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September 2010
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
The winner of our March draw is known...
With link to our April/May draw...
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 Zealand art for sale! We hope to expand our website in 2010 and have more NZ art for sale.
NZ art created by New Zealand artists.
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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December 2009
Xmas cheer
A bit of extra Xmas cheer in Devonport, Auckland, NZ.
Gift wrapped parcel on top of the clock tower in Devonport,
just across from the Art by the Sea gallery.
The parcel was placed on top by a few local businesses, artists and friends.
Photo's by Aotearoa.co.nz
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Online Xmas shopping. Order from Aotearoa.co.nz and automatically enter our Xmas and New Year's draw.
Free Whittaker's peanut slab with all orderss. Free giftwrapping upon request.
Almost Xmas... looking forward to lazy days on the beach... a bit of kayaking... a bit of biking... a bit of swimming...
Hope you will all have a wonderful Xmas break too.
We have been very busy with orders the last few weeks and we thank you for your support.
It's such a pleasure to run an online business...
NZ gifts to UK. NZ gifts to Europe. NZ gifts to USA. NZ gifts to Canada, NZ gifts to Asia, NZ gifts to Australia...
Aotearoa.co.nz sends NZ gifts around the world.
Aotearoa.co.nz photography
We also do photo shoots once in a while and the last one was for the cover of Verve magazine,
an Auckland publication with over 35,000 copies.
November 2009
Our October winner is known... With link to our Xmas and New Year's draw.
And a big 'thank you' to all customers who purchased either a Samoan tapa cloth or 'ding dong' bell (through our Devonport.net.nz site), and all other people who donated money to the Samoa tsunami relief fund.
8 November 2009
Haere atu, haere atu, haere atu ra, Henk
Farewell to you and to your spirit.
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I've known Ad, Henk and Jan since our student time while living at Hoge der A 9 in Groningen. Henk moved to Kodiak, Alaska. USA. Jan lives in Zeewolde and Ad still lives in Groningen.
Always in my heart.
XG
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October 2009
New: iNZspired gifts
Bottle openers, cufflinks, wire photo hangers, koru photo holder, magnetic bookmarks |
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Coastal Classic Yacht Race, Devonport - Russell 2009 |
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photos here
Always great to watch the start of the Coastal Classic Yacht Race from Devonport to Russell.
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Samoan benefit concert "I Love The Islands". About 10,000 people, $250,000 raised for Samoa. Great line up, great music, great crowd. |
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Similar concerts will also be held in Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin, with line-up details yet to be confirmed. |
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NEW: Eardrops
Eardrop’s Journeys are fun audio stories for preschoolers created by local Children’s Media Specialist Liz Donnelly. Each CD in the range is designed to help develop language and listening skills in young children.
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Our September winner is known... With link to our October draw.
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Samoan benefit concert "I Love The Islands".
Monday 19 October 2009, 8pm, Vector Arena
More info: New Zealand Herald
Neil Finn and Tim Finn, Dave Dobbyn, Bic Runga, Savage, Scribe, Hollie Smith, Elemeno P, Nesian Mystik, Jordan Luck Band, J Williams, Che-Fu and Kratez, Open Souls, Kirsten Morrell, Sweet & Irie, DJ Sirvere, Aaradhna, PNC, Devolo, Mareko, King Kapisi, Feelstyle, Adeaze, Cydel, Ardijah and Lapi Mariner... |
Similar concerts will also be held in Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin, with line-up details yet to be confirmed. |
Samoan siapo (tapa cloth).
Aotearoa.co.nz will donate another $10 per tapa cloth sold to the Samoa tsunami relief fund.
September 2009
Donations made to this fund will go directly to Samoa Red Cross to assist with the disaster response being provided to those affected by the large earthquake that hit the Samoan Islands on Wednesday 30 September 2009.
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Our August winner is known...
With link to our September draw.
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FREE Whittaker's peanut slab with all orders
This was such a popular promotion... it's back... order from Aotearoa.co.nz and receive a free Whittaker's peanut slab.
Whittaker's website |
August 2009
Daffodil day, 28 August 2009. It's great to see so many people wearing a daffodil.
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'Rangitoto Blues'
acrylic photo block
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Our July winner is known...
With link to our August draw.
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FREE Whittaker's squares with all orders
till 30 August 2009..
72% cocoa 'Dark Ghana'
Whittaker's website |
July 2009
New Zealand Body Art Awards. Saturday 25th of July, 7.30pm. Bruce Mason Centre, Takapuna, Auckland.
More info and photos
2009
Fantastic event... More photos coming soon. |
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And Carmel McCormick won another award....
Best 'Hand Painted Body Art'
Carmel is also the artist of the Air New Zealand commercial 'Nothing to hide'. Carmel won the Supreme Award in 2007 and 2008.' |
Supreme Award 2009
Winning entry:
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Emirates Team NZ banner
flying high in Qatar.
Photo courtesy of Mr Kamahl Santamaria |
Our June winner is known...
With link to our July draw.
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More one-off carvings
by the Stonestudio
FREE shipping when you order a pendant from the Stonestudio.
Offer valid till 31 July 2009. |
June 2009
Auckland to Noumea Ocean Race - 27 June 2009
Fog blanketed Auckland and the Waitmata harbour, but lifted just before the start and then came back in.
New Zealand Body Art Awards coming soon:
Press release Thursday 25 June >> ||| more photos here >>
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 >>
Back in beautiful Aotearoa...
It's a beautiful day! Still in the Nethelrands, but almost on our way to our beautiful Aotearoa.
And our May winner is known...
With link to our June draw.
May 2009
And our April winner is known...
With link to our May draw.
more one off carvings by the Stonestudio
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greenstone adze carvings |
greenstone adze carvings |
greenstone drop carvings |
April 2009
And our March winner is known... is it you?
With link to our April draw.
NEW:
1st of April, huge kina found on Devonport beach, near wharf.
For your info, these kina can be found at the 'Art by the Sea' gallery in Devonport, Auckland.
March 2009
The Twitchhiker
We joined Twitter
after seeing Paul, the Twitchhiker, on Cambell Live and met him and fellow twitters at the WineVault in Grey Lynn.
If you are on Twitter, feel free to follow us.
Devonstock... on top of Mt Victoria... great Kiwi music, great crowd, great view, great weather.
White Birds and Lemons, another great Kiwi band
more photos here
New: Bowron sheepskins
New: wooden gift boxes, chatter boxes by Ian Blackwell
Coming soon: Koauau - Maori wooden flutes - preview
more one off carvings: adze, koru, manaia
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greenstone adze carvings |
greenstone koru carvings |
greenstone manaia carvings |
Winner of our
Febuary 2009 draw
with link to our March 2009 draw. Order from Aotearoa.co.nz and automatically enter our draw.
We moved house! A few hectic weeks with great help from Bo (my sister) and mum. The new place is FABULOUS, overlooking Devonport's Torpedo Bay and the Waitemata harbour towards Auckland city. Lovely little studio on the slopes of North Head with an even better view. What a fantastic place to be!!!
our view from our studio on the slopes of North Head
My mother and sister visited us for about 4 weeks. Highlights were the Coromandel Peninsula and the Bay of Islands. We took a fabulous bustrip to Cape Reinga (top of NZ) with Dune Rider.
We thoroughly recommend this trip! Visit the Dune Rider website here.
February 2009
Go Emirates Team New Zealand!!! Our team won the Louis Vuitton Pacific series.
We have family over at the moment and didn't have the chance to watch all races, but are very pleased we're on top again.
Winner of our
January 2009 draw
with link to our February 2009 draw. Order from Aotearoa.co.nz and automatically enter our draw.
Valentine's Day coming up...
January 2009
31st of January
Our Emirates Team New Zealand is sailing again! We're watching the Louis Vuitton Pacific series (till 14th of Feb 2009).
Go Team New Zealand. Photos here.
20th of January.
We'll be watching president-elect Obama's inauguration from Devonport, Auckland, NZ at 5.30am (21st of January 2009, NZ time).
Mt Victoria on fire. We woke up on the 17th of January and could smell fire and when we got into our upstairs office, we could see Mt Vic on fire. We dialled 111 and within half an hour all was under control.
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Our pukeko sign on our deck had to go (it got the boot), but it's still online. It was fun having it while it lasted. |
Happy New Year from Devonport, Auckland, NZ.
We're back in Auckland after a wonderful break in Kati Kati (Bay of Plenty).
Winners of our
Xmas and New Year's 2008/2009 draw
with link to our January 2009 draw
Happy New Year from Kati Kati in the Bay of Plenty!
And the winners or our Xmas and New Year's draw are known.
Check it out here.
View from the Diggelmann's farm in Kati Kati, Bay of Plenty, NZ - photo by Aotearoa.co.nz
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Ka hinga atu he tete-kura - ka hara-mai he tete-kura. |
