New Zealand: 100% Pure Marketing

Ever since we talked about the slogan “100% Pure New Zealand” it has been stuck in my mind. As we already heard in our last class session New Zealand is anything but 100% pure. I’m sure no one is really surprised about the fact that New Zealand is not free of pollution…

New Zealand Earthquakes: Comparing 2011 & 2016

Strolling around the internet, looking for additional info for my planned post this week, I visited the New Zealand Herald website and was expecting to see sheep, John Key, or some article about Donald Trump becoming president-elect of the United…

They say it is 100% Pure! But is it true?

What does this say? 100% Pure New Zealand? They can’t be for real, there must be joking but no….they are dead serious. But what do I really mean with 100% Pure New Zealand? Well it is not coming from me. The national tourism agency of New Zealand came up…

The Kiwi — New Zealands´ Famous Animal

Every country has its national animal. For New Zealand it is the kiwi, the smallest non-flying bird in the world. It seems to be quite important in New Zealand, since it is not only depicted on a postage stamp, but is also used as a nickname for the New Zealand…

Encountering the New Zealand Culture

Waitangi, hui, Maori, hai moana, iwi, kapa haka. These are words that were totally unknown to me or at least I had only a very vague idea of their meaning and significance until I read the articles “Fix injustices, then move on” by Christopher Finlayson and…