Easter bunnies
Easter weekend has come and gone too quickly, but no worries, next week I've got some time off again! My parents have arrived in NZ yesterday, and I'm really excited about that! Only one more week to go before I meet with them!
I have heard about another NZ tradition last week, namely the Easter Bunny Hunt. I'll have to disappoint those of you who are thinking about some kind of treasure hunt for the Easter Bunny. It's less fun than that (for the bunny anyway). During Easter weekend kiwi-men (and probably also kiwi-women) set out to hunt and kill bunnies and compete for the most killed bunnies. Some of you are no doubt appalled by this (I know at least one person who must have stopped breathing for a second when reading this... Bart, stop teasing her!), but here in NZ bunnies are a pest (as are all rodents) ruining crops and fragile vegetation. After Easter weekend one of my colleagues told me her husband and his "team" (12 people in total) had shot 1300 bunnies. The winners had shot down 1600! Gives you an idea of how many bunnies there are...
On another note, I have received a letter on Monday informing me of the fact that my application for a residence visa has been approved! This calls for another celebration! All I need now is the stamp in my passport to prove that I am officially a NZ permanent resident!
I have heard about another NZ tradition last week, namely the Easter Bunny Hunt. I'll have to disappoint those of you who are thinking about some kind of treasure hunt for the Easter Bunny. It's less fun than that (for the bunny anyway). During Easter weekend kiwi-men (and probably also kiwi-women) set out to hunt and kill bunnies and compete for the most killed bunnies. Some of you are no doubt appalled by this (I know at least one person who must have stopped breathing for a second when reading this... Bart, stop teasing her!), but here in NZ bunnies are a pest (as are all rodents) ruining crops and fragile vegetation. After Easter weekend one of my colleagues told me her husband and his "team" (12 people in total) had shot 1300 bunnies. The winners had shot down 1600! Gives you an idea of how many bunnies there are...
On another note, I have received a letter on Monday informing me of the fact that my application for a residence visa has been approved! This calls for another celebration! All I need now is the stamp in my passport to prove that I am officially a NZ permanent resident!
posted by Linda at 12:44 pm
4 Comments:
Ik ben inderdaad gestopt me ademen... gewoon omdat die konijntjes 't één en 't ander doen wat die kiwi's daar ni willen, worden ze maar afgemaakt... en dit opent opnieuw de discussie over de doodstraf, ni waar?
Tja, zo daalt NZ wel serieus in mijn achting.
never heard of birth-control?
To leentje & michiel: What do you think this is?
Amai, ik kom ook nog eens op uwen blog lezen.
Lekker ontspannend dacht ik, zo tijdens de middagpauze.
En dan krijg ik een horrorverhaal te lezen.
Ok 1600 konijnekes is veel, maar in NZ is toch plaats genoeg.
Daar woont niemand, alleen konijnen dus blijkbaar.
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