New Zealand

Picture Postcards: New Zealand pie

If our survey is anything to go by, food is a popular topic so, even though June doesn’t technically start for another couple of days, we thought we’d kick in early on Picture Postcards to see what everyone is eating for lunch. Here is my contribution from New Zealand.

In some places, such as in North America, the word ‘pie’ conjures up ideas of sweet desserts. Here in New Zealand a pie is almost always savoury. They come filled with meat, fish or veggies and are quite popular for a stay-at-home dinner, or an on-the-run lunch.

What do you eat for lunch in your country?

Want to know more about New Zealand?
The New Zealand Dairy
Traditional Maori Craft in New Zealand
Summer Rituals in New Zealand

An international snacker

Sasa is from New Zealand and Japan and currently lives in Austria with her Austrian partner. Her blog Sasasunakku shows her passion for discovering and sharing new foods (sunakku is the pronunciation of ‘snack’ in Japanese), and you can find recipes from the various countries in which she has lived. Let’s find out more about Sasa’s international experiences.

You describe yourself as being from New Zealand and Japan. Is that because of your parents or the fact that you lived in both places as a child?

I was born in Sapporo in the northern island of Hokkaido in Japan to a Japanese father and a mother from New Zealand. We lived in Sapporo and Yokohama before moving to Auckland in New Zealand when I was six so my first language was Japanese though I express myself better in English now. 

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A blogging bootmaker with a passion for volunteering

The photo above, shared by Jim McIntosh, was taken during his volunteer placement with the Elephant Human Relations Aid (EHRA), a Namibian organisation working on long-term sustainable solutions to facilitate the peaceful co-habitation between farmers, the community and desert elephants.

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Picture Postcards: New Zealand Lupins

Continuing our month of flowers around the world and in support of this week’s #Blog4NZ event, here is a snap of the highly fragrant lupins which are found in alpine areas of New Zealand. This photo was taken on the Lindis Pass between Christchurch and Queenstown in New Zealand’s South Island.

More about New Zealand:
The New Zealand Dairy
Traditional Maori Craft in New Zealand
Summer Rituals in New Zealand

Breakfast around the world

What’s for breakfast where you are? In some countries, sweet foods are the norm. In others, breakfast is always savoury. Sometimes it’s a light meal, other times it’s a filling dish that will keep you going for many hours.

Selected from our previous posts and photos posted in our Picture Postcards photo group, here’s what PocketCultures readers and contributors around the world are eating for breakfast.

Italy

Photo by Marcello

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Picture Postcards: Pasifika in New Zealand

Happy New Year! This month we are looking at photos of fairs and markets around the world. Today’s photo is one that I snapped at Pasifika, a Polynesian festival here in Auckland, New Zealand which is like giant market. You can buy Polynesian goods from the various island nations and wonderful food such as keke pua’a (steamed pork buns) and raw fish which is mixed with coconut milk.

Keke pua'a and raw fish for sale

See more Picture Postcards:
Houses in Switzerland
Dragonboat Races in Okinawa
Diwali Celebrations in India