QP : Tractor on TradeMe for sale + Farm for free

Check out www.trademe.co.nz for bidding on a tractor in Catlins – currently at $155,000 – oh! the 8.1 ha farm is chucked in for free.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=218710429 - the Q+A are worth reading – so droll! so kiwi!

FF : Love can save us from this moral vacuum

What is the key to our living safely and respectfully in community?
Bless Garth George, journalist and column writer for NZ Herald. He has touched on the key issue here:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=500818&objectid=10518356&pnum=0
“Love can save us from this moral vacuum”
“Things must be getting really grim when two newspaper commentators – Wellington veteran Rosemary McLeod and former Listener editor Finlay Macdonald [...]

WW : Reference Page of Reference Pages

all reference
Bible – http://www.biblegateway.com/
Dictionary – http://dictionary.reference.com/
http://dictionary.reference.com/reverse/ - for when you’re struggling to find the right word
Encyclopaedia -  http://www.reference.com/ 
Internet Search – www.google.com – also images, advanced search tips
Metric Conversion - http://www.metric-conversions.org/ – metric/imperial
http://www.worldwidemetric.com/metcal.htm - calculator too
Thesaurus – http://thesaurus.reference.com/
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/ - visual fun
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NZ
 

Phone numbers – www.whitepages.co.nz – NZ
Television - http://ontv.uni.cc/ – main NZ TV stations on one page – TV1, TV2, TV3, C4, Prime, also [...]

WW : 10 things about NZ Maori

Kia ora!  
1.
History overview : http://www.newzealandnz.co.nz/maori/
2.
Culture – protocols  (on marae etc) : http://www.maori.org.nz/ - overview
http://www.newzealand.com/travel/about-nz/culture/culture-maori-culture.cfm

3.
Te Reo – language : http://www.nz.com/new-zealand/guide-book/language/maori/
http://www.korero.maori.nz/
4.
Iwi – tribes : http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/maori/guides/iwi_map.htm
5.
Waiata – songs : http://folksong.org.nz/waiata.html
Stick game with music : http://folksong.org.nz/epapa/index.html 
6.
Unit Study overview : http://asterix.ednet.lsu.edu/~edtech/webquest/maori.html 
7.
Whale Rider :
http://www.moviemusicuk.us/whaleridecd.htm  -   music
The haunting sound in the movie is made by synthesizer but mimics in part a Maori woodwind instrument.
http://www.aotearoa.co.nz/neptunes/putatara.htm   
http://www.carving.co.nz/puoro.html
movie synopsis  -  http://www.filmeducation.org/filmlib/WhaleRider.pdf
8.
Google images [...]

ThTh : Dead, Deconstruction

Here’s a few unrelated links to things that caught my mind-eye:
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Now I know where to find my Nana.
http://web.hcc.govt.nz/jsplive/assure32.jsp - fill in the name of the deceased in the boxes provided and their listing and map for the Hamilton cemetery will come up.
http://hamilton.co.nz/page/pageid/2145827212/Cemetery_Maps - maps
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An utterly fascinating illustration of this duping of ourselves is the latest arts building opened [...]

WW : Kiwi Home Educators’ Blogs

 New Zealand home educators are online.
Here’s some that I found: (expanded & republished)
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/AngtheFLYingKiwi/ - Ang
http://momentsofwhimsy.blogspot.com/ - Cate
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/ChrissyShads/ - Christina
http://thenewunschooler.blogspot.com/ - Colleen
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/KiwiSmithFamily/ - Craig Barbara
http://www.cynthiahancox.com/blog/ - Cynthia 
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/CynthiaH/ 
http://wonder-mints.blogspot.com/ - Darnia
http://3kiwihomeschoolers.blogspot.com/ - ‘J’s Mum’
http://kiwidigitalscrapbooking.blogspot.com/
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/kiwimumoffive/ - jaybee
http://homeschoolingdiary.wordpress.com/ - Jen 
http://banquet.homeschooljournal.net/ - Johanna
http://lapbooking.wordpress.com
http://katekiwi.blogspot.com/ - Kate
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/kiwigirl/
http://www.homesteadblogger.com/atTheGoodLife - Leanne
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/OurSchoolingJourney/ - Maree
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/mlaktin/ - Marilyn
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/wisdomspearls/ - Melody
http://www.rachel-larkin.com/ - Rachel L, Ak
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/LittleSchoolHouse/ - Rachel L, Chch
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/4kiwigirls - Rachel R
http://www.xanga.com/Rabbits_Nest - Raewyn, top SI
http://weblog.xanga.com/Rabbits_Nest
http://watercolourdreams.blogspot.com/ - Sandra
http://sharonnz.blogspot.com/ - Sharon
http://unschoolersanonymous.blogspot.com - Shell, Wn
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/KuraKainga/ - ‘Sherena’
I shall keep looking [...]

WW : NZ beaches

So, it’s winter downunder !
Here’s some pics and links of our beaches…
Mt Maunganui – east coast, North Island, New Zealand
Whangamata – further up the east coast, Nth Is, NZ
New Plymouth – west coast, Nth Is, NZ  -  also here and click for larger images – gorgeous
Memories of earlier (warmer) days …
Johanna

WW : Sights and Sounds Around NZ

http://www.nz.com/new-zealand/guide-book/ - facts, weather, history, food, etc 
Scenery – http://images.google.co.nz/images?um=1&hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENNZ243&q=zealand+scenery - our beautiful scenery – click more pages …
http://images.google.co.nz/images?q=zealand+scenery+waikato&um=1&hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENNZ243&sa=2 -a  search for Waikato pics, but more than my region is represented amongst these images.
Also here: http://images.google.co.nz/images?um=1&hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENNZ243&q=scenery+waikato&btnG=Search+Images
Birds – http://nzbirds.com/birds/birdsong.html - my favourite NZ bird is piwakawaka = fantail
Kiwi – http://www.teara.govt.nz/TheBush/NativeBirdsAndBats/Kiwi
http://www.teara.govt.nz/TheBush/NativeBirdsAndBats/Kiwi/en?shortstory=true - easy read
Images + Media – http://www.teara.govt.nz/TheBush/NativeBirdsAndBats/Kiwi/en?shortstory=true
http://grantfinlay.podomatic.com/ - sounds recorded in New Zealand, [...]

WW : For Those Who Take Life Too Seriously …

http://www.wordworx.co.nz/seriously.html
- only one weblink today, but this one may be enough to keep you occupied for 2 minutes …  54 one-liners to tell your friends.
My favourite : I feel like I’m diagonally parked in a parallel universe.
V8s are coming our way in a couple of days,
Blessings on your going to sleep and on your getting up,
Johanna

FF : Kiwi Home Educators’ BlogRing

Hello fellow Kiwi bloggers,
Would you like to join a Kiwi Home Educators blog ring?
Your blog doesn’t have to be about homeschooling (exclusively).
But live in or be from New Zealand – and have home educated.
www.ringsurf.com/ring/nr96/ – view – Kiwi Home Educators – just new
www.ringsurf.com/netring?action=addform&ring=nr96 – sign up
 

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MM : Recycle 2L Ice Cream Containers

CHILDREN

Store small toys in them. These tubs are great for set of Lego, matchbox cars, beads, Barbie clothes, and baby rattles. Label with a permanent marker or draw/stick picture.
Cut shapes in lid and place back on box - good as posting box for under 2s. Tie several long skinny bits of fabric of different colour/texture/weight together [...]