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 Pacific Asia Museum
Invites You To the Free Family Festival Celebrating
Pacifika: Young Perspectives on Pacific Island Art
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Exhibit Reception 12 noon
Family Festival 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Pacific Asia Museum
46 N. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena, CA 91101
FREE - No reservations necessary
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JOB OPPORTUNITY- LOS ANGELES
Consulate Manager
New Zealand Consulate-General
Los Angeles
The Consulate General needs a new Manager. This position is responsible to the Consul General for the efficient administration of the office. This includes financial and asset management along with HR management/support, in accordance with the standards of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). The position provides support to the Consul General in meeting various legal and official requirements, operational planning, management of official visitors and promoting New Zealand to the local community.
To be a successful applicant you should have proven experience in financial management (preferably including MFAT or government sector), general office administration as well as the ability to determine priorities and meet deadlines, while maintaining a high degree of accuracy. You will be fully familiar with Microsoft word & applications and possess a proven aptitude for flexibility and teamwork. You will have strong interpersonal skills, tact and discretion and excellent communication skills. A current driver’s license is essential.
A NZ security clearance will be required.
If appointed from outside the USA, you will be responsible for your own travel to the USA including obtaining a visa; and for your own accommodation arrangements in Los Angeles.
For a job description, please contact: annette.crequer@mfat.govt.nz
Applications should indicate how you meet the criteria, include a CV and be sent either via email (same address); or faxed to the New Zealand Consulate-General fax no.1-310-207-3605; or mailed to:
New Zealand Consulate-General
12400 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 1150
Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
Applications close Friday 18 April.
WANTING TO LEARN MAORI
Santa Monica resident interested in learning the Maori language. Appreciate any information as to where Maori is taught in Los Angeles.
Thank you.
Niko - niko@zinovii.com
Kiwis overseas encouraged to register their info in case of any emergencies.
For anyone who has already registered with the New Zealand Consulate General in LA, they are updating your information currently.If you have not already received a call, or are not currently registered, please contact Tina Hellier at: 310.566.6559 or email: tina.hellier@mfat.govt.nz.
Directly following is a list of the information we would like to receive:
Your Name:
Your U.S. Home address:
Your Contact Home tel/ Work Tel and Cell numbers:
Your Email address:
Next of kin: (not living with you US/NZ)
Next of kin address:
Next of kin contact phone #, cell, email if available.
Anything else you would like us to know.
They are also encouraging kiwis overseas to register with the global NZ Register website : www.safetravel.govt.nz.
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| EMPLOYMENT - LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT |
KIWI LOOKING FOR WORK:
I am a Kiwi from Christchurch and have just finished my MA (geog) at Canterbury University on disasters and development in Samoa. I am moving to LA in mid October to be with my girlfriend who is an American studying at the University of Southern California (USC). I have a 1 year work visa which allows me to work from mid Nov08-mid Nov 09 and will be looking for work, ideally in the USC area (or within busing distance). I have a background in development studies/geography/social research and would ideally love a research/teaching job. Having said that - I am really interested in any work that is available, and coming from little Chch the prospect of finding a job in LA is rather terrifying!! I have worked as a social policy analyst for government in Wellington and have worked as a teaching fellow at university for the past 3 years. I have also worked as a research assistant for professors and have retail/hospitality experience. If anyone knows of any jobs available that would be fantastic - my e-mail is bethewatson@hotmail.com. I am more than happy to e-mail my C.V and references. Also, if anyone knows of accommodation available in the USC area in mid October that would be fantastic. Beth Watson
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| TRAVEL / AIR NEW ZEALAND |
NORTH AMERICAN TOURISM TO NZ
Kia ora tatou; nau mai haere mai … greetings and welcome.
By the time you see this you will be among the first in the world to see a new era of Tourism New Zealand’s 100% Pure New Zealand campaign. It has been a year in the making and has been a major project for Tourism New Zealand, and we’re delighted with the result, and we hope you will be too.
When Tourism New Zealand launched it's100% Pure New Zealand campaign in 1999, it was ground breaking. We were among the first to have a single country brand, and it has served New Zealand well.
New Zealand now welcomes over 900,000 more visitors than it did when the 100% Pure New Zealand campaign launched in 1999. And North America remains New Zealand’s 3rd largest market, producing over 270,000 visitors each year. Today, tourism is New Zealand’s biggest foreign exchange earner and largest employer.
New Zealand is the youngest country on earth – the last habitable landmass in the world to be settled by humankind. Once you know that, so much of what New Zealand has to offer falls into place. All that youth and vibrancy, the openness of our people, is something we wanted to distil into our new campaign.
So, here it is … our new creative campaign that will launch in California around the Emmy’s Awards on Sept 17. You will also notice we have worked closely with Weta Studios, the digital geniuses behind the Lord of the Rings visuals, to bring our story to life. Attached is a web link to our new campaign creative.
Shortcut to new TNZ campaign creative
http://www.tourismnewzealand.com/tourism_info/latest-news/
Feel free to share it with your colleagues. We are very excited about the next phase in the evolution of the “100% Pure New Zealand” promise and look forward to your continued support in developing the all-important North American market.
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| NEWS |
Seeking AUT Alumni
Auckland University of Technology are looking for their alumni living in the USA. If you are or know anyone that is- can you please contact Clive Pedley. Phone 64-9-921-9999 or email clive.pedley@aut.ac.nz |
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY |
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY- TAHOE, NEVADA.
NZ Category Management Position
Pilot Brands is an importer and distributor of high quality meat & seafood from NZ and around the world. We are looking for a qualified and enthusiastic person to manage our NZ Lamb category, situated at our head office at Zephyr Cove, Lake Tahoe, Nevada. A knowledge of lamb and the NZ meat industry is advantageous. A competitive salary and excellent benefits are offered. Please send your resume to position@pilotbrands.com or by fax to (775) 588-8380.
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| DISCOUNTS |
20% discount to all Kiwis in LA
Purchase online at Kiwi Health and Beauty site.
www.korunaturals.com
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The Habitat for Humanity Resource Center
Discount Home Improvement Store
1655 West 6th Street #109, Corona, CA 92882
(951) 256-4110
Store has over 20,000 square feet of brand new home improvement merchandise at 50-80% off retail, and all proceeds benefit Habitat for Humanity.
1655 W. 6th Street #109 Corona, CA 92882, phone: 951-256-4110
6th Street exit off the 91 freeway
Left at Yorba Behind Drive Time and Corona Auto Outlet
www.thehabitatstore.com
Regular Store Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 9am to 5pm
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| EDUCATION |
 TV chef, author and singer Peta Mathias – has launched a cooking school in the south of France.
Mathias, who ran her own restaurant in Paris for more than 10 years, has established the Fête Accomplie Cooking School in a 17th century country house near the medieval market town of Uzès. Her first two courses were full and places are filling fast for the third, to be run in September. In 2007 – to tie in with the Rugby World Cup in France and the America's Cup in Spain – she will run at least six schools.
Mathias, who calls herself a ñgastro-nomadî, has written eight gastronomic travel books about North Africa, France, New Zealand, Ireland and Vietnam and presented prime-time TV shows Taste New Zealand and Taste Takes Off for the past 10 years.
ñFor the Fête Accomplie Cooking School, I comb the region for its best, most evocative recipes reflecting tradition, respect for the land and honest, seasonal produce. Naturally, I throw in lots of rosé and pernod to prevent dehydration too!î
Each week-long Fête Accomplie course has a maximum of 10 students and is run at Mas Bonnafoux, a 400-year-old farmhouse set on a two-hectare site. Owned by sculptors and artists, Celia and David Horsman, the luxury accommodation includes a wide colonnaded terrace and large swimming pool.
The course costs 2,500 Euros, which includes all tuition, six nights' luxury accommodation, food, wine, transport, excursions and several restaurant meals. For more information, visit www.petamathias.com
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Tucson's Australians and New Zealanders
Welcome to: International School of Tucson
1730 North First Avenue, Tucson AZ 85719
Robert Young, Head of School
www.InternationalSchoolofTucson.com
info@InternationalSchoolofTucson.com
Open the World to Your Child
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School On Wheels is a nonprofit organization which provides educational assistance to homeless children who live in shelters, motels, cars and on the street. It receives no State or Federal money, but is able to survive through the tax deductible donations of people or organizations.
The organization was founded in 1993 by Agnes Stevens, a retired teacher. She had noticed homeless children in Santa Monica who were not enrolled in school and began teaching them in a park, while encouraging them to keep up with their grades and school activities.
Today, hundreds of volunteers from all walks of life tutor the children: In 2004, more than 300 tutors donated about 30.000 hours. SOW distributed 5.000 backpacks with school supplies and helped hundreds of families enroll their children in school. SOW works in five major regions in Southern California, including LA, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties and has chapters in Indiana and Massachusetts. For more information, visit: www.schoolonwheels.org
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| ENTERTAINMENT |
Keeping it Kiwi, one of New Zealand's longest running radio programs has launched a streaming web site playing only 100% kiwi music from the 60's to today. It's main purpose is to promote New Zealand music but also to be a great place to listen to your old Favorite Kiwi classics.
Click on www.keepingitkiwi.co.nz
Dean Brain, Keeping it Kiwi!
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| FOOD |
New Zealand Natural Goods Presents - New Zealand's Best Licorice
 RJ's Red Soft Eating Licorice and RJ's Red Licorice Pieces are now available via our site http://www.nzng.com/.
RJ's Licorice Ltd is the sole New Zealand owned and operated manufacturer of licorice confectionery products. The company is a Family owned Business and has been operating for seven years out of Levin.
Since the outset, RJ's has strived to become New Zealand's leading licorice provider and they have successfully achieved this. RJ's believe that this has been achieved though innovation with their products and packaging, offering a superior product of extremely high quality.
The waiting is over for your fix of what I believe is the best Red and Black Licorice in the world, the wait is over. Please feel free to visit our site and place your order safely and securely on line.
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| GENERAL INFORMATION |
 Kiwivoice is a website created so that Kiwi's can express their opinions, feelings, interests, hopes and dreams online for the whole nation to see and take part in. As a Kiwi no matter who you are in society you have a say and collectively through kiwivoice you will be able to create a kiwivoice™. Anybody with access to the internet can instantly give their point of view on real issues affecting us, in real time with instant feed back. http://www.kiwivoice.co.nz/.
You are anonymous (if you choose) you can say it how you see it. It's your voice and you can be heard. Others may like what you have to say and you may start a "Discussion of the nation". Kiwivoice will run daily topics, polls, and a calendar of events.
The more members, the louder the voice! There are four main topics - culture - sports - politics - business. Registering is free. Think up a good name for yourself and become a member. (your activation link will be sent to your email) Create a new topic, reply to someone else, meet some like minded kiwis and above all else keep it real and have some fun. Get your friends to join in and collectively have you're say. If you want to share something you can now tell the nation.
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| TRAVEL |
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