In today’s press there’s an excellent example of New Zealand’s appetite for pro-NZ propaganda. The Lonely Planet has published a worldwide list of the 500 best places to visit. But the spin put on it by the NZ media would have you think that NZ was the best of all of them, First, read…
Now that the tourism season has arrived, and in light of the recent tourist attacks over Christmas, we thought it pertinent to re-vist an article we wrote in from January of this year titled “Bashing tourists now a national pastime?”. It seems that almost a year after writing it New Zealand is still a risky…
Those are not our words but a direct quote from a thread on the Trademe.co.nz forum, a community comprised mostly of New Zealanders. It’s an interesting thought isn’t it, as are some of the replies. But first, here’s how the discussion started, followed by a bit of the background. “Welcome to New Zealand. 100% Violent. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10860674“…
Heads up for Wellington Scoop for their unraveling of the some of the spin put out about Wellington’s recent raking by Lonely Planet. Lonely Planet is said to have ranked Wellington as 4th in a list of the world’s best cities, but that and the description of the city being “Cool” aren’t quite what they…
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