THE INTERNAL - NEWSLETTER 31/04

Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday dear Rebecca and Sophie, Happy Birthday to you!

Rebecca had birthday on the 26th of September, and Sophie is going to have on the 28th of September.

All the best!                                                                

WELCOME TO MIDDLE EARTH

This week we are getting three! new interns. Imagine that. Carolin and Diana are arriving on the same day, and Robert, a day before.

Robert will be doing his internship in Aeroqual limited, and beginning on the 11th of October.

Carolin got an internship in the Auckland Zoo. That’s great! Now we have a contact there ;-)

And Diana will be doing an internship for New Zealand College, which means that we will be working together.

Great stuff!

See you guys soon and safe journey.

WEEKEND SUGGESTIONS

Horse Treks

Horseback Riding at MacKenzie Farmstay Warkworth

1 hour north of Auckland

Farm and forest treks (1hr NZ$25 & 2hrs NZ$45). Bookings essential.

Pakiri Beach Horse Rides . . .
You will be absolutely thrilled to enjoy our superb Horse Rides on the most beautiful of pure white sandy ocean beaches!
Just one and a half hours away from Auckland.
Price List Horse Rides: 1 Hour $40.00 per person (Recommended for novices and children under 10yrs). 2 Hour $70.00 per person . ½ day $90.00 per person Full day $185.00 per person includes lunch.
Bookings essential. (http://www.horseride-nz.co.nz/.)

Horse riding Waiwera at Ti Tree Hills Horse Treks

Guided horse treks for beginners and experienced riders
Rides through our native bush, see kauri and regenerating bush and lovely ferns. Admire the incredible views of the Hauraki Gulf and the Hibiscus Coast and Coromandel 

One hour horse treks - $30

Two hour horse treks - $50

Bookings essential (http://www.titreehills.co.nz/)

Back to Nature

Volcanic cones: Auckland has numerous volcanic hills ideal for short walks and great views. Auckland landmark Maungakiekie (One Tree Hill) is a popular choice. Set in the rolling farmland of Cornwall Park, the summit offers panoramic views.

Waitakere Ranges: West of Auckland, these mountains contain about 200km of walking and tramping tracks, and more than 500 types of native trees and plants.

Hunua Ranges: South of Auckland, the rugged Hunuas offer waterfalls, abseiling and a network of bushwalks.

Rangitoto: Auckland’s highest volcano, Rangitoto Island (260m), has a unique scoria landscape with native bush and boardwalks. There are dramatic 360 degree views of the harbor from its summit.

Tickets there with the ferry cost $20,40

Departs Auckland 09:15, 12:15 and 3:15

Classic Comedy and Bar
From 8pm it's FRESH COMEDY on BIG WEDNESDAY with 10 comedians for just $10.
Host ANDREW CLAY. (Awesome Value - Students 2 for 1)

WEEKEND GIG GUIDE

FRIDAY 1st OCTOBER

4:20
DISRUPT MAG LAUNCH PARTY

Fu Bar

Quality Breakers.

Featuring Defcon1, Antiform, A Spark, Randomplay, Page 3, MC Twin Cam, Sippid, Semiyumi, CK, Dan Mason.

Price $15 (presales). Tickets available from Fusion Records, Sounds and Real Groovy.

SATURDAY 2nd OCTOBER

Galatos

Lounge Bar

AK Samba (live) with DJ Caesar – 9pm - $7

Main Room

Battles in the North – one crossover night of extreme metal and brutal hardcore featuring Soul Infected, Ulcerate, Brick vs Face, The Warpath, Forced to Submit, Graymalkin, Kill me Quickly and One Must Fall. 7pm. $10 on door.  (Bastian and Christoph, this should be something for you! J)

Plume

Buss it Up – dancehall madness with Gwaan Girl vs Tobi, Manuel Bundy, Jugglin Sound System and Chuck Stylee. 10pm - $10.

4:20

Event: Game Over

10pm – late; $7

Hip hop classics & current mashed up bizness. With some of NZ’s finest club/scratch DJs. D-FORM & FOURTY ONE (B2B) & GUESTS

The Black Eyed Peas

8th of October

The feel-good hit of the 2004 Big Day Out is back. The Black Eyed Peas - an all-rapping, all-breakdancing, all-live hip hop entertainment machine - return to New Zealand in October to bring peace, love, and one hell of a party.

Tickets at Ticketek (307 5000), or www.ticketek.co.nz, for 69NZ$. Service fee may apply.

Thievery Corporation

Wednesday, 13th of October

Emphasizing the wide scope of their sound with vintage bossa nova charmers sitting alongside neo-jazz delicacies, roots classics sharing a moment with dusty library records as well as the crème de la crème of progressive beat makers worldwide; it’s a hint of what you can expect as Eric and Rob touch down to DJ in NZ for the 1st time. For one night The Studio will get a taste of the legendary Eighteenth Street Lounge style, but be warned attendance is strictly limited to an intimate 700 and the first 100 early bird tickets flew out the door quicker than an Olympic sprinter on P.

Coming with the ESL stamp that is quality bonded and crucially certified you are guaranteed a night of suave and sophisticated stereophonics with bouncing beats and top ranking rhythms spanning the globe from Brazil to India, Jamaica, Italy and beyond. This industrious duo who have remixed everyone from David Byrne and the Sofa Surfers through to Black Uhuru and Astrud Gilberto are sure to have some sizzling exclusives and future faves peppered throughout their spellbinding set. Ladies and gentlemen 5AM presents the founders of the Eighteenth Street Lounge club and groundbreaking record label, the production gents with a loungey accent, the emperors of new school cool – the Thievery Corporation

Tickets at Ticketek for NZ$60

(So far I and Nina are going for the concert)

WHAT’S ON IN AND AROUND AUCKLAND

AOTEA SQUARE MARKETS

Every Friday and Saturday from 10am – 6pm

This is when Aotea Square is taken over by the colourful and bustling Aotea Square Markets The Markets offer a range of stalls from Pasifika arts and crafts to pot plants, flowers, underground designer clothes, jewellery, vinyl and CDs. In addition there is a range of fine food stalls Every Saturday from midday to 2.00pm the Aotea Square Markets are "keeping real" with an ever-changing line-up of bands and DJs adding to the atmosphere

TAKAPUNA MARKETS

Every Sunday from 6am till noon

That is when Takapuna’s Central Carpark (corner Anzac Street & Lake Road) transforms into an eclectic market that offers fresh produce, flowers, crafts, furniture, foods, antiques and more.

OTARA MARKET

Saturdays from 6am till noon, Newsbury Street, Otara

For an excellent Pacific experience, definitely visit the Otara Market, which is a pretty large Polynesian market offering exotic foods and smells, wonderful tapa cloth, flax mats and baskets and bone carvings.

GOOD TO KNOW

• I guess the “text IOU to 468” is familiar to you by now – still once again: If you are running out of money on your Vodafone Prepaid Card and there is no store close-by, send a SMS with “IOU” to number 468 and they will top up your account by $2.

• 95bFM (radio station) is offering a B-Card. The all-new bcard is just $30 and entitles the bearer to on-air prizes, entry to the Private Function and Oonst for cheap (if not free), and discounts from the merchants listed below. We'll also send you a 95bFM mail-out four times per year so you're up to date with everything that's going on at the b. You'll also receive bMail, our email newsletter, at least fortnightly.

            The bcard is available from Real Groovy Records, Magazzino             Ponsonby and Newmarket, ECM St Lukes, Marbecks, Sounds Queen             Street, the 95bFM offices.

            If you are interested, checkout: http://www.95bfm.com/bcard.php

• You know that we have all kind of other information here at the office. Some of them you can check here (brochures, maps etc,) others you can request by e-mail (report on the South Island, info on how to sell, buy a car, insurances, where to look for finding a flat, etc.). Take the chance!

MESSAGE FROM JONATHAN

Now far be it for an old fella like me to tell you young ones how to have a good time.  But back in the olden days, I used to go out quite a bit in Auckland after dark.  While the night life scene changes fairly quickly, there’s a few things which have remained the same over the last few years.

The first thing is that, as you have probably discovered, the Viaduct is the place to be on a Friday or Saturday night.  The waterfront area was substantially redeveloped about 10 years ago when NZ held the America’s Cup, and has been a constant ‘scene’ since then.  There are over a dozen bars and pubs within about 200 metres of each other at the waterfront – everything from Irish pubs to sports bars to an ‘ántarctic’ pub.

K Road is the place to go if you prefer clubs to pubs.  There are nightclubs for house, techno, drum and bass, and all those other types of music that I don’t understand and that they didn’t even have when I was a youth.  The ‘K’ in ‘K Road’ stands for Karangahape.  (You can understand whey they shortened it!).  But just say ‘K Road’ anywhere in NZ and people will know what you are talking about – it’s also known as Auckland’s red light district.

Just one word of advice though, if you decide to go out for a night to the pubs.  Don’t go when there is a rugby game on, unless you like the sport.  Since NZ’s official religion is Rugby, you can expect the bars and even the odd club to put the TV on during any important (and not-so-important) matches.  The only good thing about the whole deal is that if NZ (or Auckland) wins, the partiers stay out later than if they lose.

THAT’S IT FOR TODAY!

Don’t panic, it’s just a birthday!