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2010 - Year Of the Breaker
JR, On Fire | January 1st 2010
2009 is in the rear view mirror. It is full steam ahead and make the most of 2010 for the Breakers. The New Zealand Breakers have a high expectation amongst the team, and rightly so, but I have to say that 2009 did not live up to the club's expectat read more
Daily-News: New Year 2010 celebrations take place around the wor…
News and Advertsing Blog | January 1st 2010 by Duong
Countries around the world have been holding events to welcome in 2010. New Year arrived first in the South Pacific. At midnight local time (1100 GMT) firew read more
Helen Clark and Peter Jackson receive New Zealand's highest honou…
WriteNiche | January 1st 2010
Former Prime Minister Helen Clark has joined world famous film maker ( Lord of the Rings) Peter Jackson in topping the New Year honours, it was recently announced. Miss Clark has received New Zealand's highest accolade, becoming a member of the Ord read more
Helen Clark and Peter Jackson receive top New Year's honours...
Down by the HuttRiver | January 1st 2010 by peter petterson
Former Prime Minister Helen Clark has joined world famous film maker ( Lord of the Rings) Peter Jackson in topping the New Year honours, it was recently announced. Miss Clark has received New Zealand's highest accolade, becoming a member of the Order read more
A new year ahead of us...
WriteNiche | January 1st 2010
We have a new year ahead of us and I hope we can put aside the garbage of the past. 2009 was a pretty lousy year for most of us and I hope we can starting realising all our hopes and achieving our goals for the coming years. Lets hope 2010 is a suc read more
NYT op-ed about Y2K, AGW, and other cataclysmic prophesies
driven cannot natural | January 1st 2010 by burnardseb
The New York Times printed an excellent op-ed by Denis Dutton, a philosophy professor in New Zealand: It's always the end of the world as we know it He discusses the Y2K fiasco as a template for global warming and other movements obsessed with the e read more
New Zealand Lottery Winning Wheel Winner Dennis Curel
Lottery Winner Bios | January 1st 2010 by Tino Sundin
Now that we've just gone through the Christmas season, here's a question for you - Do you give lottery tickets as Christmas presents? Here's another question - Do people give you lottery tickets as Christmas presents? How would you feel if you gave s read more
Lord of the Rings’ director Peter Jackson knighted
KeralaRoom.com - Latest Malayalam News. Full Kerala Informat… | January 1st 2010 by Zeol
Peter Jackson, the New Zealand director whose "Lord of the Rings" trilogy won 17 Oscars, will now be known as 'Sir Peter'. He was knighted for what the annual list honouring the country's worthy citizens simply calls "services to film", reports... read more
Peter Jackson Knighted
:: Novidades Cinema :: // :: Movie News :: | January 1st 2010 by Pedro Almeida
Peter Jackson Knighted Arise, Sir Pete of New Zealand!Source: The Hollywood Reporter The New Year's Honours list should be hitting at any moment, but just like New Zealand welcomes the next year in earlier tha read more
New Zealand knights Peter Jackson
Smart News Network | January 1st 2010 by Robin Casey
Entertainment News - UPI.com >> [full-text feed from iSaveSmart.com]: Entertainment News - UPI.comWELLINGTON, New Zealand, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- The government of New Zealand has knighted movie director Peter Jackson for his contributions to the entertai read more
Happy New Year!
Looking for Laughs | January 1st 2010
New Zealand Becomes The First Country To Welcome 2010New Zealand became the first country to enter 2010. New Zealanders welcomed the New Year with fireworks at midnightMore To Come. read more
Eclipse Worldwide Release Dates Listed
Shockya.com Movies | January 1st 2010
As a followup to the official synopsis, here’s a short list of worldwide theatrical release dates for the upcoming film “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” aka Eclipse stars Robert Pattinson (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix), Kri read more
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS … SIR PETER JACKSON
Movie Reviews Books Food Restaurants Travel - Down Under Sty… | January 1st 2010 by Graham
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS … SIR PETER JACKSONThe New Year's Honours list for New Zealand announces Peter Jackson is getting a knighthood.He received the award for "services to film", not to mention the massive boost to the country's tourism that Lord Of T read more
What We're Reading ~ 01/01/10
Market Folly | January 1st 2010 by marketfolly
Hedge fund clones draw investors [Wall Street Journal] ~ subscription required to view (get an 80% discount here)Why Buffett is betting on the railroads [Railway Age]A great collection of thoughts from financial bloggers: "In 2009 I learned that..." read more
World Welcomes 2010 With Open Arms
healthwatch | January 1st 2010 by deshola
Revelers from New York to New Zealand Bask in Festivities, Hope 2010 Brings Peace and Prosperity Photos: Ringing in 2010 read more
Happy New Year – 20% discount on everything
- Too many clicks spoil the broth - | January 1st 2010 by Ana
< Back Next > Picture 1 of 10 We went to Farnham Park this morning, the sun was shining and everyone was out enjoying it. It makes me happy to start the new year with a bit of sun and brightness! As we read more
Travel News
travel beach island | January 1st 2010 by roger
Indonesia Not Only Bali Bomb blast at Hotel JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton Jakarta, July 17, 2009 affects the image of Indonesian tourism, especially Jakarta. Although there are no restrictions to travel from supplier countries tourists, the tourism read more
A Message for January 1st, 2010
Spa Week Blog | January 1st 2010 by Michelle Joni Lapidos
You have a fresh new decade ahead of you, untraveled. What will you do with it, and what will it do with you? Who will you turn up as on the other end? A wiser version of yourself? A yogi in New Zealand? A grandparent? It’s yours, all yours! read more
Hello 2010
Adios, Estupido!! | January 1st 2010 by Michelle
2009 was actually a pretty good year for me. I always like to sum up my years with a word, and in the last few moments of 2009 I was able to come up with a name for it. I dubbed it my Year of Proactivity.Actually I don't feel like I achieved much for read more
RCB Trivia - 4 Answers & Winners
Royal Challengers Bangalore Fan Blogs | January 1st 2010 by Royal Challengers Bangalore
The Two Lucky Winners of the RCB Goodies hamper - Nihal and Surya Y! Please email your mailing address to trivia@royalchallengers.com and Team RCB will send it right over. Well done to the others who got all answers right: Nitin F, Eka, Bharat Sh, P read more
Rustic meets industrial in Uzes
Wendy's French Help | January 1st 2010 by Wendy Johnson
Childhood sweethearts Charmaine and Paul Jack came all the way from New Zealand to create their rustic-meets-industrial French home. 'We wanted good food, wine and style, but with space to breathe; a European version of how we grew up,' says Charm read more
Friday flowers
The Quiet Life | January 1st 2010
This is the pretty pink flower of our native manuka tree (Leptospermum scoparium). The manuka is our most common native tree. It grows to 4 metres tall relatively quickly and provides a perfect habitat for other slower growing native trees to ge read more
Barron's IELTS with Audio CD: International English Language Test…
live media | January 1st 2010 by abdul razzaq
Barron's IELTS with Audio CD: International English Language Testing SystemProduct DescriptionThe IELTS is internationally recognized as fulfilling English language requirements for entry to academic courses by more than 380 American colleges and uni read more
World’s first malbec competition
BKWine Brief Blog | January 1st 2010
It’s very popular with varietal wine competitions so for the first time in world history (!) there was recently an International Malbec Competition. Malbec perhaps not the world’s most wide-spread variety but you can find it i read more
Proposed Changes to the New Zealand Tax System
Debt laws | January 1st 2010 by peterjack
As one year ends and the next begins, interest regarding the future of the tax system is natural. In regards to property laws, many of the changes being considered by the Tax Working Group could prove detrimental to those who invest in real estate. read more
Epic Ideas
Trains, Travels | January 1st 2010 by Russell Cox
One more day till Epic Camp New Zealand 2010 officially starts. I’ve arrived in Auckland a day early as I like the extra time to settle in. Time to relax, catch up with friends and get to know some of the new guys. All rounded off with a superb read more
Apex Car Rentals
rantal car | January 1st 2010 by dirge
Apex Car Rentals is New Zealand's largest independently owned car hire company and operates a comprehensive fleet of over 1,700 new and late model air-conditioned vehicles. When you hire from Apex Rentals there are no hidden surprises - our advertise read more
2009 Cricket Year in Review : T20 Series Results
Latest News India Cricket. Test ODI T20 Series. Tour and Hom… | January 1st 2010
The T20 team of the year is the World Champion team Pakistan. They won all the T20 series they played other than the all important world cup. Winner Margin South Africa in Australia T20I Series Australia 2-0 (2) read more
2009 Cricket Year in Review : ODI Series Results
Latest News India Cricket. Test ODI T20 Series. Tour and Hom… | January 1st 2010
The honours for ODI Team of the year are split between India and Australia. India had a wonderful time this year except for the blip against a young Australian team at home. Other than beating Sri Lanka away and home comfortably, India won ODI ser read more
2009 Cricket Year in Review : Test Series Results
Latest News India Cricket. Test ODI T20 Series. Tour and Hom… | January 1st 2010
Test Cricket 2009 had a great start. Series between South Africa and Australia was very closely fought and it was an upset when South Africa won the series 2-1. In Perth, South Africa managed to chase down a 400+ score as well. It was a new low for A read more
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