A church in Auckland, New Zealand has found a novel way of drumming up little publicity: advertisements in poor taste. St. Matthews In The City church decided to depict Mary and Joseph in bed in order to start a conversation or two. Some find it blasphemous... some find it hilarious... either way, the church knew what it was doing.
A 35-year-old HIV-positive man in New Zealand injected his sleeping HIV-negative wife with the virus so she'd test positive and have sex with him.
A man from New Zealand dropped his wedding ring in the bay. Rather than just getting a new wedding band, Aleik Taumoepeau kept diving in the vicinity of the dropped ring and 16 months later the Kiwi found it.
Prostitution is just too fun of a topic to just get rid of. Today in global prostitution: a brothel in Germany gives discounts for eco-friendly customers. Plus, in New Zealand, it's not easy training for the Olympics. That's why a Tae Kwon Do star has invested in a brothel to raise money for the 2012 London games.
If you're like us, a first date after a few flirty (insert dating website of your choice) e-mails means afternoon coffee in a well-lit cafe with lots and lots of people around. We don't even want to trap ourselves into dinner and drinks. And absolutely nothing, and we mean nothing, without a clear cut exit. Well, don't tell that to the people who have signed up for Air New Zealand's matchmaking service. These singletons plan on meeting a viable partner online and in some cases sitting next to them on a plane for hours and hours before they've even met face to face.
A company out of New Zealand is coming out with an application that turns a Skype account into a rig for speed dating. The program, Skyecandy, will allow users to input profile info and desired characteristics and they will be connected with a compatible person via Skype for a quick internet date. This sounds like it really has some merit. The downside is that it part of speed dating efficacy is proximity.
Some people think Brett McKenzie and Jemaine Clement are just in it for a good time. But the Kiwi folk, funk, rap, rock duo also dispenses indispensible romantic advice and sentiment. So, watch Flight Of The Conchords for laughs but pay attention to the message.
Our friends over at Scanner had a bunch of stories involving nudity yesterday, and we gladly point them out to you today. First, they told us about Las Vegas TV reporter Jeff Gradey, who was fired from his job at the Vegas ABC affiliate after management saw a Craig's List ad from him and his girlfriend soliciting "a hot, nasty girl who needs to cum." Scanner's got some other good, naked tidbits (with pics!) as well: New Zealand porn producer and mayoral candidate Steve Crow staged a parade complete with naked film stars. Crow reassured reporters that he would tell the women "to keep the jiggling to a minimum and not to do anything that would be deemed offensive." And finally, Scanner reports that a high school party in New Hampshire got out of control and ended with teenagers running naked through the streets.
The proverbial "old married couple" actually doesn't fight so much: couples bicker less over time, says a study of 1,500 long-term relationship couples in New Zealand.
Once the province of cheesy porn involving toy hand-cuffs and very tight cop uniforms, the phrase "You have the right to good sex!" should be legislation in Ecuador, a politician there says. Though her idea was eventually scuttled as being not appropriate for Ecuador's constitution, the female politician sparked debate in the deeply religious country.
The results of a division of assets case were recently made public in New Zealand. A woman who had a 20-year affair with a man thought that she deserved some of his money when they split. Evidently, she thought he was going to leave his wife and put her life on hold. Evidently, new law has made this a possibility.
