Great things originating out of New Zealand
Showem
19.Apr.2005 09:51 hrs
Now they will be fighting to try and make it longer than the Australians' thread.
dr warner
19.Apr.2005 09:52 hrs
yes
dr warner
19.Apr.2005 09:53 hrs
you
Topsy
19.Apr.2005 09:53 hrs
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
19.Apr.2005 09:53 hrs
are
dr warner
19.Apr.2005 09:54 hrs
correct
Winegirl
19.Apr.2005 09:54 hrs
Excellent Sauvignon Blanc
Jules Winnfield
19.Apr.2005 09:54 hrs
Locations for Lord of the Rings...
dr warner
19.Apr.2005 09:55 hrs
bungy jumping
UrbanAngel
19.Apr.2005 09:56 hrs
a top quality TV programme, Heartbreak High I had a huge crush on that skater.. what was his name?
Augsburg_Dave
19.Apr.2005 09:56 hrs
The Datsuns!
Kza
19.Apr.2005 09:57 hrs
Vote for women.
First european colony to give natives the vote.
I have more after lunch...
roots
19.Apr.2005 09:58 hrs
Xena, the sexy Lucy Lawless
Bumpy
19.Apr.2005 09:59 hrs
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
19.Apr.2005 09:59 hrs
The world's best rugby team
Peter Jackson
Scott Dixon
Possum Bourne
Salmanella Dub
Trinity Roots
The Mint Chicks
Really it's endless
Timmeh
19.Apr.2005 10:00 hrs
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
19.Apr.2005 10:00 hrs
@UA
Heartbreak High was Australian IIRC. The skater's name was Rivers, also IIRC.
Topsy
19.Apr.2005 10:00 hrs
Dr Matt and his incredibly fab pub quiz, actually, is quite a good NZ export
Showem
19.Apr.2005 10:01 hrs
I will 2nd that.
grtho
19.Apr.2005 10:01 hrs
Gallipoli.
Timmeh
19.Apr.2005 10:02 hrs
First ever usage of trench warfare (not such a good thing really)
eriiki tubbs
19.Apr.2005 10:02 hrs
Pitch Black, an excellent electronic dub outfit that apparently puts on amazing live shows...
Bumpy
19.Apr.2005 10:04 hrs
Moro bars
Bumpy
19.Apr.2005 10:05 hrs
The Haka
Timmeh
19.Apr.2005 10:05 hrs
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
19.Apr.2005 10:06 hrs
The Aussies can have Russell Crowe thanks
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What about Jeff and Martin Crowe?
Grinner
19.Apr.2005 10:06 hrs
Who the hell is Dave Dobbins??
Sin
19.Apr.2005 10:06 hrs
Maori tongue action
Wee Mun
19.Apr.2005 10:06 hrs
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
19.Apr.2005 10:11 hrs
First Lady Mayor in the world
First Chap to Conquer Everest
First Labour Day
First Public Trust
Sin
19.Apr.2005 10:11 hrs
Wait, wasn't Bruce McLaren a Kiwi?
Timmeh
19.Apr.2005 10:13 hrs
Ja...indeed
Pavlova!
ANZAC Biscuits, yummmmm
worm
19.Apr.2005 10:13 hrs
@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
19.Apr.2005 10:19 hrs
electric fences
aussie jokes
aussie & sheep jokes
fashionable gumboots
bic runga (nice tits)
dr warner
19.Apr.2005 10:21 hrs
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
19.Apr.2005 10:22 hrs
Invented the Jandal (or Flip Flops for the USians and UKians & Thongs for you OZians)
dr warner
19.Apr.2005 10:22 hrs
rachel hunter
bucket06
19.Apr.2005 10:23 hrs
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
19.Apr.2005 10:23 hrs
Kiwi fruit. (kiwi's)
Johnny English
19.Apr.2005 10:23 hrs
@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
19.Apr.2005 10:25 hrs
Tentatively worded... don't kill me, but: First manned, powered flight.
dr warner
19.Apr.2005 10:26 hrs
David Illingworth and Robert Norris, inventors of Spreadable Butter
UrbanAngel
19.Apr.2005 10:27 hrs
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
19.Apr.2005 10:28 hrs
Back of the Y. Best load of 0 budget bollocks TV I've ever seen.
bFM...best radio station in the world
Owain Glyndwr
19.Apr.2005 10:29 hrs
Sir Edmund Hilary
The Haka
Marshbot
19.Apr.2005 10:30 hrs
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
19.Apr.2005 10:32 hrs
First ever usage of trench warfare (not such a good thing really)
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bucket06
19.Apr.2005 10:33 hrs
Kiwi fruit. (kiwi's)
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comes from china
boomtown_rat
19.Apr.2005 10:34 hrs
Richard Hadlee
Timmeh
19.Apr.2005 10:34 hrs
@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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