new zealand
NZ Golden Hour! Third Rowing Gold!
New Zealand has earned two gold medals in the space of 50 minutes at the London Olympics after two impressive rowing performances at Eton Dorney tonight, adding to the gold won in the men’s double sculls yesterday.
Olympics: Who are those cyclists at the rowing?
Who are the cyclists keeping pace with the rowers at the Olympics? Why have a B final? And what exactly is a repechage anyway? NZ Herald’s David Leggat answers all the questions you were too afraid to ask.
1: Who are those cyclists keeping pace with the rowers?
Coaches of the crews. Rather than try and watch how their charges are performing from 1500 metres away with binoculars, they cycle alongside, all the while keeping an eye on traffic in front.
Rowing Pair: Bond and Murray strike gold
‘Yip’ and a ‘go’ gets gold for Kiwi rowers
Road Trip – June 2012
The boys and I took a road trip in the last week of June.
The town of Coromandel is straight out of the ‘Mountain Theme Pack’.
Main Street
Rural Fire Station (Volunteer) – note the siren to alert the firefighters to come to the station for calls.
Original Fire Station and Ambulance Station
The Ambulance Officer, also works at the butcher, and carries a pager, for calls.
Coromandel Police Station
25K Giant Jaffas, Race Down World’s Steepest Street
Pamplona, may have the running of the bulls, but Dunedin, New Zealand has the running of the balls… chocolate orange candy ones, or Jaffas.
Around 14 thousand people lined the world’s steepest street, Baldwin Street, Dunedin, New Zealand, for the annual, Cadbury Jaffa Race.
Marmageddon: Crisis in New Zealand
Now I know, that this is not exactly ‘breaking news’ and this crisis has been going on for some months now, but with no immediate end in sight, it is important to get the message out to the interwebs, about the on going national state of emergency in New Zealand, other wise known as Marmageddon.
In summary, the two earthquakes, in Christchurch in September 2010 and February 2011, not only devastated iconic buildings such as the Christchurch Cathedral, but they also damaged the Sanitarium factory, and the only one in the whole world that makes the New Zealand version of Marmite.
The following thread in the Simtropolis Current Events forum, (started by yours truly) provides a fascinating and indepth insight both into the crisis itself, but also it attempts to explain in simple (Kiwi) English, to the bemused Americans and Canadians, and anyone else who has no idea what the heck we poor Kiwi’s at the bottom of the South Pacific, are going on about.
http://community.simtropolis.com/topic/48491-marmageddon-crisis-in-new-zealand/
The Australian’s of course are attempting to be as smug as ever, with their version of the spread, Vegemite… however even Vegemite, has experienced some supply issues of their own in recent weeks.
‘Vege-pocalypse’ fears in spread shortage
First it was “Marmageddon” as Marmite vanished from shop shelves – now Vegemite has been hit by supply problems.
Stocks of the Australian-made yeast spread have run out this week at several supermarkets, including at least two large stores in Auckland.
Naturally the alternatives don’t really bear thinking about…
THE OPTIONS
VEGEMITE (AUS)
Prime Minister John Key says he can happily switch to the Australian-made rival spread, currently on special at most New Zealand supermarkets.
PROMITE (AUS & NZ)
Made by Masterfoods, it’s a bit like Kiwi Marmite in that it’s a yeast extract spread.
MY MATE (UK)
The UK brand (called Marmite over there) is available here. However, its powerful salty taste may offend those raised on the sugar-laced Kiwi variety.
HOME BREW
The internet abounds with recipes, although most are for the British version. Ingredients: brewer’s yeast, sea salt, onion, carrots, turnips and celery.
MEAT LOVERS ONLY
Bovril and Oxo may not be so good on the breakfast table.
Perhaps it is best to leave this post with the immortal words of Dr King…
I have a dream that one day we will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all bread spreads are created equal.”
I have a dream that all the little children will one day live in a world where they will not be judged by the color of their spreads but by the content of their character and flavour.
I have a dream today!
This is our hope, and this is the faith that we traverse the depths and the distance of the ‘great wet thing’ the expanse of the South Pacific with.
With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair in this grave time of the great Marmite shortage, a stone of hope. With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our world into a beautiful spreadable symphony of brotherhood, where the lovers of Marmite will with this faith, be able to work together, to spread together, and to stand up for the freedom of all toast and bread lovers together, knowing that one day, Marmite shall rise again!
(I might be paraphrasing just a little.)
Craig
Screw Pile Developments 