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...years since the heritage list was established, 830 sites have been designated, including the Statue of Liberty, the Great Wall of China and Mount Kenya National Park in Africa. From June 23 to July 2, the committee will be meeting again, this time in Christchurch, New Zealand, to consider 45 new sites nominated by 39 countries as candidates to be placed under the U.N.'s protective wing...
With our salad of burrata with heirloom tomatoes, Mascha poured Antipodes, a nearly mineral-free, lightly carbonated water from New Zealand, which, because of its neutral pH, tasted pleasantly sweet against the soft cheese. With my tagliatelle with ragout, I drank a medium-carbonated, high-calcium Italian water. We also had one water that flowed through volcanic rock (Hawaiian Springs), two from melted glaciers (Hawaii's Kona Deep and Canada's unpleasantly sour 10 Thousand BC) and water freshly bottled from Tasmanian rain (Tasmanian Rain). To my surprise, the waters did taste different. Or felt different. Buying an occasional bottle...
...Every now and then nature throws up these sorts of things.' RUSSELL SNELL, New Zealand biotech researcher, whose company is breeding cows that give skimmed milk. The herd descends from a single Friesian cow named Marge, which scientists discovered had a rare gene mutation for low-fat, Omega 3-rich milk while testing New Zealand dairy cows...
...John Lewis He's the go-to guy at Kauri Cliffs, an American-owned luxury lodge in New Zealand's Bay of Islands region. On misty nights, Lewis has been known to drive to Kerikeri Airport (an hour away) and even Auckland (four hours away) to collect guests personally, so they wouldn't have to navigate the darkness on the "wrong" side of the road. An accomplished harpsichordist who performed around the world, Lewis loves the challenge--given the lodge's remote location--of persuading musicians to perform at guests' anniversary dinners. Matauri Bay, Northland, New Zealand...
...refuse to learn Spanish. Should I immigrate to Canada, Australia or New Zealand? -Marjory Dutcher, PHOENIX[Laughs.] I get the gist of the question. It's true that we have, in many places, replaced English with Spanish. And I don't believe bilingual countries work very well. Because we are a diverse nation, we need something that holds us together. For us, that is the English language...