You are cordially invited to attend the second friends of New Zealand and New Zealand university alumni meeting in Berlin on Thursday 6 September 2012 at 8 pm, at the Restaurant "Cum Laude" (Universitätsstr. 4, 10117 Berlin). 

This year New Zealand presents an extraordinary line-up of traditional and contemporary culture as the Country of Honour at the Frankfurt River Festival (Museumsuferfest). More than 100 metres of the riverbank will showcase the best of New Zealand’s arts, culture, fine wines and food.

Hollie Smith is one of New Zealand's most predominant & celebrated musicians. After working with numerous bands including ‘Trinity Roots’, ‘Fat Freddys Drop’ and Detroit dance legend ‘Recloose’, she was approached by NZ’s Don McGlashan to perform on a movie soundtrack single ‘Bathe in The River’ that topped the NZ charts & became one of the biggest & iconic singles in NZ history.

There was a brief eruption from Mt Tongariro in the central North Island just before midnight last night (6 August), New Zealand time.
 
It is the first eruption from the mountain since 1897. There have been no further eruptions since midnight. The Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management (MCDEM) is continuing to assess information with the assistance of government scientific advisors.