Tag Archive for New Zealand

Time For More Avocado Toast?

Australia will need to both consume and export more avocados as the nation’s growers navigate a period of soaring production growth over the coming five years, specialist agribusiness bank Rabobank says in a new report. This year alone, ‘per capita (person) supply’ of avocados is estimated to be up 26 per cent on the previous…

Quezon’s Game Premiere in Australia on February 27

Filipino film Quezon’s Game, through TFC, will make its Australian premiere 27 February. Co-produced by ABS-CBN Films and Kinetek Productions, this Matthew Rosen-directed film tells the previously untold story of Philippine President Manuel L. Quezon’s decision to open the country to Jewish refugees during the Holocaust. Despite other world leaders refusing to open their country’s…

Bruce Munro Light Installation in Albany for ANZAC Day

A light installation by renowned English artist Bruce Munro will form part of Albany’s commemoration in 2018 of the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War. The State Government, through Tourism Western Australia and Lotterywest, will support the work, which will feature more than 13,000 illuminated glass spheres representing the national flowers…

Students win awards at global creative contest

Students from Billy Blue Design School at Torrens University Australia and Media Design School, New Zealand have won numerous awards recognising their outstanding contribution to the creative industries at The Rookies – a global competition for young designers, creators, innovators and artists. Professor Justin Beilby, Vice Chancellor, Torrens University Australia said that The Rookies recognise…

NZ eGates open for travellers to Queenstown

Customs Minister Nicky Wagner says six new eGates are now open for New Zealand, Australian, US, UK, and Canadian ePassport holders travelling to Queenstown. “Four new next-generation eGates are available on arrival and two on departure, giving travellers the option of completing Customs checks using the one-step electronic process,” Ms Wagner commented “The opening of…

New Zealand, Breakfast and the Internet

According to recent research released by Roy Morgan in the 12 months to June 2015, over one million Kiwis over the age of 14 (29.7%) used the internet at breakfast time on a normal weekday, more than double the 13.2% going online first thing back in 2011. “Even though internet usage has become much more…

Get up and watch the rugby world cup final!!

According to recent research released by Roy Morgan Research in Australia, around 1 in 7 people almost always or occasionally watch the Rugby World Cup on TV—but in New Zealand, the viewership rate is 2 in 5. John La Rosa, General Manager Client Services – ANZ, Roy Morgan Research explained that the research showed that…

Good Mourning Mrs. Brown Tour Extra Shows Added

Mrs. Brown’s Boys is returning to Australia in 2016 in the hilarious play Good Mourning Mrs. Brown. It’s the second play in the Mrs. Brown five part trilogy. Starring Brendan O’Carroll as Agnes Brown along with the original TV cast, doing the stuff they weren’t allowed to do on TV! “Australia was feckin’ amazing. Who…