NZS.com Blog : New Zealand Internet and Web Space Blog » new zealand national symbol http://www.nzs.com/blog Blog of New Zealand Sites Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:04:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 What is New Zealand's national symbol? http://www.nzs.com/blog/nzs-blog-post/what-is-new-zealands-national-symbol/ http://www.nzs.com/blog/nzs-blog-post/what-is-new-zealands-national-symbol/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 00:21:33 +0000 Gary Jensen http://www.nzs.com/blog/nzs-blog-post/what-is-new-zealands-national-symbol/ The Sleeping Dictionary rip

Prancer film You’ll know of course that NZS.com is a New Zealand resource for online content.

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So, what does it mean when, completely out of the blue on a Friday afternoon, NZS.com receives hundreds of people from all around the United States suddenly coming to NZS.com in search for the “New Zealand National Symbol“?

Perhaps Oprah talked about New Zealand and asked her audience what the national symbol was? Or a nationwide radio competition asked listeners who were keen for a major prize? I’m sure if those happened they would probably make the national news here in NZ.

This raises an interesting question, what is our national symbol? Is it the kiwi or the silver fern?

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