Backbencher

The newspaper I reviewed was the "New Zealand Herald". This newspaper seems very comparable to an American newspaper such as the "New York Times". A couple different articles stood out to me. The first was an article about bluff oysters, which apparently a very valuable commodity over there. The article talked of how the oysters are very large this year, and that the harvest should be a profitable one. This article intrigued me because it deals with how New Zealand uses it's natural resources, and I am a farmers son, so it interests me. This article deals with what we just got done talking about in class, economics. Judging from this article, oysters are an important natural resource to New Zealand, and probably bring in a lot of money.
The second article that interested me was an article about a singer named Liam Finn. Finn, a New Zealand rock singer, is going on tour with Pearl Jam in April. The tour is in the United States, and Finn will be the opening act for Pearl Jam. Pearl Jam's lead singer Eddie Vedder is a long-time friends of the Finn family, and is a fan of New Zealand rock. This interested me because I am a huge Pearl Jam fan. I do not know any New Zealand bands, so this was interesting learning a rock singer from there.
I also read an article about Fidel Castro stepping down as leader of Cuba. It was interesting to read New Zealand's point of view on the situation. The article basically said Castro was a dictator who has ruled cruelly over Cuba for nearly fifty years. This is basically the same thought as American newspapers, which is interesting.
The oyster harvest was fascinating to me because that is something that would probably not make national news here. It says to me that New Zealand really values their natural resources. I also noticed that many of the articles on the web-page were positive in nature, which makes me believe New Zealander's are an optimistic people.