Women may compose less than a third of New Zealand’s Parliament, but several just proved when they act in solidarity, their power knows no bounds. Several female members of Parliament refused to remain silent after Prime Minister John Key made offensive comments about sexual assault.
New Zealand’s government is taking submissions for new designs for its national flag - and while it is far from certain that the country will change its flag, plenty of people have been putting their suggestions forward.
Southern Kiwi, by Aku A from Waikato, one of many kiwi-themed entries
Blue Sky, Blue Sea by Phil Plunkett: “Keep it simple Bro! Everyone has a blue sheet at home they can cut up, Bam! 12 flags from one sheet.”
Gains, by Logan Wu from Wellington. “New Zealand has come a long way since colonialisation in many ways.”
Happy Kiwi by Davy Lee from Auckland: “Because it portrays that we are a nation of happy, harmless kiwis.”
Red, by Phil Plunkett, again. “Red is cool. Looks fast and easy to make. Dragons and Ninjas like red.”
Te Pepe, by David Astil from Waikato. “That feel when our eyes gaze upon the flightless and majestic rare-Kiwi bird is a classic icon of NZ’s deep relationship with our ancestors, their spirit, land and culture.” (surprised this wasnt you moltres)
Fire the Lazar! by James Gray from Auckland. “The laser beam projects a powerful image of New Zealand. I believe my design is so powerful it does not need to be discussed.”
Blu Green Blu, by Phil Plunkett from Auckland, once again. “Keep it simple Bro! Simple crisp design, can be flown upside down, inside out, back to front.”
My little country makes me so proud. This statue of Joffrey appeared in my town square in anticipation for season 4 of Game of Thrones starting. Every time you tweet with the hashtag #bringdowntheking the device tightens the rope around Joffrey in the hopes that enough tweets (they think they need 1 million) will knock the statue over and smash him into pieces! Best campaign ever.
Visit here to find out more and watch a live steam of the statue =)
Though this may look like a strange creature with tentacles at first to some, it is in-fact a fungus. It is also known as the Octopus Stinkhorn, and it gets that name because it resembles an octopus and it also smells like rotting flesh. In its early stages, it resembles an alien emerging from a pod.
It is native to New Zealand and Australia. This alien pod looking fungus actually has eggs that are edible, though they taste what you probably imagine them to taste like.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/23576982139/in/album-72157660408128614/
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