User Profile of Member: wordofmouth

Real name:
Kip Brook
Website:
http://wordofmouthnz.com
My blurb:
Kip Brook runs national news media company Word of Mouth Media NZ. He is a prolific travel writer. His background: .. I was appointed to London in 1997 to be NZ media's Europe Bureau Chief Correspondent. I returned to set up Word of Mouth Media NZ in 2002 at the end of my fixed term posting. As the London Bureau Chief Correspondent I covered all major international events like the world leaders summits -in Berlin - plus all the London Whitehall and No.10 pressers, interviewing Tony Blair; and the All Blacks tours, all major sports events in Europe involving NZ etc. I covered world premieres at Leicester Square. .. As a journalist and foreign correspondent, I have been on assignments to 24 countries covering most major international sporting events and writing about different places. .. I was appointed a member of the Foreign Press Association executive committee in London. .. I am a current member of both the English Cricket Writers Society and the UK Rugby Writers Club. I was a member of the four-person panel, including NZ Ambassador to London, which selected the New Zealander of the Year in Britain for three years. .. I became regular member of the BBC TV current affairs show Dateline London. Was a regular guest on BBC radio's annual Wimbledon tennis coverage. .. Named: New Zealand business journalist of the Year 1988 .. Named: New Zealand sports journalist of the Year 1987 .. Award: a New Zealand journalist of the Year 1995 .. I went to Milan for America's Cup articles, made economic-political visits to Ireland (private meeting with Bertie Ahern and also the Irish president), and to Finland (including interviews with Cabinet members and MP and former Olympic runner Lasse Viren - and also Nokia headquarters in Helsinki).

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Leading NZ B&B named among Top 10 in the South Pacific

Leading NZ B&B named among Top 10 in the South Pacific
Despite battling through earthquakes and an initial slump of visiting tourists, a Christchurch luxury bed and breakfast has been named in the top 10 places to stay in the South Pacific, including Australia. Pacific View Paradise, near the top of the Cashmere Hills has come through a remarkable pe...

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Hanmer Springs

Hanmer Springs
Hanmer Springs - Shut your eyes. Imagine lazing in a steamy private hot pool with someone special at New Zealand’s top thermal pool resort – Hanmer Springs. The sun is setting over the picture postcard snow-capped mountains. Not a sound can be heard but the occasional bellbird call. It feels ...

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Queenstown is like a Seductive Magnet

Queenstown is like a Seductive Magnet
It’s like a dream come true. My dawn charter flight makes its final approach into Queenstown Airport which has just been voted among the best approaches in the world. This spectacular New Zealand resort is the adventure capital of the world and I am blown away by the summer scenery. It’s no w...

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