Educate the 43T world on the current affairs of New Zealand

With a headline like Police claim not only the grass was half-cut, how could I not share this with you?

until, among the normal headlines one sees in the paper here (All I want for Christmas is a cow, Teddy bear thief pepper-sprayed, Sex act blamed on exam stress, Frozen chickens take swim in the sea etc) I spotted Greedy parrot suffers death by chocolate. This has the additional cachet of being reported in New Scientist. I thought you’d like to hear about another great piece of scientific investigation from New Zealand.

I feel interested 43Ters should be educated enough on the current affairs of New Zealand.

I leave you with one last story, showing that dispensing justice in provincial towns sometimes requires the wisdom of Solomon, especially when the defence is that the poodle was emotionally scarred.

^{This dramatic revelation was actually today’s front page news. Not sure whether to put a :) or :( about that.}

for this job, they should take note of what the previous incumbent says. From what I have been told by relatives with first-hand knowledge of the place, this is probably good advice.

Sam Neill’s qualifications for commenting on GM crop trials. Apparently being in a movie about dinosaurs is what it takes.

^{That he is farming using environmentally friendly methods and is actively involved in environmental causes are minor points.}

of rubbish disposal.

^{Whatever happened to actually asking your neighbours if they could help you out?}

And the police are investigating.

^{Must be a slow time with no murders, rapes, road fatalities, major thefts etc.}

Natural low-fat milk. I thought they could find a better name for the cow though.

grandmothers were sensible people? This one did something rather interesting.

read here

Although I have used this goal to draw the 43T world’s attention to some of the more eccentric aspects of my country and its inhabitants, today I would like to point out a story that I feel is really worth reading

It’s about two high school students who took it upon themselves to make a difference, ending up with a multinational company being fined NZ$217,500 and getting oodles of bad publicity (which I am more than happy to add to.)