Niagara Falls: Mother Nature at close range is not just for honeymooners video

From Stuff (New Zealand): With all the rules in life – chew with your mouth closed, don’t talk to strangers, look both ways before you cross the street – there’s another that should probably be added to the list: don’t propose to your girlfriend while 170 million litres of water a minute is hurtling over…

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Cross border fandom

I hadn’t even heard about this until I read this article… From the Niagara Falls Review: It was William Kircher’s second visit to Canada. The New Zealand actor, best known for his role as the dwarf Bifur in the The Hobbit trilogy, was one of the celebrity guests at the inaugural Fan World event held…

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The foam game

From Stuff.co.nz: I’m looking up at movie heart-throb Robert Pattinson, star of the teen-vampire-romance Twilight films, but something’s not quite right. His face seems a little… off. I’m standing outside a waxwork museum and Pattinson’s likeness on the marquee, while recognisable, isn’t likely to challenge Madame Tussauds for uncanny accuracy. This is Clifton Hill on…

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Beautiful waterfalls around the world

From MSNBC (includes photos of various waterfalls): Twenty-two million: that’s how many made it to Niagara Falls last year. Yes, it’s touristy, but travelers—even hipsters—clearly can’t resist snapping pictures here and sharing them. There are tens of thousands of #NiagaraFalls shots just on Instagram. Niagara has also quickly become a favorite Facebook timeline cover photo…

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See Niagara Falls like a Canadian

From the Fairfax New Zealand Sun-Herald: You’d expect a country whose exports include comedians Jim Carrey, Mike “Austin Powers” Myers and Leslie Nielsen (of Flying High and Naked Gun fame) to have a unique take on a world-famous tourist attraction. Canada actually goes beyond the call of duty to exceed those expectations. Ever since 63-year-old…

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