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Comment by Ed Wetschler on September 1, 2010 at 11:57am

New Zealand Is Tired of this S--T

eTurboNews reports that "tourists who do not dispose of waste properly or poo in public spaces are a real problem, Tourism Minister and Prime Minister John Key says....

"Some councils have also raised issues about cyclists and tourists who hired vans without toilet facilities."

I'm surprised by this, because I get that sense that outdoorsy people have gotten to be pretty good about these things. Am I off base?

Comment by Tony Tien Huynh on August 5, 2010 at 12:01am

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Comment by EnLinea Media on June 24, 2010 at 7:57am

The Tripatini blog visits NZ's pop music scene, specifically Brother J's song Awhi I, which deals with the civil rights struggles of the Maori. Check it out!

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Comment by Betty Austin-Ware on May 14, 2010 at 11:02am

New Zealand advertises no poisonous critters. Maybe the spider came with the territory, all the way from Canada.

Comment by EnLinea Media on May 14, 2010 at 10:10am

Ouch! Poisonous Katipo spider bites sleeping tourist on the you-know-what.

Comment by Amanda Williams on May 6, 2010 at 9:50pm

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Comment by Max Pesling on January 27, 2010 at 9:40am

Sometimes fact is stranger than fiction. I found this little gem on eturbonews:

Fake Maori Scandal

Tour operator: Foreigners hired because real Maoris “too lazy to get out of bed”

Jan 26, 2010

Europeans and Israelis living in New Zealand were found to be posing as Maoris for a local tour operator.

Discovery Heritage Group conceded Tuesday that it had hired Europeans and Israelis to pose as Maori for passengers disembarking from ships at the port of Tauranga on New Zealand’s north island.

Maori are the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand.

The Maori impersonators dressed up in traditional robes and had fake Maori tattoos painted on their faces because some of the Maori are “too lazy to get out of bed,” local media quoted Terina Puriri, the director of the Discovery Heritage Group, as saying.

The group has been banned from operating at the port because of the breach of security.

Maori impersonators danced the traditional haka and asked disembarking passengers if they wished to pose for a photo with an indigenous New Zealander.

Puriri, who is Maori, was reported as saying that “some of our Maori are too slack to promote themselves ... some of our Maori are too lazy to get out of bed to do that.”

But HuiKakahu Kawe, the chairman of the local Maori tribe, was reported as saying, “We have Maori operators that are operating successfully in the tour business who do get up in the morning and do the business.”

Puriri said critics should “relax” and “stop splitting hairs,” the Associated Press reported.

Comment by Betty Austin-Ware on January 11, 2010 at 5:46pm

Well, imagine that! I thought you had left the building. Tried to contact you when I was in Hobart awhile back. Where are you?

Comment by Dee Farrell on January 11, 2010 at 4:50pm

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