Commemorating the partnership between New Zealand's Miranda Shorebird Center and the Yalu Jiang National Nature Reserve in China.
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No one else was taking the lunch cruise on the Lakeland Queen paddleboat on Lake Rotorua. Even as fuel efficient as the paddleboat is, they lost money on us. But they had 140 Korean tourists for breakfast, so the day wasn't a loss.
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It's nicely self-contained and easily fits in the trunk of his car. He says most New Zealanders have never seen this kind of rig before either, but it's catching on, and now there are two local companies making them.
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A man from Cornwall moved to New Zealnd for work 10 or 15 years ago. He thought there would be a market for pasties, so he started making them on the side. Now it supports him. To my utter astonishment, the traditional steak and potato pasty tasted just like it should--it even had rutabaga in it! I didn't try the lamb and mint, or the the curry pasty.