#zeal

New Zealand is the only country I know well enough to write about. It can sometimes lead to complications. ↗

— Margaret Mahy

#complications #country #enough #i #know

My father and uncles and all their friends turned their lungs black trying to satisfy my collector's zeal. ↗

— Edward G. Robinson

#collector #father #friends #lungs #satisfy

Maoris now own over half the commercial fishing industry in New Zealand. ↗

— Malcolm Fraser

#fishing #half #industry #new #new zealand

The most scared I'd ever been was the first time I sang at a rugby match, Australia versus New Zealand, in front of one hundred thousand people. I had a panic attack the night before because people have been booed off and never worked again... just singing one song, the national anthem. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#anthem #attack #australia #because #been

New Zealand is not a small country but a large village. ↗

— Peter Jackson

#large #new #new zealand #small #village

I moved from New Zealand to Melbourne when I was 17. I'd planned to go to university to study French, but I was offered a contract to write and record an album that was too good to pass up. Looking back now I think that was pretty young but, at the time, I was ready to have an adventure. ↗

— Kimbra

#album #back #contract #french #go

It feels like it's just starting in America and the UK. It's great to have a loyal fanbase in Australia and New Zealand. People in America say how polished our band are, but that didn't happen overnight; that came from doing all this touring back home. ↗

— Kimbra

#australia #back #band #came #doing