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Eric Shackle: Is Wellington Really A Slow City?
Monday, 9 October 2006, 1:29 pm | Eric Shackle
Wellington wants to follow Perth's lead and be labelled as a slow city, according to a newspaper report just posted on the internet. Wellington Economic Partnership has recommended that the town apply to join Cittaslow, an international movement ... More >>
Tom Shufflebotham Charmed 511 Earthworms
Monday, 24 July 2006, 11:40 am | Eric Shackle
Villagers in Willaston, near Nantwich, Cheshire (UK) made a thorough security check for eight weeks before the annual World Worm Charming Championships were held there last week. They were not looking for terrorists, but for New Zealand flatworms. More >>
Eric Shackle: It's A Startling Word Indeed!
Tuesday, 18 July 2006, 11:18 am | Eric Shackle
For many years our favourite word has been stifle, because it's an anagram of itself, which you must admit is pretty clever. Now we've found another word that is really startling. Just as a cockroach, when threatened by a human predator, sheds one of ... More >>
Eric Shackle: Citizen Reporters Everywhere
Monday, 10 July 2006, 12:19 am | Eric Shackle
One day last month Todd Cameron Thacker, Canadian senior editor (and a staff reporter) of OhMyNews International in Seoul, Korea, wrote in his personal blog, Sound of a Dog Eating Grass : More >>
Eric Shackle: Pecked by a Pesky Pelican
Thursday, 6 July 2006, 11:12 am | Eric Shackle
In my time I've suffered absolute acute agony after an attack by an angry and aggressive ant, been bitten by a bellicose bull-ant, clawed by a cunning, calculating cat, savaged by a sneaky, snarling schnauzer, and received painful injuries from other members ... More >>
Kiwis are world's best egg-throwers
Tuesday, 27 June 2006, 10:22 am | Eric Shackle
Kiwi hens are renowned for laying huge eggs. Now two male Kiwis have proved to be the world's best egg-throwers, at the World Egg-Throwing Championship, held in the English village of Swaton, Lincolnshire, on June 25. More >>
Waiuku Weather Stone Inspired Worldwide Search
Monday, 19 June 2006, 11:23 am | Eric Shackle
Ancient stones serving as weather forecasters can be found in many countries, as we discovered in an internet search that took us from Waiuku in New Zealand to Germany, Iceland, Ireland, the British Virgin Isles, the US, and finally back to Russell, ... More >>
First Sunday newspaper Down Under
Tuesday, 30 May 2006, 2:44 pm | Eric Shackle
A veteran journalist who was a copy boy on The Press (Christchurch) before World War II believes he has discovered the name of the first Sunday newspaper ever published in Australia or New Zealand. More >>
