Domestic violence in NZ

Rosy Posy

Borzoi wrote: »

True, but New Zealand is a cultural wasteland. Got any Michelin star restaurants? How about Nobel laureates? Famous Kiwi musicians?

But for the Maori culture it would be a English middle class village - imho

It's hardly a cultural wasteland. We have some fabulous restaurants in our area, Hawkes Bay, mostly affiliated with wineries. The big difference I can see is that here we can afford to eat at the best restaurants- there's nothing in the price range of Guibaulds. Imo there's no incentive to cater to Michelin starred level of cuisine because not enough kiwis simply have that kind of disposable income. Also the Michelin guide has been criticised in the past for locational bias. Produce- fruit and veg and meat- are of far better quality here.

Alan Mac Diarmad won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2000.

As well as Kiri, Lorde is kiwi and, erm, flight of the conchords... There are plenty of good homegrown artists but it's difficult for them to break into the international scene because of the sheer remoteness of the country.

As far as other culture is concerned, IMO the national museum, Te Papa, in Wellington, is better than anything similar in Ireland, and can hold its own next to any of the amazing museums in the US. There is also a lot of great innovation going on in craft at a grassroots level, and, to a lesser extent, in art.

I also think that the kiwis deserve some kudos on how they've respected and to an extent adopted aspects of the indiginous culture to the mainstream. It's not perfect but it's by far superior to the treatment of indiginous culture in, say, Australia or America.

porsche959

Borzoi wrote: »

Famous Kiwi musicians?

Lorde!

Actually if you visit New Zealand record stores you will see plenty of CD's from local artists, as Rosy Posy says very few break into international scene.