The Auckland Art Gallery announced today that they will receive a very generous gift of 15 paintings. The gift is from Julian and Josie Robertson, an American couple who have spent some time in New Zealand for the last 30 years. They said they love N

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(84) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Today is the shortest day and the longest night. In the Northern Hemisphere it is the Summer Solstice, when they have the longest day and the shortest night. In New Zealand, the sun rises around 8am on the shortest day and the sun sets at about 5pm.

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Talofa This week is Samoan Language Week. We need to remember that Samoan is the third most common language in New Zealand, after English and Maori. A large number of Samoan people live in New Zealand. We have a census every five years and the last c

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

It has been raining for the last five or six days in Central Otago. The rivers are high. The rivers flow into four big lakes in that area: Lake Hawea, Lake Te Anau, Lake Manapouri and Lake Wakatipu. Queenstown is on the shores of Lake Wakatipu. Roads

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(81) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Tonight Parliament voted on New Zealands Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). The National Party, with the support of the Maori Party, had 63 votes while the Opposition Labour, the Greens and ACT had only 58 votes. Earlier this week, the government gave f

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

The government is giving more money for maternity services. One reason for this is that more women are having babies at the moment and hospitals need more beds and more staff. Statistics New Zealand said the number of babies born in March this year i

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Most New Zealanders will know about this tragedy which happened in Napier, a city on the East Coast of the North Island. It started on Thursday morning when three police officers arrived at a house to search for cannabis plants. Cannabis is a drug wh

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Two buildings burnt to the ground early yesterday morning at Whakapapa Ski field which is on Mt Ruapehu. People who were staying in huts on the mountain woke around 1am Saturday morning to see a red sky. Some thought that Mt Ruapehu was erupting agai

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(60) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

A Royal Commission of Inquiry in Tonga is trying to find out why the ship, the Princess Ashika sank on August 5th this year. 74 people died; 54 were rescued. The commission, which is like a court with a judge, started in October. The commission sat f

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

New Zealand has chosen two artists to represent our country in Venice for the Biennale Art Exhibition, Judy Millar and Francis Upritchard. They will be among artists from 90 other countries. This is the most famous biennale (which means every two yea

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(85) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

After the major earthquake in Christchurch on Tuesday, many countries offered help. Britain, the US, Australia, Singapore, Japan and Taiwan have all sent Search and Rescue people to help find those who are buried under collapsed buildings. They broug

发表于:2019-02-04 / 阅读(110) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Business people who have a shop, office or restaurant in the CBD (Central Business District) of Christchurch want access to their business. Most of the CBD has been closed since the earthquake in February. The Head of Civil Defence says it is too dan

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Last week, 21 people were found guilty in the case of contaminated baby formula in China. Two men who added melamine to the milk powder will be executed. The chairwoman of San Lu Dairy Company was sentenced to life imprisonment because she knew about

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

The Fijian Prime Minister, Frank Bainimarama thinks that Australia and New Zealand have been interfering in Fijian politics. Last year Fiji was expelled from the Pacific Islands Forum because Bainimarama did not hold elections by the end of the year.

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Most New Zealanders know that the Rugby World Cup will take place here in September and October 2011. Teams from 19 countries will compete. The final will be held at Eden Park in Auckland. Last year the Auckland Regional Council (ARC) and the governm

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The World Expo opened in Shanghai on May 1st and already the New Zealand pavilion has been popular. It is situated very near Chinas pavilion. New Zealands 2,000 sq metre pavilion cost our government and sponsors $30 million. NZ hopes that we will inc

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Before the elections, the National Party promised to spend money on a fast broadband network if the Party was elected. Now the government has decided to spend $1.5 billion to make this happen. They hope that private companies would spend another $1.5

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

This weekend is the final rugby game of the 2009 Super 14 season. The Super 14 rugby tournament is the largest rugby union competition in the Southern Hemisphere and is made up of teams from New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. New Zealand has fi

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(145) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

The Corrections Minister, Judith Collins, says that smoking in prisons will be banned from July 2011. Prison will be safer because there will be no cigarettes, no lighters and no matches. At the moment, prisoners are allowed to smoke in their cells a

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

The New Year began with concerts and fireworks in many places. It is mid summer in New Zealand at the moment, with long warm days. There are a number of music festivals, an international tennis tournament in Auckland, and the usual summer sport such

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语