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I thought I would post a link to some very good cheap merino gear, as well as some other bits and pieces. They are based in NZ so factoring in postage is always an issue, but merino and fleece is pretty light and squashes down small...

I have recently decided to join our local Voluntary Rural Fire Force - I though doing a bit of volunteer work might be good for the soul and life in general - and should be fun too! Rural Fire deal with vegetation and bush/forest fires here and it's an unpaid volunteer thing, with a training...

The lower North Island and upper South Island in NZ had a pretty big quake of 6.5 yesterday just after 17.00 local time. I was swaying on my feet and my wife, who was upstairs was shaken about quite a bit ..... And we are a couple of hours away from Wellington where there was a fair bit of...

I am looking to get some wool pants for the winter here in NZ - autumn is around the corner and although we are having a record summer, you cant't escape the seasons! I think something along the lines of wool whipcord pants - about 11.5 oz per sq yard, as opposed to the really thick and heavy...

A couple of weeks ago my doctor found a melanoma (an agressive skin cancer) on my chest, quite by accident and it was cut out of me in a couple of operations... he saved my life, and apart from being bloomin' sore now, it's all good.:) In NZ we have about the highest rate of melanoma in the...

I thought I'd share a few pics of some hunts here in NZ. They are all fallow "meat hunts" for the freezer. It gives a bit of flavour for how we do things here - eg shorts are very often worn, even if it's a bit chilly. I'm wearing Stoney Creek 6 Pocket Shorts or Swazi Moleys. There always...

I checked out the link to this company http://www.lappshoe.com/en/node/39 They look good but this is what the company warns !!!!! Customers are expected to check the condition of shoes or boots. Leather shoes and boots are not waterproof, and should not be worn in adverse weather conditions...

I have ploughed through all sorts of old posts and discovered that there aapears to be an interest in capes and cloaks amongst members here. Not surprising, they can be quite versatile. You might be interested to know that here in NZ they are available and worn by various types who live or...

Hi - I just joined - mainly to answer someone's post on Swanndris, some real kiwiana. I'm actually a Pom - but been in rural NZ for a while now - my time in the bush is usually spent hunting - not sure how that's recieved here, but my family eats venison at least once a week, plus some lunches...