Topic: New Zealand
AP News | 2010-02-09 03:27:05
Moo-ve over! Cows now outnumber humans in sheep-deprived New Zealand
New Zealanders who for decades have endured jokes about being outnumbered 20-to-1 by sheep have a new farm animal majority to worry about: cows. A record 5.8 million dairy cattle were counted in the year ended June 2009, Statistics New Zealand said Tuesday — well more than one animal for ...
Reuters US Online Report Oddly Enough | 2010-02-08 19:11:29
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A tourist who got lost on a New Zealand mountain was rescued after sending text messages to his family in Greece, newspapers and websites reported on Monday. Marios Symeonidis was visiting Mount Ruapehu, home to New Zealand's largest skiing and snowboarding area, this weekend with a friend, but then lost his companion while taking photographs, website www ...
Getty Images | 2010-02-06 08:22:02
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - FEBRUARY 06: Emosi Vucago captain of Fiji holds the trophy as they celebrate winning the match final between Fiji and Samoa during day two of the Wellington IRB Sevens at Westpac Stadium on February 6, 2010 in ...
Getty Images | 2010-02-05 18:21:55
PAIHIA, NEW ZEALAND - FEBRUARY 06: New Zealand Prime Minister John Key (C) stands under the flagpole following the dawn service held inside the Whare Runanga on the Treaty Grounds during the Waitangi Day celebrations at Waitangi on February 6, 2010 ...
