Daily English Show #11 – Wellington To Blenheim (Video)
December 25, 2011 – 7:13 am | 28 Comments

The Daily English Show, an occasional video series, has hit the road traveling through New Zealand in a United Campervan. Today they travel to the beehive (Parliament), Lyall Bay (check out Maranui Cafe review) then …

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Happy Feet Emperor Penguin Live Feed (Video)
July 9, 2011 – 8:30 pm | 9 Comments
Happy Feet Emperor Penguin Live Feed (Video)

You can now keep an eye on your favorite emperor penguin Happy Feet at the Wellington Zoo. TV3 has a live camera of Happy Feet’s enclosure.
Most of the time this picture is black and white, …

The Electric Car Song (Video)
August 16, 2010 – 4:28 pm | 66 Comments
The Electric Car Song (Video)

Most of us at CityTV are greens so we are happy when an anthem comes along that expresses our interest in Electric Vehicles.
They Might Be Giants and the song is “Electric Car. Features vocals by …

First Natural Gas/Petrol/Electric Taxi for North America (Video)
April 30, 2010 – 6:12 pm | 12 Comments
First Natural Gas/Petrol/Electric Taxi for North America (Video)

The City of Boston has become the first municipality to approve the Ford Transit Connect for commercial use as a Taxi. With its standard 2.0-liter four-cylinder gas engine and automatic transmission, the conventionally powered …

Bill Gates On Energy (Video)
February 21, 2010 – 11:57 am | 18 Comments
Kiwibloke Gav Builds Electric Car
October 22, 2009 – 9:41 am | 31 Comments

Kiwibloke Gavin Shoebridge from New Plymouth in 2007/2008 converted a 1987 Mitsubishi Tredia to an electric vehicle and chronicled his adventures online. You can visit Gavin here, and you can watch all his videos here.

Forget Tesla Ultimate Sportscar is Electric Porsche 356
October 20, 2009 – 11:39 am | 28 Comments

Jack Rickard has created what arguably is a more beautiful electric sports car than the press darling, the Tesla. This is a Beck 356 Speedster (replica Porsche 356) mated to a Netgain Warp 9 DC …

Eco Tourism Needs 100% Pure (Video)
August 13, 2009 – 8:12 pm | 14 Comments

Canadian travel expert, Bruce Poon Tip visits New Zealand to emphasize the importance of New Zealand keeping up with the 100% pure claim in the Tourism NZ campaign.

HippyGourmet In New Zealand Days 4-6 (Video)
June 26, 2009 – 7:03 am | No Comment

The Hippy Gourmet heads to Birds Ferry Lodge on the West Coast of the South Island

Hippy Gourmet Tours New Zealand – Day 3 (Video)
June 23, 2009 – 5:56 pm | One Comment

The Hippy Gourmet has turned out to be a popular series. Here is the third part.

Hippy Gourmet Tours New Zealand – Day 1 (Video)
June 11, 2009 – 7:42 am | 11 Comments

The Hippy Gourmet start their tour of organic and sustainable lifestyle. You can find the Hippy Gourmet here.

Downtown Wellington City Freezes (Video)
June 8, 2009 – 9:45 am | 4 Comments

An estimated 500 Wellingtonians stand still for 5 minutes in the centre of Lambton Quay to raise awareness of World Environmental Day

End of the Road For Detroit Car Makers
March 30, 2009 – 9:23 pm | One Comment

Today was not a good day for General Motors and Chrysler. Rick Waggoner was shown the door by Washington and GM was told in no uncertain terms that bankruptcy was an option for them. Chrysler …

Orphaned Earthquake Pandas Given New Life (Video)
March 1, 2009 – 10:13 am | 10 Comments

We all love panda videos right. Thirteen baby pandas born after the devastating earthquake that hit China’s Sichuan Province last May were on Saturday brought to a sanctuary which aims to “teach” them how to …

Car Exec Rips Car Industry A New One
February 11, 2009 – 8:44 pm | 3 Comments

John Krafcik, acting president and CEO of Hyundai Motor America today made it very clear he is disappointed with the auto industry in the United States and did not pull his punches:
There was palpable discomfort …