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February 2012
Our January winner is known. With link to our February-March draw.
January 2012
Happy New Year from Aotearoa, land of the long white cloud, New Zealand.
Our December winner is known. With link to our December draw.
December
Our November winner is known. With link to our December draw.
November 2011
We are back in New Zealand! Thank you very much for ordering from our site while we were away.
Our friends Linda W., Mike and Linda Geers, and our artists did a fantastic job to keep our business going.
And thank you for your patience, as we did have a slight delay before being able to ship the orders once in a while.
Our October winner is known... with link to our November draw.
October 2011
Congratulations to our All Blacks.
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Our September winner is known... with link to our October draw.
All Blacks
Go All Blacks!!!
Still enjoying our 'long weekend'. And unfortunately we won't be able to take photos at the NZ Body Art Awards this year.
Update: Please find the NZ Body Art Award winners 2011 here.
September 2011
We are enjoying our 'long weekend'and are currently on the island Schiermonnikoog, the Netherlands.
Our August winner is known... with link to our September draw.
Flo2cash secure payments
Just before we left for the Netherlands, we have set up a new secure online payment system through Flo2cash.
This payment system is for Visa and Mastercard payments only.
When you order, we will email you the total cost and the link to our Flo2cash payment page and you can pay directly online.
August 2011
We are enjoying our 'long weekend', but it's business as (un)usual.
Our July winner is known... with link to our August draw.
RWC 2011, Rugby World Cup 2011
We'll miss all the action, however,
we do have some RWC collectibles created by iNZspired.
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July 2011
Our June winner is known... with link to our July draw.
New Zealand - The Netherlands
Please note there might be a slight delay with shipping your order; we are currently in the Netherlands.
We still process email and orders from here and friends will be sending your order. However, one of our friends needs to go south for 2 weeks and can't send any orders.
The good news is that some of our artists are happy to ship directly to you.
We will advise you when we reply to your email and/or process your order
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Thank you, Goina
Flo2cash secure payments
Just before we left for the Netherlands, we have set up a new secure online payment system through Flo2cash.
This payment system is for Visa and Mastercard payments only.
When you order, we will email you the total cost and the link to our Flo2cash payment page and you can pay directly online.
June 2011
Our May winner is known... with link to our June draw.
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EXCLUSIVE (for now):
Aotearoa - New Zealand song available at Aotearoa.co.nz NOW
Aotearoa - a song written to honour NZ in the year of the Rugby World Cup 2011
Aotearoa - New Zealand sample soundclip:
May 2011
Our April winner is known... with link to our May draw.
April 2011
The weeks just fly... It's already April...
Email and phone call from a GEEK
It doesn't happen every day that you receive an email or a phone call from a GEEK.
Read more.
© photo by 'I Am Photography'
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March Draw 2011
Our March winner is known... with link to our April draw.
11 March 2011
Still having Christchurch on our minds and now this disastrous earthquake in Japan. Our thoughts are with the people of Japan... The Japanese rescue team that was helping out our Christchurch people are on their way home to Japan, to help their own... New Zealand is sending a rescue team to Japan too... |
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Messages of support we have received from around the world.
A heartfelt thank you...
We also thank our customers in Christchurch and Canterbury for getting in touch... |
27 February 2011
ALL our Christchurch artists are ok... Ian and Tokiko from Venus Hot Glass, Greg Morris (our woodturner) and Robin Loader (Maori design leather belts and dog collars). Our thoughts are with the people of Christchurch and area. |
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22 February 2011
Christchurch earthquake... devastating and heartbreaking... unedited footage is coming in... the same awful feeling as 9/11 even though this is nature... the scene is so similar... smoke and dust... buildings in ruins... bloodied people walking in the street... people running... people crying... And this time loss of life, which makes it so much worse. And such a feeling of helplessness...
The amazing people of Christchurch, the rescuers working tiresly, ordinary people saving lives of others and helping out where they can...
www.nzherald.co.nz
www.tv3.co.nz
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We have received many message of support from around the world. A heartfelt thank you!
We'd like to share one of the many messages, addressed to New Zealand from Rebecca and Terry:
Dear New Zealand,
We are so very sorry to hear of the deaths and damage caused by the earthquake. Our condolences go out to you and all of your fellow countrymen at this time of great sorrow. We will keep you in our prayers.
Sincerely, Rebecca and Terry Patterson - USA
Thank you all for caring... Please donate if you can... If you can't get into the Red Cross site, please try again later.
Thank you,
Goina Thedinga
Aotearoa.co.nz
Christchurch earthquake appeal
Our New Zealand Government has launched an appeal to help the people of Christchurch and the Canterbury region during this time of great need. You can help make a difference by donating to the Christchurch Earthquake Appeal. The donations will be used to help the communities, families and people of Christchurch and the Canterbury region.
Donations through a bank
Donations for the relief appeal are being accepted at any branch of the following banks, or using online banking to the account numbers listed.
Any ASB Bank: Account number 12-3205-0146808-00 SWIFT Code: ASBBNZ2A
We are with the ASB bank; to make donations from an overseas account,
please use the same account number listed above with the SWIFT Code ASBBNZ2A (swift code is needed when donating from overseas).
Any National Bank: Account number 06-0869-0548507-00 SWIFT Code: ANZBNZ22
Any ANZ Bank: Account number 01-1839-0188939-00 SWIFT Code: ANZBNZ22
Any BNZ Bank: Account number: 02-0500-0982004-000 SWIFT Code: BKNZNZ22
Any ASB Bank: Account number 12-3205-0146808-00 SWIFT Code: ASBBNZ2A
Any Kiwibank: Account number 38-9009-0759479-00 (this is the Red Cross account) SWIFT Code CITINZ2X
Other online donation sites
www.redcross.org.nz/donate
The Red Cross donation site has been overloaded, so if you can't get in, please try again later.
www.salvationarmy.org.nz
www.givealittle.co.nz/cause/christchurchquake
Phone donations
The following numbers can be used if you want to use your personal mobile or home landlines to make donations.
On Vodafone text QUAKE to 555 to donate $5 or to 333 to donate $3
Make an automatic $20 donation to the Red Cross on 0900 33 200.
Please be aware that there have been reports of donation scams operating.
If you wish to donate, please do so through a reputable organisation. |
Waituhi Festival, NZ Body Paint Festival - Taupo
photos Waituhi Festival here
NZ Body Painting Festival 2011 - Taupo
Maori myths and legends
February Draw 2011
Our February winner is know... with link to our February draw.
February 2011
Time flies... And Valentine's is just around the corner...
Some Valentine's Day gift ideas...
January Draw 2011
Our January winner is know... with link to our February draw.
January 2011
Please donate to the Australian floods fund through the NZ Red Cross or Australian Red Cross.
1 January 2011
Welcome back to our Aotearoa.co.nz site. Or if you just surfed in, welcome to our site!
We hope you had a fantastic break too.
At the moment we are enjoying the tennis. It's the Heineken Open at the moment. Just love it!
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More mats
Nearly all mats sold out just before Xmas,
but we received more Pacific beach mats. |
2010 - 2011
Aotearoa.co.nz
wishes you a
happy & healthy 2011
Fireworks in Auckland.
Photo taken from our studio
on the slopes of North Head
in Devonport, Auckland |
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December Draw 2010
Our December winner is know... with link to our January draw.
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Nearly Xmas. We wish you all a wondeful Xmas break.
We will still check our email on a regular basis,
but will be in 'holiday mode'
for a couple of weeks.
Take care and have a great break. |
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2 December 2010
The day of remembrance... a service for our 29 miners this afternoon.
Two minutes of silence at 2pm.
Aotearoa, New Zealand is standing still. |
Aotearoa.co.nz gifts for U2
Hello Goina - The concert was amazing, had a blast!! The band absolutely LOVED the mere’s!! In fact they kept their gifts with them, they were so pleased with it! Usually when we present our artists with gifts we take them back and send them over, but they took theirs with them then and there!! The tribute was amazing by both Jay-Z and U2. Would just like to say a massive THANK YOU again Goina, your help was so hugely appreciated!!! I have a little pack I will send you shortly to show our appreciation. Have a good weekend.
Hannah King
Universal Music NZ Limited
~ 5x greenstone mere clubs on a stand
~ Jay-Z and U2 paid tribute to our 29 miners who lost their lives at the Pike River mine near Greymouth.
~ we were honoured to be asked to organise gifts for the band U2
November Draw 2010
Our November winner is know... with link to our December draw.
November 2010
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We so wanted our 29 miners to walk out of the mine. We so wanted to fly our NZ flag at the top, but it's at half-mast.
Our thoughts are with the miners, their families, their friends, their colleagues, their neighbours, the West Coast community and NZ. Such a sad sad time...
Our miners: Conrad Adams, 43 (Greymouth), Malcolm Campbell, 25 (Greymouth - Scottish), Glen Cruse, 35 (Cobden), Allan Dixon, 59 (Rununga),
Zen Drew, 21 (Greymouth), Christopher Duggan, 31 (Greymouth), Joseph Dunbar, 17 (Greymouth), John Hale, 45 (Ruatapu), Daniel Herk, 36 (Rununga), David Hoggart, 33 (Foxton), Richard Holling, 41 (Blackball), Andrew Hurren, 32 (Greymouth), Jacobus 'Koos' Jonker, 47 (Coben - South African), William Joynson, 49 (Dunollie - Australian), Riki Keane, 28 (Greymouth), Terry Kitchin, 41 (Runanga), Samuel Mackie, 26 (Greymouth), Francis Marden, 42 (Runanga), Michael Monk, 23 (Greymouth), Stuart Mudge, 31 (Rununga), Kane Nieper, 33 (Greymouth), Peter O'Neill, 55 (Rununga), Milton Osborne, 54 (Ngahere), Brendan Palmer, 27 (Cobden), Benjamin Rockhouse, 21 (Greymouth), Peter Rodger, 40 (Greymouth - British), Blair Sims, 28 (Greymouth), Joshua Ufer 25 (Australia), Keith Valli, 62 (Winton). |
Earlier:
Hope our New Zealand miners will be ok... there was an explosion at the Pike River coal mine (South Island) and 29 miners are trapped.
We really hope they will all be ok... more info on the NZ Herald site.
We all want the miners to walk out and see their loved ones again...
November 2010
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- angel Xmas decoration
- kiwi Xmas decoration
- pohutukawa Xmas decoration
- pukeko Xmas decoration
- tiki, green Xmas decoration
- tiki, red Xmas decoration
- woodpigeon Xmas decoration
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- pohutukawa acrylic photo block
- Rangitoto sunrise acrylic photo block
- Rangitoto blues acrylic photo block
- Commissioned acrylic photo blocks.
Your own photo on a block.
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NZ Sculpture OnShore
4-14 November 2010. Great exhibtion, some photos here. With link to official NZ Sculpture On Shore site.
10:00 - 6:00 daily (last entry at 5:15)
Fort Takapuna Historic Reserve
170 Vauxhall Road (Next to Narrow Neck Beach, Devonport)
NZ Sculpture OnShore will be returning to the dramatic cliff-top site of Fort Takapuna on Auckland's North Shore for our ninth exhibition. This iconic event features the original works of over 100 New Zealand artists and has the reputation of being a fantastic way to spend the day absorbing the views of the artwork and the Hauraki Gulf.
Complimentary Guided Tours provided on site daily at 11am (weekends 11am and 2pm)
Mozaik Café operating on site from 10:00 - 4:00 daily
October Draw 2010
Our October winner is know... with link to our November draw.
October 2010
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Lovely spring days... Devonport is such a great place to be... And the first pohutukawa tree along King Edward Parade is starting to bloom. The pohutukawa tree is a native tree and is our New Zealand 'Xmas tree'. Pohutukawa means 'splashed by the spray'. |
The Speculator
The Speculator is a new site featuring the latest Devonport news and information.
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Best news... The Chilean miners - and one Bolivian miner - are being rescued right now. Great to see...
Last miner, Luis Urzua, on his way up. Fantastic news!
All miners have been rescued now. Great live footage.
Go Chile.
Mision Cumplida - Chile
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Welcome back to the surface of our earth: Florencio Avalos, Franklin Lobos, Jimmy Sanchez, Omar Reygadas, Osman Araya, Pablo Rojas, Jorge Galleguillos, Jose Ojeda, Jose Henriquez, Pedro Cortez, Raul Bustos, Renan Avalos, Juan Illanes, Juan Aguilar, Luis Urzua, Richard Villarroel, Samuel Avalos, Victor Segovia, Dario Segovia, Carlos Barrios, Carlos Mamani, Claudio Acuna, Claudio Yanez, Daniel Herrera, Carlos Bugueno, Edison Pena, Esteban Rojas, Mario Gomez, Mario Sepulveda, Alex Vega Salazar, Victor Zamora, Yonny Barrios and Ariel Ticona.
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NZ Body Art Awards What a fantastic event... the New Zealand Body Art Awards.
We took over 1100 photo's and have added a few online right here... Photo's 2010. |
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NZ Body Art Awards this Saturday: 2 October 2010 at the Bruce Mason Centre, North Shore City, Auckland. An evening of celebrating creativity and entertainment featuring artists not only from around New Zealand but from all around the world. The evening is commencing at 7.30 pm, however, we will again provide entertainment from 6.30 pm on, so make sure you come early. Photo's 2009. |
October 2010
The winner of our September draw is known...
With link to our October draw...
September 2010
NEW
Tui - The tui is a New Zealand native bird, we have them in our garden... Our artist Kevin Kilsby - well-known for his pukeko with funky boots - has created these stunning ceramic tui wallhangers.
Check out our new tui here
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Spring is here... more beach mats have arrived. Great choice of colours.
Coming soon... Splashy Gifts... preview here...
September 2010
Christchurch earthquake...
Please donate...
We've been watching the news for most of the day. Devastating images, but luckily no loss of lives, however, two people are seriously injured. We hope they will be ok.
We've contacted our Aotearoa.co.nz artists. Ian and Tokiko, from Venus Hot Glass, are ok, but it might take up to two months before they can create their glass koru again.
Also Greg, who creates our wooden bowls, is ok. We hope to receive good news from our other artists too. We also hope our Christchurch clients, family and friends are all ok.
And of course everyone else affected by this earth quake.
You can donate through the NZ Red Cross. Thank you.
More info:
www.tvnz.co.nz
www.3news.co.nz
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The winner of our August draw is known...
With link to our September draw...
Spring is here...
It's spring in New Zealand, officially from the 1st of September. And what a day it was, absolutely stunning.
August 2010
Donate to Pakistan through our NZ Red Cross if you can.
The winner of our July draw is known...
With link to our August draw...
Two free spifes with all orders...
Are you an artist? Do you want to be an artist? Feel like creating your oils like the Old Masters?
Check out Biopaints... available on our Aotearoa.co.nz site now..
July 2010
All Whites - Yes, we've been following the football and we are very proud of our 'All Whites'.
Go New Zealand!!! See you again next time... |
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The winner of our June draw is known...
With link to our July draw...
Spifes, Zespri and Aotearoa.co.nz
A spife is a spoon and knife in one... These are the Zespri ® spifes... ZESPRI International Limited is the world’s largest marketer of kiwifruit, selling kiwifruit into more than 60 countries. The ZESPRI® Brand sets the benchmark for guaranteed excellence and delicious natural kiwifruit. Aotearoa.co.nz offers a free spife with all orders.
A spife is a spoon and knife in one, especially for Zespri kiwifruit.
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June 2010
Back
Back in Aotearoa - land of the long white cloud - New Zealand. We thank you for your patience over the last 8 weeks; there has been a slight delay with shipping the orders during this time, but it'll be back to normal soon.
Matariki
Matariki is the Maori name for the group of stars also known as the Pleiades star cluster or The Seven Sisters; and what is referred to as the traditional Maori New Year. The Maori new year is marked by the rise of Matariki and the sighting of the next new moon. The pre-dawn rise of Matariki can be seen in the last few days of May every year and the new year is marked at the sighting of the next new moon which occurs during June. More info about Matariki here >>
The winner of our April/May draw is known...
With link to our June draw...
May 2010
Still in the Netherlands. We have beautiful spring weather and it's a joy to be here. My friend Ad is going home for the first time in 9 weeks (for a couple of days). It's great to see his improvements over the last few weeks.
It's a lovely time of the year in the Netherlands. I just love the coleseed fields in full bloom. A sea of bright yellow flowers waving in the wind.
April 2010
We are currently in the Netherlands to visit my best friend Ad who's very ill, but improving by the day. We left NZ in a bit of a hurry. The Dutch consulate was great, issuing an emergency passport within 3 days, the NZ consulate for issuing a returning residents permit on the day and our travel agent Peter did a great job to get us out of NZ as soon as possible, and great friends are looking after our business. Thank you Bronwyn, Mike & Linda G. - Art by the Sea gallery - and Linda W. You are great mates :-)
And spring is here - in the Netherlands that is. We are lucky that we arrived before the Iceland vulcanic eruption that disrupted a lot of flights. Over 63,000 flights have been cancelled in Europe in the last 4 days or so.
And it's business as (un)usual. We still process all email and orders, however, there might be a slight delay when it comes to shipping, as our friends have full-time jobs and/or run their own business.
Thank you for your understanding,
Goina
March 2010
Go Emirates Team New Zealand! Winners of the Louis Vuitton Cup - Pacific series. Great event. In the end it was a very exciting semi-final against Azzurra; ETNZ had to do a penalty and did this at the end of the race, and won by less than a second! Heart beat was up. The finals (best out of 3 races) was against Mascalzone (Italy) - another great team.
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Our Tasman Tresspasser is almost in Aotearoa - New Zealand... imagine rowing from Australia to New Zealand. Shaun is doing exactly that, just like his dad.
Shaun Quincey departed Australia on 20th January 2010 to follow his father's footsteps and row solo across the Tasman Sea to New Zealand. In 1977, Colin Quincey crossed the Tasman solo, rowing 2200km and to this day he remains the only person to cross the Tasman solo and survive read more...
To make a donation to the
New Zealand Red Cross
Chilean Earthquake Response Fund, click here
The winner of our February draw is known...
With link to our March draw...
The last days of summer... we had a wonderful summer in Devonport, Auckland.
It'll be the end of the golden weather soon and we'll enjoy it while we can...
Brown's Island
February 2010
The winner of our January draw is known...
With link to our fab February draw...
Some Valentine Gift ideas...
Free Whittaker's chocolate with all orders. Free gift wrapping upon request.
January 2010
New: corrugated iron goat online now.
New greenstone carvings by the Stonestudio online now. All carvings are unique as the stone is always slightly different.
Our favourite carving:
Please donate to Haiti
An earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale struck Haiti early Wednesday morning (NZ time), inflicting severe devastation in the capital Port-au-Prince and Haiti's West Province. Devastating footage.
Please donate
ASB Classic tennis in Auckland. We love watching the tennis. And we organised the trophies for the winner of the singles and the winners of the doubles. It's really great to see our artist's work on centre court!
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ASB Classic, Auckland, NZ
Winners doubles: Cara Black & Liezel Huber with their NZ made glass koru trophies from our artists Ian & Tokiko - Venus Hot Glass. |
ASB Classic, Auckland, NZ
Flavia Pennetta from Italy and Yanina Wickmayer from Belgium (right). Yanina won the singles match. |
Our Xmas and New Year's draw winner is known...
With link to our January 2010 draw.
2010
Happy New Year from Devonport, Auckland,
New Zealand - Aotearoa |
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