My daughter loves Steve Cole's books, specially the Astrosaurs, so her drawings are full of dinosaurs. I'm not surprised since her two favourite topics at the moment are dinosaurs & space and these books combine both. However I find it slightly ironic that she doesn't even glance at all the pink, sparkly, super-sweetness-oozing kitten, fluffy bunnies or fairies books targeted to girls of her age; but goes straight for the ones packed with action and darker colours.

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Kiwiana Art PrintImage size in millimetres: 560 x 800Four Square Man - the famous smiling logo for the Four Square stores that have conveniently served the local communities and towns around New Zealand for over 80 years that has become a kiwiana icon. This print is an officially licensed Four Square Man print authorised by Four Square Store's parent company Foodstuffs (Auckland) Ltd - who write that "locals, visitors, overseas tourists and especially kids all love our very friendly grocer…

Not sure about "take a hike"... But haha New Zealand...

Tip Top Jelly Tip.....when you have family still working at Tip Top it's a regular thing to have one of these

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Our 'Pop-up' store is full of some gorgeous pieces of art. Included is a selection of Rugby Art by Auckland artist, print maker and sculptor Rowan Forbes. His original art includes a piece names 'Haka' (no prizes for guessing the subject of that one), but he has captured the energy of that time honoured tradition. The fiercely contested matches between Australia and New Zealand teams are depicted in a larger piece, 'Try Time'. European rugby fans will love the smaller painting in our window…

We were recently invited to a Quiz Night with some of my co-workers. The theme was "Kiwiana" - so you might be wondering why we were invited. We certainly wondered. We thought as new immigrants we'd be pretty useless on the team, but it turned out that we were able to answer a few questions. We almost even carried our weight. So what's New Zealand's equivalent of baseball and apple pie (or for our English friends, football and a pint)? Here's a few things we learned about Kiwiana. 1…

Orange-flavoured, candy-coated chocolate balls. Famous for munching at the movies, rolling noisily down the aisles, or doinking people on the back of the head from an anonymous distance at the denouement, jaffas are the Anarchists of Lollies. The Kiwis, no...

If you read my ramblings you should know that I am a kiwi. (If not, visit the about page, though only if you have a warped sense of humour). AND, in case you didn’t know, New Zealanders are called …

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I just noticed, half of my working holiday blog talked about food. Chinese always craving for good food. A famous quote, 民以食为天, which simply...