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Kiwis - what have they ever done for us?

Great things originating out of New Zealand

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Showem
Now they will be fighting to try and make it longer than the Australians' thread.
dr warner
yes
dr warner
you
Topsy
Morton Coutts revolutionised the brewing of beer
he was from New Zealand
this little gem, courtesy of Dr Matt in the quiz last night
dr warner
are
dr warner
correct
Winegirl
Excellent Sauvignon Blanc
Jules Winnfield
Locations for Lord of the Rings...
dr warner
bungy jumping
UrbanAngel
a top quality TV programme, Heartbreak High I had a huge crush on that skater.. what was his name?
Augsburg_Dave
The Datsuns!
Kza
Vote for women.
First european colony to give natives the vote.
I have more after lunch...
roots
Xena, the sexy Lucy Lawless
Bumpy
1) A proper well dressed rugby team
2) Russell Crowe
3) Crowded House
4) More sheep than people by a factor of 10:1
5) Dave Dobbins
6) Cloudy Bay Chardonnay
7) Speights Old Dark beer
8) Sam Niel
9) Ernest Rutherford
10) my girlfriend
Timmeh
The world's best rugby team
Peter Jackson
Scott Dixon
Possum Bourne
Salmanella Dub
Trinity Roots
The Mint Chicks

Really it's endless
Timmeh
1) A proper well dressed rugby team
2) Russell Crowe
3) Crowded House
4) More sheep than people by a factor of 10:1
5) Dave Dobbins
6) Cloudy Bay Chardonnay
7) Speights Old Dark beer
8) Sam Niel
9) Ernest Rutherford
10) my girlfriend
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The Aussies can have Russell Crowe thanks
Jules Winnfield
@UA
Heartbreak High was Australian IIRC. The skater's name was Rivers, also IIRC.
Topsy
Dr Matt and his incredibly fab pub quiz, actually, is quite a good NZ export
Showem
I will 2nd that.
grtho
Gallipoli.
Timmeh
First ever usage of trench warfare (not such a good thing really)
eriiki tubbs
Pitch Black, an excellent electronic dub outfit that apparently puts on amazing live shows...
Bumpy
Moro bars
Bumpy
The Haka
Timmeh
PROPER pies, with real chunks of meat, not just gristle or jelly...and a law to make sure there is a large amount of meat in our meat pies...we take them seriously. I'd kill for a steak & cheese Ponsonby Pie. Yummm
Bumpy
The Aussies can have Russell Crowe thanks
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What about Jeff and Martin Crowe?
Grinner
Who the hell is Dave Dobbins??
Sin
Maori tongue action
Wee Mun
Pretty poor from our antipodean cousins. We give you roads, TV, telephone, fax, penicillin, and what do we get, you beat us at rugby. I am posting this on the NZ side cos I prefer you lot to the aussies
Timmeh
First Lady Mayor in the world
First Chap to Conquer Everest
First Labour Day
First Public Trust
Sin
Wait, wasn't Bruce McLaren a Kiwi?
Timmeh
Ja...indeed

Pavlova!
ANZAC Biscuits, yummmmm
worm
@UA
Heartbreak High was Australian IIRC. The skater's name was Rivers, also IIRC.
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I thought she was referring to Drazic, the rollerblader with the pierced eyebrow. The show was filmed in Maroubra Australia.
dr warner
electric fences
aussie jokes
aussie & sheep jokes
fashionable gumboots
bic runga (nice tits)
dr warner
genuinely nice, laid back people who accept the big fucken ozone hole over them with a "sweet as mate" and a clink of their jugs
Timmeh
Invented the Jandal (or Flip Flops for the USians and UKians & Thongs for you OZians)
dr warner
rachel hunter
bucket06
about 50 % of the unemployed population in australia

wool wool and lots more wool

The Haka (already mentioned but IMHO probably their greatest export) and the Maori sidestep!

Edmund Hillary

rutherford etc
Marshbot
Kiwi fruit. (kiwi's)
Johnny English
@WeeMun - sounds like the Kiwis have got their priorities right to me. Who wants to bust a gut inventing stuff when you can play rugby and go sailing instead.
Marshbot
Tentatively worded... don't kill me, but: First manned, powered flight.
dr warner
David Illingworth and Robert Norris, inventors of Spreadable Butter
UrbanAngel
Weird, always thought it was a Kiwi show. Oh well, the actor I meant is Kiwi, does that count then hehe His name was 'Drazic' :

http://www.abc.net.au/heartbreak/actor/callan.htm

*drool*
Timmeh
Back of the Y. Best load of 0 budget bollocks TV I've ever seen.
bFM...best radio station in the world
Owain Glyndwr
Sir Edmund Hilary
The Haka
Marshbot
Shihad. I think better known oversea's as Pacifier though...

I have no idea which great NZ music has made it outside NZ/Aussie actually.
boomtown_rat
First ever usage of trench warfare (not such a good thing really)
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?
bucket06
Kiwi fruit. (kiwi's)
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comes from china
boomtown_rat
Richard Hadlee
Timmeh
@Boomtown, During the Land Wars the Maori adopted trench warfare to try and fight off the whities. This was far before trench warfare was adopted anywhere else in the world.
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