Russell Crowe

Russell Ira Crowe on 7 April 1964 in Wellington, New Zealand. Russell is an actor and a musician. He's career began in the 90's in the Tv series Police Rescue and Romper Stomper. After the success in Australia, he began acting in American films. The first American film was The Quick and the Dead. He won the Academy Award as the Best Actor in 2001 for Gladiator. On his 39th birthday he married an Australian singer and actress Danielle Spencer. They have two sons Charles Spencer born on 21 December 2003 and Tennyson Spencer born on 7 July 2006. He has played in the band called 30 Odd Foot Of Grunts. Russell is also a big Cricket fan. Most of the year he likes to stay in Australia, Russell has a home in Sydney at the end of the Finger Wharf in Woolloomooloo. Some of the films that he has played in: Gladiator, A Good Year, A Beautiful Mind and State of Play.



Here are the trailers of the movies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-B6FsAAvmM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvTT29cavKo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS_d0Ayjw4o


Sources:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000128/bio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Crowe
Pictures:
http://www.mediaman.com.au/profiles/crowe.jpg
http://veraprima.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/a_good_year-dvd.jpg
http://www.thecinemasource.com/moviesdb/images/Russell_Crowe%20-%201.jpg

Hāngi

Hāngi is a traditional New Zealand Māori method of cooking food using heated rocks buried in a pit oven still used for special occasions. To do that you have to dig a pit in the ground, then heat the stones in the pit with a large fire, place the baskets of food on top of the stones and then cover it up, several hours later lift it up. There are many ways how to do or make a Hāngi. The Hāngi ''experts'' have improved the methods and they've been handed down for generations. The Hāngi is a part of their culture.


Here is the full method how to do a Hāngi: http://www.shelfordfeast.co.uk/hangi.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9eb6JmG7JE



Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C4%81ngi
http://www.shelfordfeast.co.uk/hangi.html
Pictures:
http://images.travelpod.com/users/nikkiviper/rtw0708.1220133600.hangi-dinner.jpg
http://www.freakystyley.co.nz/Mimiwhangata/images/May06-033.jpg

Kea

Kea is a parrot, who lives in the South Island of New Zealand. Kea is mainly olive-green and has a large narrow curved grey-brown upper beak. It is the only alpine parrot in the world. It mostly eats roots, leaves, berries, nectar, and insects. They live high in the mountains and nest in the forests. They're protected species and there are only 1000-5000 left of them. One of the most interesting facts about the bird is that they are one of the most intelligent bird species in the world. Kea is very curious and playful bird. It can solve logical puzzels. It can grow up to 48cm and weighs about 1kg. Kea eats also sheeps, to store fat for the winter. It's amazing that this little bird can eat an live sheep. They also examine tourists backpacks, boots or even cars and often fly away with smaller objects.



Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kea
http://www.newzealandfauna.com/kea.php
Pictures:
http://img.search.com/thumb/5/5f/Kea.jpg/250px-Kea.jpg
http://www.hickerphoto.com/data/media/40/nestor-notabilis_15995.jpg