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Here are a few Favorite Internet Web sites for
The Next generation of Web Surfers On Line,
the SeniorNet Napier Members and their friends

You are never lonely when you have a computer and can "Surf the Net" as they say.
We SeniorNet folks have the curiosity, the time, and enjoy a challenge so let us begin with a look at a favorite site showing off our wonderful city of Napier www.venues.co.nz . Now what about sending e-cards and gifts www.bluemountain.com to our family and friends. NZ City is another useful site www.nzcity.co.nz .
For online music video and radio try www.real.com and want to find a telephone number in New Zealand? try the online telephone directory www.whitepages.co.nz .
Want to read a daily newspaper ? The New Zealand Herald www.nzherald.co.nz can be read online and if you want to read our local paper on-line then go to www.mytown.co.nz and select Hawke's Bay.
www.stuff.co.nz is the site of the Independent News Group and selecting Hawke's Bay under Regional News will also keep you up to date with our local news.
We are always discovering new sites suited to our lifestyles and one survey results from www.netvalue.fr found that the folks over 50 made up 18% of all net surfers in France, but you will need to be able to read French to appreciate this site.

Genealogy is a very popular pastime today www.rootsweb.com is the oldest and largest free genealogy Web site. It is based in the USA and so has an American focus. Others useful sites are www.nationalarchives.ie a starting Web site for information relating to Ireland, www.genealogy.org.nz for New Zealand, and www.sog.org.uk for the Society of Genealogists, London.

SeniorNet is a world wide organization www.seniornet.org.nz and is supported by Telecom NZ www.telecom.co.nz . At the SeniorNet Web page you will find a list of almost every SeniorNet group in New Zealand with contact details.

Let us move on to something we may or may not enjoy, shopping. Today if you live in Auckland or Wellington you can buy your groceries, wine and beer online at www.woolworths.co.nz , or at www.thesupermarket.co.nz which is a New Zealand wide grocery shopping site.
Do you want to send some flowers or a present, well www.interflora.co.nz will be very glad to be of service to you. Try exploring everything and anything, from the clothes super store Victoria's Secret at www.victoriassecret.com .
The New York Times newspaper www.nytimes.com and their books section at www.nytimes.com/books and www.seniorplanet.com has now been launched for seniors, an American site well worth looking at too. You can use the Net to look at Australian sharemarket results on the Australian Stock exchange www.asx.com.au or the New Zealand one at www.nzse.co.nz . CD's and books can also be bought on line at www.flyingpig.co.nz and www.amazon.com music can be downloaded from www.mp3.com
When you add .com to your web address remember it relates to an USA address, just as .nz relates to New Zealand, .au to Australia, .fr to France, .ca to Canada, and .uk to Britain to name just a few.

I do hope that at least one of the above Web sites will prove useful and enjoyable to you. There are thousands of web sites, some are added each day just as some disappear, so if you want to know something try using the Search Tool (icon) on the Internet Explorer Tool Bar, and look up your interest on the Internet.

Wishing you lots of Fun searching your favorite sites.

New Zealand SeniorNet Sites

SeniorNet Wellington www.actrix.gen.nz/users/seniornet
SeniorNet Canterbury Inc. http://mysite.xtra.co.nz/~Seniornetcanty
SeniorNet Canterbury South www.timaru.com/seniornet/index.html
SeniorNet South (Invercargill) http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~burmus1/senior.htm
SeniorNet North Shore http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~walks75/
SeniorNet Pakuranga http://www.seniornetpakuranga.org.nz
SeniorNet West Auckland http://westauckseniornet.homestead.com/index.html
SeniorNet Papakura http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/ericpoll
SeniorNet Orewa http://www.seniornet.hbc.1hwy.com/index.html
SeniorNet Palmerston North http://www.seniornet.inspire.net.nz/
SeniorNet New Plymouth http://www.seniornetnewplymouth.co.nz
SeniorNet Hawkes Bay http://www.seniornethb.org.nz/

Australian SeniorNet Sites

SeniorNet Ipswich (Queensland) www.seniornet.com.au
SeniorNet Canberra www.netspeed.com.au
SeniorNet Hunter - Central Coast www3.turboweb.net.au/~kcsenior

USA SeniorNet Sites ( Just some of them )

SeniorNet USA www.seniornet.org

Amateur Radio

Nz Association of Radio Transmitters www.nzart.org.nz
Amateur and Internet radio links www.qsl.net/g3zhi/

Online organisations

SeniorNet New Zealand www.seniornet.org.nz
Elder Web www.elderweb.com
British pensioners living in NZ www.britishpensionersnz.org.nz
Grandparents www.igrandparents.com
50 and beyond www.fiftyandbeyond.com
Seniors www.seniors.com
NZ Gray Power www.greypower.co.nz

Health

A list of NZ Hospitals www.healthnz.co.nz
Arthritis Foundation of NZ www.arthritis.org.nz
Hip Knee and shoulder pain management www.hippain.com
Health information www.mayohealth.org

Handy Hints on how to save $$$$

Consumer Magazine www.consumer.org.nz
Money Saving Forum www.thathomesite.com/forums/saving
Frugal Living www.frugalliving.about.com
Destitute Gourmet www.destitutegourmet.com
Cheapskate Monthly www.cheapskatemonthly.com

Online Doctors and Pharmacies

Doctor Global www.doctorglobal.co.nz
Cyber Chemist www.cyberchemist.co.nz
Online Pharmacy www.onlinepharmacy.co.nz
Script Direct www.scriptdirect.com

Travel

Fromer's www.frommers.com
Travel NZ www.travel.co.nz
Kontiki www.kontiki.com
Over 50s Adventures www.worldexpeditions.com.au/trip.php3?Brochure=3

Chat Groups

Pal Talk www.paltalk.com
Yahoo Chat, Australia and NZ www.au.chat.yahoo.com
Computer help bulletine board www.ageofreason.com/help.html

Newspapers and Magazines

My Town www.mytown.co.nz
New Zealabd Herald www.nzherald.co.nz
Stuff NZ www.stuff.co.nz
Art & Letters Daily www.cybereditions.com/aldaily
Auckland Public Library list of online papers www.auckland.govt.nz/aklib
NZ Zoom www.nzoom.com
Newsroom www.newsroom.co.nz
Memory loss research www.memoryzine.com

Government Services

Department of Work and Income www.winz.govt.nz
Inland Revenue Department www.ird.govt.nz
Ministry of Health www.moh.govt.nz
Government on Line www.govt.nz

History

NZ History Net www.nzhistory.net.nz/index.html
National Library History www.tepuna.natlib.govt.nz/web_directory/NZ/history.html
NZ Historical Association www.historians.rsnz.govt.nz
Great War www.greatwar.org.nz
NZ History-Web Links www.vuw.ac.nz/~agsmith/847/resguide/pearson/nzhist_main.html

Puplic Places

Libraries available in NZ www.tepuna.govt.nz
Museums in NZ www.nzmuseums.co.nz
Historic Places Trust www.historic.org.nz

Genealogy

Family Search www.familysearch.org.nz
National Library www.tepuna.natlib.govt.nz/web_directory/NZ/genealogy.html
NZ Gen Web www.rootsweb.com/~nzsg
Cyndi's List www.cyndislist.com

Online Games

Bridge www.zone.msn.com/bridge
Cribbage Zone www.zone.msn.com/cribbage
Canasta www.igl.net/canasta
Canasta www.cardgamecentral.com
Age Of Reason www.ageofreason.com

Sport

Cue Sports www.cue-sports.org.nz/home.html
NZ Sports Links www.sports.org.nz
NZ Golf Association www.nzga.co.nz
Women's Golf www.golfnz.co.nz
Lawn Bowls Coaching www.Lawnbowlscoachingonthenet.com.au/~rjudson/
Sport Net www.sport.org.nz

Retirement Advice

Retirement Commissioner www.retirement.org.nz
Elder Net www.eldernet.co.nz

E-Mail Stationary

CloudEight Stationery http://thundercloud.net/stationery/

Financial and Investment Advice

Money Online www.moneyonline.co.nz
Ord Minnett www.ords.co.nz
Xrta Money www.xtra.co.nz/money
Quicken www.quicken.co.nz

Clip Art

Clipart.com http://www.clipart.com
Animation Factory http://www.animationfactory.com

Computing

Microsoft products for Seniors www.microsoft.com/enable

Music

Napster.com www.napster
Smoke CD,s www.smokecds.com