tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post4325145720247760430..comments2024-03-28T09:22:36.967+13:00Comments on Offsetting Behaviour: On the value of WikipediaEric Cramptonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-58719467304701941472012-04-03T12:59:34.760+12:002012-04-03T12:59:34.760+12:00Little has changed. Few New Zealanders know much ...Little has changed. Few New Zealanders know much about their country, especially its history; many foreigners know little of New Zealand (outside perhaps the knowledge that Lord of the Rings was filmed in the country). After years of studying at Oxford, I express little surprise at people's ignorance, or perhaps more accurately the global insignificance of our country. Most saliently, on one occasion an American -- a graduate of Princeton no less -- asked a good friend of mine (also an American) whether English was the first language of New Zealanders. He related this to me with particular amusement. I was not amused.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing though, Eric.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-76755059920832456032012-04-03T09:04:35.375+12:002012-04-03T09:04:35.375+12:00Biosecurity, mostly. The possums got here by bridg...Biosecurity, mostly. The possums got here by bridge, and the snakes were starting to follow.Eric Cramptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-84695350473172825172012-04-03T06:31:49.387+12:002012-04-03T06:31:49.387+12:00Wait — there used to be a bridge between Australia...Wait — there used to be a <i>bridge</i> between Australia and New Zealand?<br /><br />Why'd you folks ever take it down?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-81434292932383068512012-04-02T09:11:27.645+12:002012-04-02T09:11:27.645+12:00Ok, that'll get hoisted up into the post later...Ok, that'll get hoisted up into the post later.Eric Cramptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-73032026840548833052012-04-02T07:29:43.435+12:002012-04-02T07:29:43.435+12:00Victoria Uni has always been called Wellington Uni...Victoria Uni has always been called Wellington University in the library records (check out interloan codes some time) and (my history book tells me) it was called Wellington University College in the first reading of the bill setting it up, but later they decided to commemorate Queen Victoria's 60th jubilee.Dave Guerinhttp://www.ed.co.nznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-76402460026662621772012-04-02T07:18:09.954+12:002012-04-02T07:18:09.954+12:00Even if it is fake, that story is beautifulEven if it is fake, that story is beautifulMatt Nolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05615455113796090765noreply@blogger.com