#nz🇳🇿

[rositaa01xxr]

T’was a mint as day on Sunday.

(I am revealing what I look like🫣)

Armageddon (my country’s version to Comic-Con)

Awesome to see many cosplayers, many incredible knick knacks and more. The highlight of the day for me was taking selfies with the slasher cosplayers 😁

Once I saw Jason my smile widened. I was nervous at first to ask for a photo but I concurred my fear lmao!

@psychotic-star-girl tagging you as requested☺️

Plus bonus:

[ophanic]

anyone have new zealand rock recs 🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿hiiii I’m hooked. obsessed with garageband & the clean!!

[xtruss]

100-Foot 'Walking Tree' In New Zealand Looks Like An Ent from Lord Of The Rings — And Is The Lone Survivor Of A Lost Forest

An Unusual Northern Rātā Tree that looks like it is striding across an empty field has been Crowned New Zealand's Tree of the Year. The Giant Plant, which looks strikingly similar to an Ent from "The Lord of the Rings," is Centuries old.

— By Harry Baker | June 5, 2024

The "Walking Tree" is a Northern Rātā (Metrosideros Robusta). It is more than 100 Feet Tall and at least 150 Years Old. Image Credit: Gareth Andrews

A bizarre, giant tree with a pair of leg-like trunks looks like an Ent from "The Lord of the Rings" — and it has just been crowned New Zealand's Tree of the Year after strolling past the rest of the competition.

The strange tree, which has been nicknamed the "Walking Tree" because it looks like it's striding across a field, is a northern rātā (Metrosideros robusta) — one of New Zealand's tallest flowering tree species that can live for up to 1,000 years. It's roots and long, arm-like branches make the tree look like an Ent — a fictional race of tree-like creatures that guard the forests of Middle-earth.

The tree stands alone in the middle of a large paddock next to a cemetery near Karamea on the west coast of South Island. It is around 105 Feet (32 Meters) Tall — around the same height as a seven-story building, according to The New Zealand Tree Register.

The walking tree was the clear winner of the 2024 edition of the New Zealand Arboricultural Association's (NZ Arb) Tree of the Year award, walking away with 42% of the public vote, which included five other finalists, according to a statement emailed to Live Science.

"It just strode out into the lead right from the very start," competition organizer Brad Cadwallader told Radio New Zealand.

The walking tree is an "Exceptional Feature" and a "prime example of the remarkable trees that we, as New Zealanders, are fortunate to experience," NZ Arb President Richie Hill said in the statement.

A tall tree with a pair of thick leg-like roots that make it look like the tree is walking. Image Credit: Gareth Andrews

It is unclear exactly how old the walking tree is, but award organizers noted it is the lone survivor of a forest that was cleared around 150 years ago. "The farming family back then clearly thought it was special because they left it," Cadwallader said.

Northern Rātā Trees Are Epiphytes — a type of tree that starts life growing on the surface of a host tree before growing aerial roots that eventually reach the ground. The walking tree likely began life high up in the canopy of its host, living off air and rainwater before reaching the ground. Its unusual root layout was likely caused by how it grew around its host tree, which probably died off centuries ago.

"That host tree has now gone," Cadwallader said. "Maybe the tree was either very, very big, or there may have been another tree that fell and lent against the host tree, and that's why the roots have split near the ground and given it that walking appearance."

Northern Rātā Trees bloom bright red flowers between November and January. Image Credit: Shutterstock

Northern Rātā Trees are endemic to New Zealand and were once one of the most common species in the country's forests. However, their range has decreased over the last few decades and they are now listed as nationally vulnerable, according to the New Zealand Plant Conservation Network.

In addition to deforestation, the main threats to northern rātā are the invasive common brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula), which destroy the trees by eating their leaves and gnawing at their roots.

The trees are also threatened by hybridization with the closely related Pōhutukawa Trees (Metrosideros Excelsa) and are susceptible to Myrtle Rust (Austropuccinia Psidii) — a Pathogenic Fungi native to South America that was detected in New Zealand for the first time in 2017.

[daadir1245]

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[all-else-hippy-pip]

💙🗻 . . . . #lakewakatipunz #lakewakatipu #nz #newzealand #aotearoa #aotearoanz🇳🇿 #unfiltered (at Lake Wakatipu) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpPghi7ytzA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[gilles1974]

. 年末年始の山行の疲れをとるため、今日はニュージーランドでLSD(Long Slow Distance)🚴‍♀️ ロングを増やして高強度トレーニングのベースにする意味もあるけど、本質的にはダイエット（笑） 有酸素運動で脂肪燃焼、ってところです。 ポーターズ峠から海岸への下り基調、青空と相まって快適快調❗️ 今冬、週末は山登りと自転車LSDがメインになるかな。 . #nz #newzealand #ニュージーランド #🇳🇿 #porterspass #porters #pass #ボーダーズ #峠 #海岸 ##coast #トレーニング #lsdトレーニング #training #バーチャル #zwift #vr #ar #rouvy #strava #自転車 #ロードバイク #サイクリング #ロードバイクが好き #ロードバイク好きな人と繋がりたい #サイクリング好きな人と繋がりたい #カメラ #写真 #写真好きな人と繋がりたい (Porters Pass) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm_pUjFvf1_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[keanoble]

Huntlow week day 1

prompt: halloween

i know for most of you this is technically a day early but im going by nz rules 🇳🇿

decided to go the angsty route for this one-

[chiara-klara-claire]

funny ways to say “in the middle of nowhere”

Collected funny ones under this post + contributions to this one (my selection). Most involve ass(holes), have god/the devil, (nonsense) names of villages…

🇩🇪German: in the ass of the world/ the pasture- am Arsch der Welt/der Weide; where Fox and Hare bid each other good night - Wo sich Fuchs und Hase Gute Nacht sagen (old-fashioned), where the dead dog lays - Da liegt der tote Hund, in Buxtehude/ (Kuh)kaff, in der Pampa, in Timbuktu

🇮🇹Italian: in assland - in culonia/culandia, in the wolves’ ass - in culo ai lupi, in the ass of the word - in culo al mondo; 🇫🇷 French in the asshole of the world - dans le trou du cul du monde

🇨🇿Czech: Where foxes bid good night to one another - Kde si lišky dávají dobrou noc

🇩🇰Danish: where the crows turn around - Hvor kragerne vender on Lars diarrheas field/on the field of Lars Shitpants - På lars tyndskids mark

🇳🇴Norwegian: far damn from violence - langt pokker i vold, “huttaheiti” (gibberish)

🇸🇪Swedish: out (there) in the spinach - ute i spenaten,“tjotaheiti” (see above, maybe originally from Tahiti)

🇪🇸in Spain: in the fifth hell/pine tree - En el quinto infierno/pino, where Christ lost the sandal/hat/lighter - Donde Cristo perdió la alpargata/gorra/mechero;

🇲🇽 Mexico: Where the devil farts - Donde el diablo se echa un pedo, and sometimes someone answers: “Y nadie lo escucha” And no one hears

🇹🇼in Taiwan: where birds don't lay eggs and dogs don't shit - 鳥不生蛋狗不拉屎的地方 

🇵🇱Polish - where crows turn around -  Gdzie wrony zawracają, where dogs bark from their ass - gdzie psy dupami szczekają 🐶; Where the devil says goodnight - Gdzie diabeł mówi dobranoc, where (black) pepper grows - gdzie pieprz rośnie, (mostly in the context of running as far away as possible or chasing someone away)

🇦🇺Australia: woop woop or "in the middle of woop woop' 🇳🇿 NZ: wop wops

🇻🇳Vietnamese: holy forests, poisonous waters - rừng thiêng nước độc / where mountain passes are windy/cloudy and winds swirl in vortexes - đèo heo hút gió or đèo mây hút gió (rarely used)

🇨🇦🇫🇷 Québéc: Saint clin clin des meuhs meuhs (actual village name…)

🇸🇦 Arabic (Saudi dialect): in the castle of wadren في مقلاع وادرين (an old castle in the middle of desert)

🇮🇱 in Israel: Israel: at the end of the world, take a turn left - סוף העולם שמאלה

🇫🇮Finnish: behind God’s back - jumalan selän takana, in the devil’s ass - helvetin perseessä;

🇬🇷 Greek: at the devil’s horn - Στου διαόλου το κέρατο;

🇧🇬 Bulgarian: on the ass of geography - На гъза на географията

🇮🇸 Icelandic Out in an asshole - úti í rassgati;

🇧🇷 in Brazil: in cock’s house - na casa do caralho;

🇦🇷 in Argentina: in the pussy of the parrot- en la concha de la lora 🦜;

🇪🇪 Estonian: in the bear's ass - karuperses 🐻

🇺🇸 USA: bumfuck Egypt

🇧🇪 in Belgium (Dutch): in a farmer’s asscrack - in een boerengat

🇺🇦 Ukrainian: in the devil's swamps в чорта на кулічках,  where the crow won't carry bones куди ворон кісток не заносить

[tejennnn]

Had fun drawing him while imagining running below the long white clouds of Aotearoa ☁️☁️☁️🌿🌿🌿

APH New Zealand 🇳🇿 with Sp3ight's Gold Medal Ale beer! 🍺

I got a recommendation about Speight from my RL friend living in NZ! Ngl the packaging design looks so iconic

Image source from thealehouse.co.nz !

[thedowneyheart]

Here's the full, almost entirely unedited interview I did with @oneill.con and @sambaschutte on the WB/HBO picket line back in October. As a treat (because I've previously only posted clips). This is where the nipple video and "stand up for the little guy" come from. You're welcome. Also in here is never-before-seen footage of Con gently roasting me for being so excited about the meat pies in NZ 🙈 🥧 🇳🇿

[saintmeghanmarkle]

Stripping titles. Sadness over the NZ Māori King dying today. With the same birthday as QEII he also had issues with his son stripping him of royal titles after an inappropriate marriage where they tried to grift off royal connections without informing the King. Also refused to meet PH in NZ. by u/Which-Homework2453

🇳🇿 Stripping titles. Sadness over the NZ Māori King dying today. With the same birthday as QEII, he also had issues with his son stripping him of royal titles after an inappropriate marriage, where they tried to grift off royal connections without informing the King. Also refused to meet PH in NZ. https://ift.tt/MVzeFkL post link: https://ift.tt/aMKl94Q author: Which-Homework2453 submitted: August 30, 2024 at 12:08PM via SaintMeghanMarkle on Reddit disclaimer: all views + opinions expressed by the author of this post, as well as any comments and reblogs, are solely the author's own; they do not necessarily reflect the views of the administrator of this Tumblr blog. For entertainment only.

[onabatlle-2]

they’ve landed in NZ 🇳🇿, via sefutbolfem on twitter, 8/7/23

[beatrack92]

Olivia McTaggart 🇳🇿

Auckland, NZ - March 16, 2023

[all-else-hippy-pip]

Spectacular mirror effect on Lake Wakatipu . . . . #nz #newzealand #aotearoa #lakewakatipu #queenstown #mirroreffect #aotearoanz🇳🇿 (at Lake Wakatipu) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpPgGpGSyP0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[mightyflamethrower]

Stunning Irish Dancers Take on NZ 🇳🇿🇮🇪 #shorts

[aimeedaisies]

The Princess Royal’s Official Engagements in February 2023

01/02 The King and The Queen held a Reception for British East and South-East Asian Communities at Buckingham Palace. The Princess Royal attended alongside Their Majesties, The Earl of Wessex, The Duchess of Gloucester, The Duke of Kent and Princess Alexandra 🌏

02/02 As Patron of the British Cardiovascular Society, held a Centenary Reception at St James’s Palace 🫀

03/02 Visited Princess Anne Hospital at University Hospital Southampton 🏥 and after attended a Reception at Southampton Civic Centre, Southampton, to recognise Southampton being awarded Lord Mayoralty status as part of The late Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations 🎖️

04/02 As Patron of the Scottish Rugby Union, accompanied by Sir Tim, HRH attended the International Rugby Match between England and Scotland at Twickenham Stadium 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏉

07/02 As Commandant-in-Chief (Youth), St John Ambulance, HRH held a Young Achievers’ Reception at Buckingham Palace ⛑️

08/09 As Patron of the Scottish Rugby Union, Motor Neurone Disease Association and MND Scotland, accompanied by Sir Tim, HRH started the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation Charity Cycle Ride 🚲 🏉

10/02 Opened Cranfield University’s National Flying Laboratory Centre’s Flying Classroom ✈️

11/02 As Patron of the Scottish Rugby Union, accompanied by Sir Tim, HRH attended the International Rugby Match between Scotland and Wales at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏉

12/02 HRH accompanied by Sir Tim Laurence, departed from Heathrow Airport, for New Zealand 🇳🇿

14/02 Arrived at Wellington International Airport, New Zealand and in the evening met with the Governor-General of New Zealand (Dame Cindy Kiro) and Dr Richard Davies and after attended a Dinner at Government House Wellington 🇳🇿

15/02 HRH and Sir Tim, carried out the following engagements in Wellington, New Zealand:

Held a meeting with Chris Hipkins MP (Prime Minister of NZ) then subsequently visited the National Crisis Management Centre at the Executive Wing, New Zealand Parliament Grounds 🚨

Visited the Museum of New Zealand, Te Aro 🏛️

As Colonel-in-Chief, Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals, attended a Reception at Government House to mark the Centenary of the Corps and afterwards attended a Service of Remembrance and laid a wreath at the National War Memorial at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park, Te Aro. 🌹

Attended a Dinner at Government House in the evening. 🇳🇿

16/02 HRH with Sir Tim, carried out the following engagements in Wellington, New Zealand:

Visited Havana Coffee Works Roastery and created her very own Special Edition coffee blend, with profits from the blend to go to supporting the victims of Cyclone Gabrielle, through The Red Cross ☕️⛑️

As Patron of the New Zealand Riding for the Disabled Association they made a visit to the Wellington Group centre in Porirua 🐴

As President of the Mission to Seafarers, HRH opened the new Wellington Mission site, Aotea Quay, Port of Wellington and afterwards unveiled the Foundation Stone for the Mission to Seafarers and Merchant Navy Memorial at Wellington Cathedral ⚓️

As Colonel-in-Chief, Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals, attended a Reception at Government House, Wellington and afterwards attended a Dinner at Government House given by the Governor-General of New Zealand (Dame Cindy Kiro). 🇳🇿

17/02 HRH with Sir Tim, carried out the following engagements in Christchurch, New Zealand:

Attended a briefing on the rebuilding of Christchurch Central City and Christ Church Cathedral at Turanga Library and visited the site of Christ Church Cathedral ⛪️

Attended the Rededication Service for the Citizens’ War Memorial and laid a wreath in Cathedral Square 🌹

As President of Royal Agricultural Society of the Commonwealth, they visited the RAS of NZ and Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association at Canterbury Agricultural Park, Hillmorton 🚜

Visited Untouched World Merino and Natural Fibre Workrooms 🐑

As Patron, of the New Zealand Conservation Trust, visited Willowbank Wildlife Reserve, Northwood 🦜

18/02 Accompanied by Sir Tim they departed Wellington, New Zealand and travelled to Sydney, Australia and carried out the following engagements:

In Sydney they toured the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney 🌿

Visited New South Wales Mounted Police Stables, Redfern, New South Wales. They departed from Sydney Airport and arrived back at Heathrow Airport on 19/02 🇦🇺

21/02 HRH held an Investiture Ceremony at Windsor Castle. She presented Captain Preet Chandi with an MBE. In January, Captain Chandi broke the world record for the furthest unsupported solo Polar expedition in history, covering 922 miles in 70 days 🎖️🎿

22/02 Visited the Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative Care at King’s College London where she spoke to researchers, clinicians and patients to understand how Kings College nursing is improving people’s experience of life limiting conditions, death and dying. 🩺

25/02 As Patron of the Scottish Rugby Union, accompanied by Sir Tim, HRH attended the International Rugby Match between France and Scotland at Stade de France, Paris, France 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇫🇷🏉

28/02 Held two investiture ceremonies at Windsor Castle 🎖️

Total official engagements for Anne in February: 59

2023 total so far: 91

Total official engagements accompanied by Tim in February: 25

2023 total so far: 28