Ice to Eskimos? Nah, try this for size...

[replicant_008]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydispl...ection=general

A salient warning of extinction and the need to preserve bio-diversity.

[taranaki]

Poor creatures,must have been dragged kicking and screaming onto the plane.Why would any Australian life-form EVER feel the urge to be repatriated after spending a length of time in New Zealand?

from the article..

Now if only we could persuade them to take back some possums ...

Ironic too that the possum, while native to the huge and dreadful penal colony across the ditch,is outnumbered by its descendants in N.Z. by almost 2 to 1.

Perhaps we should send wee Johnny Howard a bill for the damage......

[YogsVR4]

So New Zealand has been acting as a storage fascility for the last century. Finally - a good use has been found!

[grimmy]

* Historic footnote: Former Prime Minister Sir Robert Muldoon once said: "New Zealanders who leave for Australia raise the IQ of both countries."