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The Hamilton 400 was held a couple of weeks ago. Those of you who have grown up down up know of the 40 year old tussle between Holden and Ford that culminates each year at the Bathurst 1000. The series is known as the V8 Supercars. Unlike NASCAR, it has retained since 1960 the Stock [...]

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Film: An Island Calling
Where: Royal Ontario Museum Toronto (Hot Docs Film Festival)
When: Thursday 24th April 2008, 7-15pm
Director/Producer: Annie Goldson
Rating: (5/5 Kiwis)
For other show times see Hot Docs Website.
Trailer From Youtube.
Based on the book Deep Beyond the Reef: A True Story of Madness and Murder in the South Pacific, Kiwi director Annie Goldson takes [...]

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Film: The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins
Where: Alliance Cumberland Toronto (Hot Docs Film Festival)
When: Monday 21st April 2008, 9-45pm
Director/Producer:Pietra Brettkelly
Rating: (5/5 Kiwis)
For other show times see Hot Docs Website.
When we talk about Africa and in particular the current civil war(s) that rage on the continent, we inevitably build a framework around our thinking [...]

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Quintessential Kiwibloke Sam Neil is profiled this week in Time Magazine along with his vineyards in the Otago province of the South Island. Sam’s biggest achievements were Jurassic Park, Hunt for Red October and The Piano.
Back in his native New Zealand, this son of three generations of importers of French vintages planted his first five [...]

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Over the last two weeks on my travels in the South West, I have met about 10 people who have either been to New Zealand, intend to travel to New Zealand or have a niece who won’t come home from New Zealand. Our good friends at the Melbourne Age have a blog/promotion called TrampaboutNZ (Note: [...]

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This week’s music is strictly from Down Under, the home of the Finn Brothers, Dave Dobbyn’s DD Smash, Middle Earth and Lucy Lawless aka Xena Warrior Princess.

The first song this week is from dDub of Auckland New Zealand called Comfort.
If you love the sound of The Specials or Madness you will love this track. dDub [...]

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