New Zealand Herald - Jim Eagles http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ Latest Content for Jim Eagles en-nz Copyright 2010 APN HOLDINGS NZ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:20:05 +1200 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss APN RSS Generator webnews@nzherald.co.nz webmaster@nzherald.co.nz New Zealand Herald - Jim Eagles http://www.nzherald.co.nz/images/nz_little_logo.gif http://www.nzherald.co.nz/jim-eagles/headlines.cfm?a_id=25 West Coast: Charms of old? Take your pick Click here to be in to win a luxury South Island trip for two. They let me ride in the caboose of Gertie, the 132-year-old L508 steam http://www.nzherald.co.nz/jim-eagles/news/article.cfm?a_id=25&objectid=10632597&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 Arthur's Pass: Out of the darkness and into the light The darkness of the 8.5km long Otira tunnel marks the dramatic transition from one side of the Southern Alps to the other. Before the TranzAlpine train entered the tunnel we had been climbing up the ruggedly beautiful mountain... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/jim-eagles/news/article.cfm?a_id=25&objectid=10630924&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 Cass: Colourful character right on track Sixty-three years ago when Rita Angus did her famous picture of Cass Railway Station - voted a few years ago as New Zealand's greatest painting - she depicted a small figure sitting on the platform, dwarfed by the surrounding mountains,... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/jim-eagles/news/article.cfm?a_id=25&objectid=10630916&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:00:00 +1200 Papua New Guinea: Winging it in the wilds of Alotau There were bats everywhere. Thousands of them. Disturbed by our lights they poured out of the caverns where they had been sleeping, zoomed past so close I could feel the wind of their tiny wings, and disappeared into the tunnels leading... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/jim-eagles/news/article.cfm?a_id=25&objectid=10630644&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 Ecuador: Marketplace in the mountains As we stood on the edge of the Laguna Quilota, admiring the beauty of the emerald lake that has formed in a volcanic crater 3800m above sea level, a small parade made its way along the dusty path around the crater rim. First came... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/jim-eagles/news/article.cfm?a_id=25&objectid=10629866&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:00:18 +1200