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Land of the Long white cloud. Has a region called The [Waikato], which has a LinuxUsersGroup called (strangely enough) the WaikatoLinuxUsersGroup.
Is doing a badass job of [trying to preserve its frogs | http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,62733,00.html].
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-Home to [Space Rock | http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2939788a10,00.html].
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!!FAQ from soc.culture.new-zealand on usenet
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We had a sesquicentenial in 1990 (150th anniversary - we note with interest that the word did not exist prior to 1990). It was crap and lost lots of money.
!Politics
-There are three main political parties in New Zealand: National, Labour and McGillicuddy
Serious.
+There are three main political parties in New Zealand: National, Labour and McGilicuddy
Serious.
National: Currently the government. A bunch of right wing dickheads, intent of reducing inflation to 0-2% per annum by taking away everybody's money until nobody can afford anything, so prices don't go up. Simple? Rumour has it, so too is the Minister of Finance.
Labour: The Opposition. A bunch of right wing dickheads, who used to be a bunch of left wing dickheads until 1984 when, rumour has it, their souls were all sold to the Business Round Table (Mafia). We don't believe this, no no no, not at all. But it's worth repeating.
-McGilicuddy Serious: Scottish Monarchist Regressionists, intent in re-establishing the Jacobite line to supreme executive office, then disassembling all the trappings of modern technology (internal combustion engines, guttering systems, Unix, etc) and living a life of pastoral, clan-oriented bliss. Due to growing popular disillusionment with both National and Labour, an outside favourite to win the 1993 general election. It is interesting to note that New Zealand has no formal constitution and only one house of Parliament. So, if The McGillicuddy
Serious Party is elected, it can do all this quite legally.
+McGilicuddy Serious: Scottish Monarchist Regressionists, intent in re-establishing the Jacobite line to supreme executive office, then disassembling all the trappings of modern technology (internal combustion engines, guttering systems, Unix, etc) and living a life of pastoral, clan-oriented bliss. Due to growing popular disillusionment with both National and Labour, an outside favourite to win the 1993 general election. It is interesting to note that New Zealand has no formal constitution and only one house of Parliament. So, if The McGilicuddy
Serious Party is elected, it can do all this quite legally.
!Culture
__Buzzy Bees:__ A quintissential piece of Kiwiana. It is a small wooden bee that toddlers can drag around on a piece of string. It has wings that rotate (backwards) and it makes a wierd clicking sound. They are no longer made, much to the author's remorse.
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__The Edmond's Cook Book:__ More copies of this book have been sold in New Zealand than any other book (ever). Produced by Edmonds, makers of fine Baking Powder, Cake Mix and Bournville Cocoa. There are hundreds of recipies, many incorporating Edmond's "Sure to Rise" Baking Powder, Edmond's Cake Mix, and Bournville Cocoa.
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-__Holdens:__ Holden is an Australian car manufacturer, a subsidiary of General Motors. Most Australiasians either don't know this, or don't care. The classic New Zealand car is a very old grey Holden station wagon, with shot suspension and dodgy brakes. It is driven by Westies (qv). They are popular because they are cheap (because they are crap) and have big engines, which may or may not be V8s. We don't know, nor care. We are cyclists, who dislike most cars and hate Holdens.
+__Holdens:__ Holden is an Australian car manufacturer, a subsidiary of General Motors. Most Australiasians either don't know this, or don't care. The classic New Zealand car is a very old grey Holden station wagon, with shot suspension and dodgy brakes. It is driven by Westies (qv). They are popular because they are cheap (because they are crap) and have big engines, which may or may not be V8s. We don't know, nor care. We are cyclists, who dislike most cars and hate Holdens.%%%
__Swannies:__ Woolen bush shirts and jackets made by Swanndri NZ Ltd. Very waterproof, scratchy, rugged, warm and make you look like a mass murderer when hitch hiking.
__Pavlova:__
3 egg whites 1 teaspoon vinegar
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(Courtesy of The Edmond's Cookbook (naturally)).
This recipie never works, nor does any other recipie for pav, except this one:
-$15 Bicycle Carrier bag
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$15 Bicycle
Carrier bag
Ride bicycle down to supermarket, purchase pavlova with $15, place in carrier bag. Ride home. Remove pavlova from carrier bag, place in cold oven. When guests arrive, remove from oven and say "Look at this pav I just made!"
Any Australians, South Africans, Yugoslavians or Tibetans who tell you that the pav was invented in their country are full of shit and are not to be believed.
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P.S. Careful readers will note there are no questions in this FAQ file.
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Bugger.
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+!Tips for the Yankees (Americans).
+*Speaking of __tips__, __tipping__ (as in paying an extra amount of money for services rendered) is not part of our culture.
+*Electricity -
+**Mains voltage is __230 Volts @ 50Hz__.
+**Switches - __Up__ for __Off__, __Down__ for __On__.
+*Driving -
+**Vehicles are typically __right hand drive__ (Left Hand Drive vehicles used to be helpful when driving drunk).
+**You drive on the __left hand__ side of the road.
+**Usually, you give way to your __right__ (don't worry too much, that rule is usually forgotten here).
+**If you damage your car, go to a __panel beater__ (a __bodyshop__ is a shop for women's pampering stuff - you know, soaps and smelly stuff).
+**A __rotary__ is a car made by __Mazda__ (eg. RX7), the round traffic island is called a __roundabout__.
+**Oh yeah, go around the roundaboud __clockwise__ and giveway to those __on__ the roundabout.
+**Speed is measured in __kilometres per hour (KM/H)__.
+**A __garage__ is typically where cars are stored, a __petrol station__, however, is where you fill your car up, __gas__ comes in two forms, __CNG (Compressed Natural Gas)__ and __LPG (Liquified Petrolleum Gas)__, __petrol__ [OTOH] is what most cars run on. A car nowadays gets fixed at a __workshop__ (other than panelbeating).
