{"id":18775,"date":"2010-10-30T02:17:42","date_gmt":"2010-10-30T09:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/?p=18775"},"modified":"2010-11-18T16:14:06","modified_gmt":"2010-11-18T23:14:06","slug":"the-zespri-contests-are-wrapping-up-its-last-chance-for-romance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/the-zespri-contests-are-wrapping-up-its-last-chance-for-romance\/","title":{"rendered":"The Zespri Contests Are Wrapping Up: It&#8217;s Last Chance For Romance."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/bloggerbadge1.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/bloggerbadge2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/bloggerbadge21.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-16207\" title=\"bloggerbadge2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/bloggerbadge21-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/bloggerbadge21-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/bloggerbadge21.jpg 170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>It&#8217;s going to be a tough decision for the judges and <a title=\"Yeah, I'm a Semi-finalist! Thank you.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/2010\/08\/03\/im-a-semi-finalist-in-the-zespri-kiwifruit-kiwi-a-go-go-bloggers-contest\/\" target=\"_blank\">I&#8217;m thrilled\u00a0to be in the mix<\/a> &#8212;\u00a0Can&#8217;t believe I now have a (6\/1) chance of winning a <strong>Trip for 4 to New Zealand<\/strong>.\u00a0 That&#8217;s incredible!\u00a0 And tomorrow\u00a0is the last day to enter the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zesprikiwi.com\/kiwiagogo\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Kiwi A-Go-Go Bloggers&#8217; Contest<\/a> to\u00a0be selected as\u00a0Ms. or Mr. October, if you will.\u00a0 Each month from May through October, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zespri.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Zespri<\/a>\u00a0picks a Semi-finalist.\u00a0\u00a0The links will tell more.\u00a0 The winning entry will then be selected by a triad of prominent Kiwi specialists&#8230;\u00a0Karen Brux, Zespri\u2019s US General Manager, a representative of Air New Zealand, and Peter Ombler, a Kiwifruit grower from the Bay Of Plenty.\u00a0 The winner will be announced on November 15th.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Good luck to all\u00a0Semi-finalists<\/strong> &#8212; <a title=\"La Fuji Mama\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lafujimama.com\/2010\/05\/gold-kiwi-cream-finger-lickin-good-dont-say-i-didnt-warn-you\/\" target=\"_blank\">May<\/a>,\u00a0 <a title=\"Family Fresh Cooking\" href=\"http:\/\/www.familyfreshcooking.com\/2010\/06\/18\/green-supreme-kiwi-avocado-green-tea-coconut-shake\/\" target=\"_blank\">June<\/a>,\u00a0 <a title=\"Nibbles of Tidbits\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/2010\/07\/12\/play-the-kiwi-game-hopefully-new-zealand-is-closer-than-a-dream-away\/\" target=\"_blank\">July (Me)<\/a>,\u00a0 <a title=\"A Communal Table\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acommunaltable.com\/2010\/08\/kiwifruit-mousse.html\" target=\"_blank\">August<\/a>,\u00a0 <a title=\"Show Food Chef\" href=\"http:\/\/cathyshambley.blogspot.com\/2010\/09\/chocolate-kiwi-popsicles-simple.html\" target=\"_blank\">September<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bakingbarrister.com\/2010\/10\/kiwi-tarlets-in-coconut-almond-shells.html\" target=\"_blank\">October<\/a>.\u00a0 If you&#8217;re not a Blogger, you may\u00a0enter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegreatkiwiadventure.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>\u00a0to win your own New Zealand vacation.\u00a0 And you&#8217;ll find\u00a0more Kiwi recipes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zesprikiwi.com\/bloggers\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.\u00a0 Play <a title=\"The Kiwi Game created by Shelly Borrell, Nibbles of Tidbits\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XnBaTzfJ9Zk\" target=\"_blank\">The Kiwi Game<\/a>\u00a0often!<\/p>\n<p><strong>11\/08\/10 Update:<\/strong>\u00a0 The Blogger Contest is now\u00a0closed and October&#8217;s winner is\u00a0linked above.<\/p>\n<p><strong>11\/15\/10 Update:<\/strong>\u00a0 Congratulations goes to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bakingbarrister.com\/2010\/10\/kiwi-tarlets-in-coconut-almond-shells.html\" target=\"_blank\">Baking Barrister<\/a> for winning the Trip for 4 to New Zealand.\u00a0 We were close, but no Kiwi for Nibbles of Tidbits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s going to be a tough decision for the judges and I&#8217;m thrilled\u00a0to be in the mix &#8212;\u00a0Can&#8217;t believe I now have a (6\/1) chance of winning a Trip for 4 to New Zealand.\u00a0 That&#8217;s incredible!\u00a0 And tomorrow\u00a0is the last day to enter the Kiwi A-Go-Go Bloggers&#8217; Contest to\u00a0be selected as\u00a0Ms. or Mr. October, if [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[131,745,1024,1,1541,3337,490,1045],"tags":[2222,710,4255,4258,4256,4397,4260,4257],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Zespri Contests Are Wrapping Up: It&#039;s Last Chance For Romance. - Nibbles of Tidbits, a Food Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/the-zespri-contests-are-wrapping-up-its-last-chance-for-romance\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"FoodBlog\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/the-zespri-contests-are-wrapping-up-its-last-chance-for-romance\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/the-zespri-contests-are-wrapping-up-its-last-chance-for-romance\/\",\"name\":\"The Zespri Contests Are Wrapping Up: It's Last Chance For Romance. - Nibbles of Tidbits, a Food Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-10-30T09:17:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2010-11-18T23:14:06+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/#\/schema\/person\/d13703add5ff9ca85c0ddc52a749afd2\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/the-zespri-contests-are-wrapping-up-its-last-chance-for-romance\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/the-zespri-contests-are-wrapping-up-its-last-chance-for-romance\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/the-zespri-contests-are-wrapping-up-its-last-chance-for-romance\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Zespri Contests Are Wrapping Up: It&#8217;s Last Chance For Romance.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.ineedtext.com\/FoodBlog\/\",\"name\":\"Nibbles of Tidbits, a Food Blog\",\"description\":\"The GOOD, the BAD &amp; 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