Travel author's top 10 destinations - New Zealand Herald

Travel author's top 10 destinations
New Zealand Herald
Copies flew off the shelves so quickly the New Zealand release had to be postponed. And - the ultimate compliment - it spawned a host of imitations. The newly-published second edition (Workman Publishing, $49.99) has even more places to see.

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Fish & Game Leads Wetland Conservation - Scoop.co.nz (press release)

Fish & Game Leads Wetland Conservation
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
As one of the lead agencies in the conservation and creation of wetlands, Fish & Game New Zealand is strongly committed to working towards the development of more of these threatened ecosystems throughout the country. Today (Thursday, February 2, ...

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Gotye tops Triple J's Hottest 100 - Herald Sun

Gotye tops Triple J's Hottest 100
Herald Sun
The duet with New Zealand singer Kimbra was the highest-selling Australian song of last year. Gotye, aka Wally De Backer, is back in Melbourne before embarking on a sellout US tour next month. Somebody That I Used to Know is No.58 in the US this week ...

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A journey to the crown of the world - Calgary Herald

A journey to the crown of the world
Calgary Herald
"You can just be an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated," said Edmund Hillary, the New Zealand beekeeper who reached the summit with his Sherpa companion, Tenzing Norgay, in 1953, the first mountaineers to do it. I ticked the Everest Base Camp off my ...

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Have say on what's to come in Hastings - Hawke's Bay Today

Have say on what's to come in Hastings
Hawke's Bay Today
The document asked people whether they thought the list was correct, if there should be other landscapes added and if those areas had the right level of protection. "Should we be doing more to control the use of land surrounding our rivers and streams?

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New Genetics and Microbiology Resources Published at ScienceIndex.com - PR Web (press release)

New Genetics and Microbiology Resources Published at ScienceIndex.com
PR Web (press release)
They share circa 2500 new articles every day. Since new science content is discovered in real-time, the delay between original publication and appearance at ScienceIndex.com is no more than two days. ScienceIndex.com's Biology Sciences Category covers ...

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Question Time: Ben Fox - Thame Today


Thame Today
Question Time: Ben Fox
Thame Today
There are so many places I'd love to recommend but the top of my list would have to be New Zealand. I love the outdoors and the scenery is amazingly unique and varied, from turquoise glacial rivers to soaring jagged mountain ranges.

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