Apr 25 2024
DUBAI: Young apprentice chefs at Expo 2020 Dubai’s New Zealand Pavilion restaurant, Tiaki, say if it were not for their mothers’ secret recipes for Kiwi culinary icons, the menu might not be as popular as it is. The restaurant aims to […]
Francis Drake set sail from England on a circumnavigation of the world on this day in 1577. Did you know that: • Dutch explorer Abel Tasman sighted the South Island of present-day New Zealand on this day in 1642• A […]
A couple in New Zealand may have grown the world’s largest potato without even trying. Colin and Donna Craig-Brown, from Ngāhinapōuri in the country’s Waikato region, found the tuber growing in their garden when they were getting ready for the […]
NEW ZEALAND: As he made history by becoming the first person to fly across New Zealand’s Cook Strait in an electric plane, Gary Freedman thought it only fitting that the first thing he saw when approaching the Wellington coastline was […]
DUBAI: Sports fans visiting Expo 2020 Dubai had the opportunity to meet New Zealand cricket coaches Stephen Fleming and Brendon McCullum as they toured the New Zealand Pavilion before stopping off at Tiaki restaurant. Both coaches are ambassadors of QualityNZ, suppliers of Aotearoa New Zealand’s […]
Jessica Quinn was eight years old when she was diagnosed with cancer and doctors amputated her leg to save her life. She now uses her foot as a knee to keep her prosthetic in place. At the time, medics thought […]
A traditional ‘Kapa haka’ – an age-old tradition of song, dance, and chanting – was performed by Ngāti Koraha, a UAE-based cultural group at Dubai Millennium Amphitheatre, Expo 2020 Dubai. New Zealand’s participation at Expo 2020 reflects the Māori value […]
A group of young intrepid explorers could not have realised that a seemingly normal trip at a Summer Camp in 2006 could change the lives of paleontologists around the world after 15 years! According to reports, in 2006 a group […]
New Zealand promised its public sector would become carbon neutral by 2025 as it declared a climate emergency on Wednesday, a symbolic move that critics said needed to be backed with greater actions to reduce emissions. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern […]
Almost 100 pilot whales have died in a mass stranding on New Zealand’s remote Chatham Islands, conservation officials said Wednesday. Most of the marine mammals beached themselves over the weekend but rescue efforts were hampered by the area’s isolated location, […]
The New Zealand government promised Wednesday to take action against backpackers relieving themselves at natural beauty spots as part of post-coronavirus tourism plans. Kiwis have long complained about so-called “freedom campers” who travel the country in campervans that do not […]
