Controversy at the 2012 Boat Race
April 7th, 2012 § 1 Comment
Cambridge have won the 2012 Boat Race, beating Oxford in a controversial and incident-filled competition.
The 158th rowing race between the two universities was halted at the half-way point when a swimmer emerged from the Thames River.
Shocking case of child abuse
December 21st, 2011 § 4 Comments
Most people think of New Zealand as a wonderful place to live: beautiful scenery, friendly people, laid-back lifestyle. And for the most part, they would be right.
However, New Zealand has a shockingly high level of child abuse, and many disturbing cases have made the news over the past few years.
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Sheep Impounded in Gore, New Zealand
December 2nd, 2011 § 2 Comments
Please note this is not the sheep in question! (photo credited to Ian Britton, freefoto.com)
Coming from New Zealand one of the most frequent comments I get goes along the lines of ‘you have a lot of sheep there, right?’
Yes, we do – in fact we have around 40 million sheep to just over 4 million people.
However, that doesn’t change the fact that it gets a little tedious having that same comment repeated time and time again.
In spite of that (and the number of sheep jokes I will probably have to put up with), I just had to share this story…. it could only happen in New Zealand!
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