For those people thinking of where to come when they visit New Zealand, here’s a few ideas from this week’s Observer. Many of these places are in striking distance of Domestic Executive... Today is the state funeral of Sir Edmund Hillary. There has been wall to wall media coverage since he died last week. An icon of New Zealand, a national hero, has brought 10’s of thousands to walk past his coffin in Auckland before the state funeral today.One of... I’d quite forgotten the impact of holiday time on how New Zealand operates. The fact that we’ve had to set the alarm for MT in the morning to catch his train on time has reminded me that during the holiday season much of National Radio (our favourite NZ... It just wasn’t to be – again. The curse of the Rugby World Cup has hit New Zealand again and we watched the pain as a 13-0 half time advantage ebbed away to a 18-20 loss. How can it be that this could happen – with as many people willing the All... There’s nothing the kiwis love more is an event. It doesn’t matter too much what the event is and whether they are truly interested in it but if it’s an event, then a ticket must be bought and a social extravaganza organised around it (usually... 