During the the summer holidays this year, we spent time in Dunedin. There are plenty of great things to do in Dunedin but one of the things that really stood out was the Marine Studies Centre.

Not only is it a great aquarium but is also a research centre for the University of Otago. It was fun to check out their amazing collection of fish inside the glass tanks and even get to handle some of the creatures in the touch-tanks.

This centre is at the forefront of research into the marine environment as well as being a popular outdoor education provider to all ages.

Latest super 14 results from this weekend’s competition (week 4, Mar 07 - Mar 09):

• Highlanders lost to the Hurricanes; 6-10 in Dunedin
• Waratahs beat the Brumbies; 24-17 in Sydney
• Bulls beat the Lions; 31-17 in Pretoria
• Chiefs beat the Cheetahs; 22-20 in Hamilton
• Reds lost to the Stormers; 16-34 in Brisbane
• Sharks beat the Blues; 22-17 in Durban
• W Force lost to the Crusaders; 24-29 in Perth

Stay tuned for more Super 14 news…

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High speed Internet is finally gathering momentum in New Zealand - a recent Statistics New Zealand survey found that the total number of NZ broadband Internet users has now overtaken the number of users with dial up Internet connections.

Broadband uptake increased by 14.4% in the six months from March to September 2007, bringing the number of Kiwi broadband users close to 830,000. During the same period, dial up connections dropped by 8.6% to 675,800.

Despite this landmark in our Web-olution, the growth rate for broadband uptake has actually slowed over the last year - from 28.6% for the six months to September 2006, and 18.5% for the period from September 2006 to March 2007.

Take a look at the bigger picture: over the last two years, we’ve seen New Zealand broadband grow from just 9 to a significant 19.6 out of every 100 Kiwi Internet users.

Get connected, check out broadband deals and compare broadband providers in NZ and help us reach the next milestone - 25% of all Kiwis with high speed connections to the Web. And we do still count, even though we’re just a small drop in the ocean of 427 million Internet users worldwide!

Latest super 14 results from this weekend’s competition (week 3, Feb 29 - Mar 2):

• Hurricanes beat the Chiefs; 39-19 in Wellington
• Lions lost to the Force; 16-18 in Johannesburg
• Stormers lost to the Crusaders; 0-22 in Cape Town
• Highlanders lost to the Waratahs; 12-15 in Dunedin
• Brumbies beat the Reds; 43-11 in Canberra
• Cheetahs lost to the Blues; 26-50 in Bloemfontein
• Bulls lost to the Sharks; 15-29 in Pretoria

Stay tuned for more Super 14 news…

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