Todd: OK. Do people call you Leaonard? Leo: Some people call me Le...
Nicholas Willis has won a bronze medal in the men's 1500-meter race at the Beijing Olympics. He is one of many athletes who lives in the United States but was born in another country. VOA's Jim Stevenson has more on the middle distance runner from N...
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There are a few things that are really important to Manish Chhikaria, his crop, his fields, his mobile phone, when he runs out of fertilizer, or needs a spare part, a quick call to his father back home takes care of it. Its so much better than havin...
My name is Maurice Manuwatu, and I am from here, Kaikoura. It's an amazing place and historically Maori have been here for over 800 years. Matakoura was a god that had this magical sword. And he carved the mountains, he shaped the peninsula around he...
By Phil Mercer Sydney 29 March 2008 Australians switched off their lights for 60 minutes Saturday to mark Earth Hour, a campaign by environmentalists to raise awareness about global warming. The event was started a year ago in Sydney by the World Wil...
By Phil Mercer Sydney 08 February 2008 A woman has been arrested after allegedly stabbing two pilots and threatening to blow up a 19-seat commuter plane in New Zealand. Police say the mid-air drama took place over the country's South Island. From Syd...