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  Colville, New Zealand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Colville is a small town in the north of the Coromandel Peninsula in the North Island of New Zealand.
Beyond it lies 25 kilometres of rough road leading to the small settlement of Port Jackson, close to the peninsula's northernmost point, Cape Colville.
Colville was earler known as Cabbage Bay, thought to be in reference to the cabbage trees in the bay - so called because of their cabbage like clumps of foliage.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Colville,_New_Zealand   (254 words)

  
 New World Celts
Ancient Celtic New Zealand Martin Doutré was born in Altadena, California, USA, in December 1946, but was raised and had his formative education in New Zealand.
William Ferguson Massey Massey, New Zealand's Prime Minister from 1912-1925, was born at Limavady, Ireland, in 1856.
New Zealand Irish The Irish have contributed significantly to the development of New Zealand society and, today, around 20% of New Zealanders have Irish ancestry.
www.newworldcelts.org /new_zealand.html   (1076 words)

  
 New Zealand Agent-General
New Zealand Agent-General An office that supercedes the services of John Morrison, general agent in London.
Every one frankly admits the abilities of the present business agent for New Zealand, but for some reason or another he is not the most popular man in the world.
The Origins of New Zealand Diplomacy by R. Dalziel Representation in Britain 1840-1871 p21 Morrison was described by Isaac Featherston as a 'most efficient and faithful Agent' but from time to time the New Zealand government required representation in London at a higher level.
homepages.paradise.net.nz /~dchamber/agentgeneral.htm   (1919 words)

  
 Research View | The University of Montana
New Zealand is unique among the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development nations in that its main greenhouse gas is methane, rather than carbon dioxide.
New Zealand is currently struggling with conflicts between Maori and pakeha [New Zealanders of European descent].
New Zealand is lacking all of the "neat" things from Australia: kangaroos, snakes, eucalyptus trees, etc. The only similarities are a few birds and a bat that managed to cross the Tasman Sea from Australia and colonize New Zealand.
www.umt.edu /urelations/rview/601/allendorf.htm   (2265 words)

  
 New Zealand Campervans New Zealand Campervan Hire New Zealand Motorhomes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
All roads north of Colville on the Coromandel
New Zealand legislation provides limited cover for personal injury.
It is advised that travellers in New Zealand take out Personal Travel Insurance.
www.qualitycampervans.co.nz /pricing.html   (605 words)

  
 Scuba Diving - New Zealand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
New Zealand: An island nation of 103,747 square miles, one of the most civilized countries on earth, the place where dawn first rises on the world, being just west of the International Date Line.
In New Zealand's glaciated Southern Alps there are rivers white as milk, and deep lakes above the clouds; fjords carved by prehistoric glaciers cover a third of South Island's west coast; rivers of jade that have never been touched even by the most daring high-country explorers.
Fewer than 25 percent of New Zealand's fishes are native, and about half of these live in very deep water.
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 News for Christchurch, New Zealand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
In New Zealand, the NZSX 50 Index rose 5.01, or 0.2 percent, to 2697.66 as of 12:16 pm in Wellington.
In New Zealand, the NZSX 50 Index fell 0.3 percent to 2602.06 as of 1:03 pm in Wellington.
Southern New Zealand is a region of contrasting landscapes and climates, of mountains, lakes, ocean, rivers and fiords, of breathtakingly beautiful scenery and...
www.4newz.net /new/world/cities/Christchurch.html   (9890 words)

  
 Kiwi Flag. New design proposal for the New Zealand flag.
The Queen said last night that New Zealand was evolving in it's wn way as a county, but she look forward to continuing to serve - "to the best of my ability in the years to come".
Speeking to an audience of politicians and dignitaries at a state banquet in parliament, the Queen said New Zealand was a "very different country" from when she first visited in 1953.
A letter was sent to the Queen to ask for her views on the issue of changing the New Zealand National Flag.
www.hbtv.co.nz /flagnz/comments.html   (2064 words)

  
 Go Holidays - New Zealand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
New Zealand is a wonderful country to tour by car, to help you out we have listed some of the great touring routes outlined below and given suggested itineraries to get the most out of your driving holiday.
TranzScenic is New Zealand's only passenger rail company providing services the length of the county including some of the most breathtaking train journeys in the world.
New Zealand's flora and fauna is on display as you enjoy a farm show before travelling to Whakarewarewa Thermal Reserve.
www.goholidays.co.nz /destinations/NZ_main.html   (3400 words)

  
 Colville - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Colville in Washington named for Lord Andrew Colville
the nearby Cape Colville, Colville Bay and Colville Channel.
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation in Washington state, USA
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Colville   (116 words)

  
 Biology of Orange Roughy - New Zealand Orange Roughy - Sustainable Management.
The first specimen off New Zealand was discovered in 1954 by scientists from the NationalMuseum of New Zealand, although it had previously been recorded off South Africa and the Azores in the 19th century.
In New Zealand waters, research indicates that up to half of the adults may not spawn in a given year, although this pattern has not been confirmed in other orange roughy fisheries.
Fisheries managers in New Zealand assume that orange roughy are extremely long-lived, in order to be cautious about setting catch targets.
www.orangeroughynz.com /biology.html   (1289 words)

  
 EDWIN FOX - The New Zealand Maritime Record - NZNMM
Since there was not adequate freezing capacity in New Zealand to store meat before it was shipped out of the country, a few ships such as the Edwin Fox were converted to freeze holds to serve as temporary storage until sea going refrigerated ships took the cargo aboard.
Her new role was to be a response to the demand for cold storage in New Zealand following the first successful shipment of frozen meat aboard the Dunedin in 1882.
H. Weatherilt came out with his wife and three children as the only passengers, he was later to be appointed as the engineer-in-chief for the Union Steamship Co. and fitted up all the machinery in the ship and had the entire management for five years, until she went to Napier.
www.nzmaritime.co.nz /edwinfox.htm   (10653 words)

  
 Simple Weddings New Zealand
Colville is the Coromandel Peninsula that the developers have not discovered yet.
Whitianga is the largest town on the eastern coast of the Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand.
Hahei is a coastal village on the East Coast of the Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand.
www.simple-weddings.co.nz /map.htm   (1492 words)

  
 NEW ZEALAND SHIPWRECKS
Iron paddle steamer of 102 tons built at South Shields in 1853, Shortly after crossing to New Zealand she was wrecked on the bar of the Clutha River on 12 January 1861.
From Sydney to New Zealand, was wrecked at Taranaki, near Cape Egmont, 29 April 1834.
From Sydney to New Zealand, wrecked at the whaling station of Tautuku, South Otago, NZ, 12 November 1839.
oceans1.customer.netspace.net.au /nz-wrecks.html   (3213 words)

  
 Category:Cities and towns in New Zealand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This category is for articles relating to the cities and towns of New Zealand.
Articles in category "Cities and towns in New Zealand"
List of main streets of New Zealand cities
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:Cities_and_towns_in_New_Zealand   (97 words)

  
 MAY QUEEN - The New Zealand Maritime Record - NZNMM
In his own way, he set an example to other Commanders flying the firm's flag and was held in high regard for the fifty years he was active in the New Zealand trade.
When he came ashore in 1885, he was appointed to co-ordinate in New Zealand the steamship service of Shaw Savill & Albion, and on his return from there he served on their board as a director.
She is on this voyage in command of a stranger to this port, Captain Tatchell, but well-known as in command of other vessels trading to the Colonies and East Indies.
www.nzmaritime.co.nz /mayqueen.htm   (2630 words)

  
 Automobile Rent - New Zealand (NZ)
New Zealand car hire with A1 Rent-a-Car from NZ $28 per day.
New Zealand Car Rental provides a national service and a modern fleet of rental cars and 4 wheel drives at a budget price, combined with friendly and personalised service.
Car, campervans and motorhomes hire from New Zealand, which is provided in our website, is high quality.
www.kellysearch.com /nz-product-131862.html   (784 words)

  
 Scoop: Colville Equities announces offer
Colville Chairman James Ogden says the offer is designed to meet a clear need in the market among "heartland investors".
Colville Director and investment analyst Brian Gaynor says another strength of the offer is a focus on governance and transparency.
Colville plans to invest in between 10 and 25 companies at any one time, with no more than 15 percent in any one NZSX or NZAX entity (unless that entity has a greater index weighting).
www.scoop.co.nz /stories/BU0405/S00095.htm   (938 words)

  
 Travel to New Zealand Travel Information and Tourism Tips Holiday New Zealand
The maximum speed limit for the open road in New Zealand is 100 kilometres/hour (62 miles/hour).
In New Zealand it is an important safety requirement to wear seatbelts.
Those safety measurements are essential to keep New Zealand free from animal and plant deseases that would normally lead to desasterous outcomes.
www.touring-newzealand.com /travel_tip_new_zealand.htm   (823 words)

  
 Subject Index, Proceedings, IPENZ Annual Conference 1998
A new urban arterial for Hamilton City - in the community, for the community.
Measures of exposure to risk of road crashes in New Zealand.
New model for viscous flow ahead a stationary and rotating blades using a modified free vortex equation.
www.ipenz.org.nz /ipenz/publications/indexes/proceedings/procsu98.htm   (1761 words)

  
 Pleppin: New Zealand - Coromandel Town & Colville New Zealand - Tourism Information Guides   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The discovery of gold at Driving Creek in 1852 brought a boom to Coromandel Town, and the area has continued to flourish while retaining much of its history from those times.
Colville Town, once the centre of the Kauri milling industry, is now a quiet country town serving the arts and farming communities.
While we do everything in our power to keep this information about Coromandel Town & Colville, New Zealand up to date, we cannot guarantee it is without error.
www.newzealand-focus.com /Coromandel/Coromandel.shtml   (369 words)

  
 Pearl Izumi New Zealand
Riding my new Jamis Dragon (steel hard tail) and putting a new set of tubeless Nokian NBX tyres on for the first round in Christchurch, I was hoping to have a top 5 finish as I hadn't raced in a while and there was a lot of climbing in this race.
I decided not to do Karapoti or the marathon champs at Colville and prepare for Ausi and then the northern hemisphere racing which I plan to leave for Canada at the end of April to race their series as a build up for the world champs in Italy.
With a new 2/3 person category, we decided to challenge ourselves, and with the generous support of Aunt Betty's Wheelies, and Pearl Izumi, we were able to field two teams.
www.pearlizumi.co.nz /news.asp   (9270 words)

  
 Bloomberg.com: Australia & New Zealand
May 10 (Bloomberg) -- Colville Equities Ltd., a New Zealand investment company, may sell as much as NZ$75 million ($46 million) of shares in an initial public offering.
Colville will invest in publicly traded New Zealand companies, closely held local companies that intend to list with two years and Australian companies with business interests in New Zealand, it said.
Colville will offer 50 million shares at NZ$1 each next Monday with the right to accept NZ$25 million of over subscriptions, it said.
quote.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000081&sid=aYXd56O7phu0&refer=australia   (226 words)

  
 New Zealand Goldmining and Goldfields
There are still remains from most of the activities in goldming, stamper batteries, power houses, cynadide vats, adits (tunnels), water races, tramways and aerial ropeways to name a few making it an excellent starting place for learning about goldmining in the Coromandel.
It, as much as anywhere, initiated our interest in the goldmining heritage in New Zealand but because we have been so often I will restrict the write up to the last two visits.
Gold was found relatively late at Broken Hills in 1893 and major development did not start until 1907 and processing in 1910 with most of the extraction depending on use of Cyanide.
www.uniquelynz.com /nzgold-p2.htm   (2708 words)

  
 New Zealand Motorhome Hires
The Wellington agency is located 40 minutes from the airport and clients must find their own transportation to and from the branch at their own expense.
New Zealand legislation provides limited coverage for personal injury.
Motorhome and car rentals in Australia, New Zealand and Southern Africa, for both Britz and Maui, can be combined to qualify if travel is within a 3 month period.
www.kiwitravelnzrentals.co.nz /companyterms.php?comp=maui   (2414 words)

  
 Adventure New Zealand - Colville Connection - Adventure Holiday, New Zealand Holiday, NZ Travel, Guided Tours, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
This mountain bike race is one of New Zealand's premier races.
This 70km ride starts in Colville, passes through hilly country up the east coast of the peninsula to the road end at Stony Bay.
This 24km ride is an introduction to the scenic Colville area.
www.adventurenz.info /89.html   (237 words)

  
 Touring New Zealand 2003
We were surprised how close to completion she was, only engine controls, some wiring and the fitting of a new hydraulic drive and winch were outstanding in major work, perhaps 250 hours work left to get her into the water.
The first new exploration was the Te Maire Reserve - we took a 10 minute walk to reach a loop walk which takes a further one hour forty minutes to complete.
We tried a new route to get to Taumarunui when we left Egmont, we went North from Stratford towards New Plymouth, then on the SH40 - it turned out to be a much less memorable road with more gravel than the SH43 and overall it took longer - not recommended.
www.uniquelynz.com /nz03-p6.htm   (4722 words)

  
 Australia & New Zealand
Both Britz and Maui are available in Australia and New Zealand, however space limits us from providing details of the whole range, so please call for details.
Transfers (New Zealand) : Airport to rental depot transport is included on collection of your vehicle (except in Wellington).
With accommodation and transport all-in-one, a motorhome is the most convenient way to travel around New Zealand at your own pace.
www.1stforcampervanhire.com /australia.html   (1694 words)

  
 Wwoof New Zealand Hosts
New gardens around this building are being established.
We have no need for organic certification, as we do not sell much produce, but we are committed to organic methods and support GE free New Zealand.
We have been active in organic agriculture in New Zealand and other countries for more than 25 years and are active in the Organic Farm NZ Coromandel Group.
www.wwoof.co.nz /guestregion.php?region=3   (3994 words)

  
 BoatPoint New Zealand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
While I am sure the Stabi-Craft would have gone the distance, none of us looked forward to the 20-mile head-butt to weather, and we all knew Colville channel and the exposed tip of Coromandel were not the places to be that day.
Disclaimer: Prices and specifications supplied are for the market in New Zealand only and were correct at time of first publication.
BoatPoint New Zealand makes no warranty as to the accuracy of specifications or prices.
www.boatpoint.co.nz /Reviews/BoatTestMain.asp?ID=117792   (2317 words)

  
 Great Barrier Island --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Separated from the Coromandel Peninsula (south) by Colville Channel, it is the largest island off North Island, with a total land area of 110 square miles (285 square km).
The degree of mobility of organisms and the methods for dispersal of eggs or seeds are important in understanding how species overcome environmental barriers and colonize new areas.
Illustrated overview of marine national parks in New Zealand.
www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9037835   (999 words)

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