“Binge” Drinking Culture in New Zealand

Every country has its own drinking culture. It helps them to interact with co-workers, seniors, juniors and friends. It allows them to forget their stress for a while and to have fun. In some countries, drinking culture is one of the way to increase business…

Kapa O Pango

“Kapa O Pango” simply means “team in black” in Maori.

Everyone who has read a little bit about NZ must have sooner or later crossed the sports section and therefor the New Zealanders favourite sport rugby. And everybody who knows about rugby has heard of the All Blacks, NZs…

Cultural Diversity and Language Barriers

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That one thing that can kill you

New Zealand is known for the absence of dangerous animals. In contrast to its Auzzie neighbour it is neither home to giant horrifying spiders nor to jelly fish whose venom can kill a human within minutes. There are not even snakes in NZ. Okay occasionally, a shark drops…

The thing between Australians and Kiwis

While sitting in my English class in Auckland, we once started talking about the relationship between New Zealand and Australia. It was quite surprising for me, that these two countries that seem to be part of the most exciting and beautiful ones in the world…

The 10 Songs you need to hear in order to talk about music in New Zealand

Nr. 10: “Always be Kiwi” by Oosh Multimedia

Why is John Key so popular?

When I first heard about the strange actions of New Zealand’s Prime Minister John Key I was — probably like most people — shocked. Why would anyone in their right mind vote for someone who pulls girl’s pony tales?!

100 % Pure — 100% Wishful Thinking

As you already may have guessed from the title in this post I would like to comment on New Zealands 100 % Pure tourism campaign. A campaign which received much criticism and mockery for its false statement. A statement which promises a New Zealand of untouched and…

Manuka Honey

Recently I went to Alnatura (Große Langasse, Mainz) with a friend of mine who just came back from NZ. She then spotted the Manuka…