| Topic: Famous Kiwis and Stuff |
Mr_ice
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 Forum: GENERAL DISCUSSION - OFF TOPIC LOUNGE Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 12:02 pm Subject: Famous inventors |
Godfrey Bowen - developer of an improved sheep-shearing technique (DON'T LAUGH)
Thomas Brydone and William Soltau Davidson - refrigerated shipping pioneers
Morton W. Coutts - invented the revolu ... |
| Topic: New Zealand A.K.A. Middle Earth |
Mr_ice
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Forum: GENERAL DISCUSSION - OFF TOPIC LOUNGE Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 1:17 am Subject: New Zealand A.K.A. Middle Earth |
| Oh that was yesterday, must have slept through it. We get more than 14,000 earthquakes a year anyway, I'll just catch the next one. |
| Topic: Famous Kiwis and Stuff |
Mr_ice
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Forum: GENERAL DISCUSSION - OFF TOPIC LOUNGE Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 1:12 am Subject: Famous Kiwis and Stuff |
| Not bad for 4 million Population and not finished yet. Cameron who? |
| Topic: Famous Kiwis and Stuff |
Mr_ice
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Forum: GENERAL DISCUSSION - OFF TOPIC LOUNGE Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 11:09 am Subject: Famous Movies |
King Kong Peter Jackson
The World's Fastest Indian
The last Samarai
The Piano
Willow (Val Kilmer)
Dororo (2007)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe (2005)
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| Topic: Famous Kiwis and Stuff |
Mr_ice
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Forum: GENERAL DISCUSSION - OFF TOPIC LOUNGE Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 10:56 am Subject: Famous Kiwis and Stuff |
Kiri Te Kanawa - Opera singer.
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Highlights of her career include singing at Prince Charles and Diana's ro ... |
| Topic: Famous Kiwis and Stuff |
Mr_ice
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Forum: GENERAL DISCUSSION - OFF TOPIC LOUNGE Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 10:55 am Subject: Famous Kiwis and Stuff |
| Tim and Neil Finn - Musicians. Famous for the bands, 'Split Enz' and 'Crowded House'. |
| Topic: Famous Kiwis and Stuff |
Mr_ice
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Forum: GENERAL DISCUSSION - OFF TOPIC LOUNGE Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 10:55 am Subject: Famous Kiwis and Stuff |
| Peter Jackson - Film director. Films include King Kong and the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy. The Return of the King" set an Oscar record by winning all 11 awards for which it had been nominated, i ... |
| Topic: Famous Kiwis and Stuff |
Mr_ice
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Forum: GENERAL DISCUSSION - OFF TOPIC LOUNGE Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 10:54 am Subject: Famous Kiwis and Stuff |
Sam Neil - Actor. Movies include The Dish, Jurassic Park.
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| Topic: Famous Kiwis and Stuff |
Mr_ice
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Forum: GENERAL DISCUSSION - OFF TOPIC LOUNGE Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 10:54 am Subject: Famous Kiwis and Stuff |
Russell Crowe - Actor. Movies include The Gladiator and A Beautiful Mind. Now lives in Australia.
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| Topic: Famous Kiwis and Stuff |
Mr_ice
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Forum: GENERAL DISCUSSION - OFF TOPIC LOUNGE Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 10:53 am Subject: Famous Kiwis and Stuff |
| Kate Sheppard - Suffragist. The leader and main figurehead of the suffragist movement in New Zealand, the first country in the world to grant universal adult suffrage to men and women equally. Kate wa ... |
| Topic: Famous Kiwis and Stuff |
Mr_ice
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Forum: GENERAL DISCUSSION - OFF TOPIC LOUNGE Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 10:50 am Subject: Famous Kiwis and Stuff |
Katherine Mansfield - Novelist. Famous for writing books in France. She revolutionized the 20th Century English short story.
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| Topic: Famous Kiwis and Stuff |
Mr_ice
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Forum: GENERAL DISCUSSION - OFF TOPIC LOUNGE Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 10:45 am Subject: Famous Kiwis and Stuff |
| Nancy Wake - The White Mouse. She was the Allies' most decorated servicewoman of WWII, and the Gestapo's most wanted person. They code-named her 'The White Mouse'. She led an army of 7,000 Maquis troo ... |
| Topic: Famous Kiwis and Stuff |
Mr_ice
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Forum: GENERAL DISCUSSION - OFF TOPIC LOUNGE Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 10:40 am Subject: Famous Kiwis and Stuff |
| Harold Williams - He is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's greatest linguist, said to have spoken over 58 languages fluently. He was foreign editor of The Times, "the most bril ... |
| Topic: Famous Kiwis and Stuff |
Mr_ice
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Forum: GENERAL DISCUSSION - OFF TOPIC LOUNGE Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 10:40 am Subject: Famous Kiwis and Stuff |
Alexander Aitken - The Human Computer.
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He was one of the world's most brilliant mathematical ... |
| Topic: Famous Kiwis and Stuff |
Mr_ice
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Forum: GENERAL DISCUSSION - OFF TOPIC LOUNGE Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 10:39 am Subject: Famous Kiwis and Stuff |
John Britten - Motorbike designer extrordinaire. He built motorbikes in his backyard shed from scratch.
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