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  Extreme points of New Zealand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The southernmost town in New Zealand is Bluff.
The settlement of Waitangi on Chatham Island is New Zealand's easternmost settlement.
New Zealand · Niue · Pitcairn · Samoa · Tokelau · Tonga · Tuvalu · Wallis and Futuna
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Extreme_points_of_New_Zealand   (503 words)

  
 Market Reform: Lessons from New Zealand by Rupert Darwall - Policy Review, No. 118   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
New Zealand should be one of the fastest-growing countries in the world, a magnet for ambitious people looking for a better life.
New Zealand remains the only developed country to have scrapped farm support, a political achievement all the greater given that agriculture is New Zealand’s largest sector.
But the right in New Zealand assisted the left’s recovery and current ascendancy by rendering their own market principles inoperable, as these bore a diminishing resemblance to what they actually did when they were in government and to their policies when in opposition.
www.policyreview.org /apr03/darwall.html   (4591 words)

  
 New Zealand travel guide - Wikitravel
New Plymouth — New Plymouth is the port and main city in the Taranaki region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand.
New Zealand Escorted Coach Tours One of the most popular ways to tour NZ, escorted tours are designed for travellers who want a no-hassle holiday with everything catered for including the value and security of pre-booked hotels, sightseeing activities and the services of an experienced tour guide or coach captain that travels with you.
New Zealand Independent Coach Tours These unescorted multiday coach tours are designed for travellers who want the value and security of pre-booked hotels and sightseeing activities, but prefer more independent time with the option to add extra days or activities to suit their requirements.
wikitravel.org /en/New_Zealand   (10159 words)

  
 Category:Geography of New Zealand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The subcategories listed within this category sort geographical features of New Zealand by type.
The main article for this category is Geography of New Zealand.
List of New Zealand place names and their meanings
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:Geography_of_New_Zealand   (114 words)

  
 P1386H--Glaciers of New Zealand
Glaciers occur on the North Island on Mount Ruapehu and on the South Island along the crest of the Southern Alps from the Spenser Mountains in the north to southern Fiordland in the south.
However, Landsat imagery is useful in many cases in New Zealand for determining the rate and direction of glacier flow, changes in glacier snowline and margins, and past glacier extent on the basis of morainal sequences.
Early volumes of the New Zealand Alpine Journal contain accounts of the visits of Julius von Haast to the headwaters and glaciers of Rakaia and Rangitata Rivers in 1861, and to Tasman, Hooker, and Mueller Glaciers in 1862.
pubs.usgs.gov /prof/p1386h/nzealand/nzealand.html   (2459 words)

  
 New Zealand to Monitor Land Movement With Trimble GPS
"A CGPS network is particularly important in a country like New Zealand, where the land is being steadily deformed by the processes of plate tectonics as well as the occasional rapid deformation caused by large earthquakes," said geophysicist Dr. John Beavan, who leads the GNS side of the project.
The new chip provides higher speed, longer battery life, better satellite tracking and higher precision in extreme environments and is housed in an extremely rugged, fully-sealed, waterproof, magnesium alloy housing.
Issuers of news releases and not PR Newswire are solely responsible for the accuracy of the content.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=105&STORY=/www/story/11-15-2001/0001616470   (691 words)

  
 New Zealand Fly Fishing, New Zealand Trout Fishing : South Island   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The lodge is in the Southland region of New Zealand, one hour's drive south of Queenstown Airport and one hour's drive from Invercargill airport.
Southland is a sparsely populated region with extreme natural contrasts, ranging from the mountainous and lush areas of Fiordland to the plains of Southland at the southern tip of the South Island.
The Southland region is recognized world-wide as one of New Zealand's premier brown trout fisheries.
www.fishinginnewzealand.com /new_zealand_fly_fishing.htm   (709 words)

  
 God in the New World
In a few circles of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand, there was strong concern expressed about the orthodoxy of an article on "The Resurrection," and as soon as this came to the notice of the press, the debate left the confines of Presbyterian Church circles and became a public issue.
He proclaimed a new way of faith, by which man, in whatever generation he lives, is summoned by the Word of God to concern himself with the human scene, for this is God’s concern.
There is emerging today a new form of the church as the community of faith which is the leaven of that faith and of hope and of love in a unsettled world.
www.religion-online.org /showbook.asp?title=2738   (1147 words)

  
 New Zealand Extreme Snowboard Champs at Cardrona 1998
New Zealand Extreme Snowboard Champs at Cardrona 1998
The NZ Extreme snowboarding challenge at Cardrona Alpine Resort today was full of gut turning spectator action.
In the men's section it was a definite case of one upmanship that went beyond the event itself according to judge Jean Clairmonte.
www.boarderzone.com /98etaextreme.htm   (373 words)

  
 Seven new ideas for a democratic Iraq. By David Plotz
Carothers and others insist that a fledgling democracy should delay elections until new associations—business ties, social and professional networks, new political parties not based on tribal or religious affliation—have time to develop and compete with identity politics.
The blossoming of new, irreverent media may show Iraqis that public dispute is safe—a necessary starting point for political jockeying.
Read the introduction to Iraq's Progress and the new ideas for bringing law and order, civil society, economic recovery, and religious harmony to Iraq and using virtual world games to reconstruct it.
www.slate.com /id/2081984   (2020 words)

  
 Athletics New Zealand Archived News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Athletics New Zealand, who took over the responsibility for the staging of the marathon in July 1999, are looking at the event as the premier marathon for the new millennium.
The Athletics New Zealand selectors are to advise each athlete their target performance, the level of competition to be achieved in, and between which dates, such performances must be achieved.
New Zealand's Martin Lukes (Canterbury) finished in a creditable 49th place in the men's race, in only his second 100km to score a personal best for the distance which drew particular satisfaction having beaten the best from Australia, Poland, Hungary, Mexico, Ethiopia, and the Czech Republic.
www.athletics.org.nz /newsold.html   (15744 words)

  
 The New Zealand Edge : Media / NEWZEDGE : www.nzedge.com
"It evokes and reflects the courage, determination and loyalty of New Zealanders who served in and supported the war effort, as well as the accompanying grief, loss and suffering which NZ experienced." The sculpture is due to be completed by the end of the year.
As she points out, New Zealand is one of the few developed countries in the world where agriculture's contribution to the national gross domestic product has increased over the last few decades.
New Zealand enjoyed success at the 2006 Black and White Spider photography awards, with Jason Boa winning third place in the Nature category for “Field Waimate” and Jocelyn Carlin gaining an honourable mention in the same category for “Cabbage Tree”.
www.nzedge.com /media   (9069 words)

  
 THE NEW GALATIANS, Moriel Ministries
Those not bringing Israel The New Covenant have a mere social and political gospel which from the view point of scripture is no gospel at all.
Moreover, Jewish ritual fulfilled in Christ is used repeatedly in The New Testament as an illustration of doctrine (1 Corinthians 5:7-8, Hebrews 9: 1-22) and in accordance with biblical and apostolic tradition these observances remain a biblical way to re-enforce and illustrate our understanding of New Testament doctrine.
Hanna Weiss and Joseph Shulam claim that their views were misconstrued and misreported out of context and that they do not reject the deity of The Lord, but merely do not express it in accordance with the terminology of the Councils or Creeds of The Gentile Church.
www.moriel.org /sermons/new_galatians.htm   (2937 words)

  
 Latest News - How Science Is Skewed To Fuel Fears Of Marijuana
Opinion split into two extreme positions, with one side arguing that the consumption of marijuana is harmful under any circumstances while the other, appearing in force only after marijuana became popular in the 1960s, tends to portray marijuana as wholly harmless.
After a century of science, pseudoscience and distortions, it's obvious that new claims about the harms of marijuana use should be treated with a healthy dose of skepticism.
Earleywine is also skeptical of research linking marijuana use and schizophrenia, particularly the latest New Zealand study, led by David Fergusson, a respected researcher with the Christchurch School of Medicine and Health.
www.november.org /stayinfo/breaking3/MJScience.html   (1693 words)

  
 Genetic Modification: an Overview for Non-Scientists New Zealand Royal Commission on Genetic Modification 27jul01   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Genetic modification provides a way of giving a plant or animal new, inheritable qualities that is much faster than traditional breeding methods; these qualities may themselves be entirely new.
This new understanding opened up the possibility that the genetic coding of organisms could be altered to give them new characteristics in ways that natural evolution or selective breeding could not produce.
Quite the contrary, extreme caution is highly warranted in the use of GM technology.
www.mindfully.org /GE/GM-Overview-RCGM27jul01.htm   (855 words)

  
 The threat to Bush: Roberts might sail through! By Mickey Kaus
P.S.: In general, very few news stories quote the part of the email that undercuts the anti-Rove line--boosted in today's NYT--that "the White House was trying to retaliate against [Plame's] husband," Joseph Wilson, as opposed to simply discrediting Wilson's report.
New cars were developed so they could be built at GM's aging and inflexible plants, not to break new ground in the market.
Yesterday, however, Luskin declined to comment on a New York Times report that the release came as a result of negotiations involving Rove's and Cooper's attorneys, nor would he speculate that Cooper was released from his pledge in some other fashion than a direct conversation with Rove.
www.slate.com /id/2122431/&   (8438 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Team USA emerges from stupor to slam New Zealand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
They held New Zealand scoreless for a stretch of 6 ½ minutes and used a 15-0 run that included an eight-point possession to break things open.
Antonio Latimer scored 10 points over the final 2:13 — double his total for the previous four games of the tournament — and Puerto Rico (4-1) closed with a 12-4 run.
Menk Bateer led China (1-4) with 18 points and Yao Ming, the NBA's overall No. 1 draft pick by the Houston Rockets, finished with 13, six in the last quarter when Russia's lead was never less than 18 points.
www.usatoday.com /sports/basketball/2002-09-03-usa-new-zealand_x.htm   (1524 words)

  
 Computer Science
NSSN is also useful for tracking the status of a new development project, or identifying an individual who can interpret a standard.
It is also available as part of The New Zealand Digital Library Computer Science Bibliographies collection.
Extreme programming is a method of software development that maximizes programming efficiency.
library.albany.edu /subject/csci.htm   (8215 words)

  
 Pearl Izumi New Zealand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Richard is currently a member of the New Zealand Track Team, competing in the World Cup series, and for the first time in 2005 attending the World Championships.
On January 17 New Zealand will be informed of their number of MTB spots at the Olympics.
My goals for the medium term are to represent New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games in 2006, and a medal at the World Championships in Rotorua in 2006.
www.pearlizumi.co.nz /athletes.asp   (4218 words)

  
 Marginal Revolution   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Its people lived in an eddy of the global flow that entered the country at New York (where almost a quarter of the new immigrants stayed) and sluiced along the rail lines to California.
Indeed, in the wash of this passing current, the South was losing its own labor force, more swiftly each year, as fl workers left their homes looking for the better chances they had heard about in the North and West.
Some data on the potential for abuse and mistaken arrest or worse from the police is provided in a new Cato report, Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids in America, by Radley Balko.
www.marginalrevolution.com   (4351 words)

  
 MotorSport New Zealand RallyWeb   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
MotorSport New Zealand Inc is pleased to announce the 2006 Rally Xtreme Championship.
The Coordinators will determine an overall winner in each of the classes, by an aggregate of points scored from competitor’s best results in two of the three Resident Island Regional Rally Series specified events, plus the points gained from their chosen event in the Island of non residence.
We are delighted that the championship has an association with two very reputable and professional companies who already have significant synergies with the sport and Clubman's and Regional rallying.
www.motorsport.org.nz /Rally/nzclubrally/index.htm   (285 words)

  
 Bliss-Stick - New Zealand
New Zealand Bliss-Stick H.Q. This is it, home sweet home, where all the crazy stuff happens.
We also have an outstanding team of Boaters and Agents spread far and wide through our country who are happy to help out with demonstrations, advice and tuition on the finer points of paddling.
We're also happy to accommodate custom orders and settings as your right here where the boats are made and nationwide deliveries are only a matter of days.
www.bliss-stick.com /default.aspx?pageid=32   (284 words)

  
 Everything you love about New Zealand
Experience it first on one of Air New Zealand's 125 flights a week from Australia to New Zealand.
With so many flights, only Air New Zealand can take you where you want to go, when you want to go, on our network.
To celebrate the launch of our new advertising campaign, we're offering a range of trans-Tasman fares available for a limited time only.
www.flyertalk.com /forum/showthread.php?t=355116   (503 words)

  
 XtremeSystems.org :: Computing without limits!!!
The 4 heat pipes enter the main cooling section in 8 points, 4 on each side.
They are staggered in sets of two so that their frontal surface area is increased and the heat is distributed over the cooler more evenly.
This is the first ever PC2-6400 memory kit to be rated at CAS3 and also the one to feature EPP (Enhanced Performance Profiles), new memory standard that Corsair and NVIDIA came up with.
www.xtremesystems.com /index.php   (917 words)

  
 The Daily Beacon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The organizers of a vintage car event in New Zealand had a problem with sharp-beaked birds known as Keas.
Actually, the organizers say the Kiwi ninjas are only meant to scare away the birds, but let’s be honest — when you order ninjas for a bird problem, you know what you’re getting.
We give points to New Zealand for finding an innovative, proactive and ultimately ridiculous solution to an annoying problem.
dailybeacon.utk.edu /showarticle.php?articleid=49524   (233 words)

  
 Micah Challenge New Zealand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
To your left you can find news and coming events, prayer points, resources and key organisations.
Is a global Christian campaign that will raise a prophetic and powerful voice for and with the poor.
It is our vision statement, and it also tells our leaders how many New Zealanders care about justice for the poor.
www.micahchallenge.org.nz   (251 words)

  
 New Zealand Barefoot Water Ski Club   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
- Steph skied great and has a pending Junior Junior Girls NZ Trick Record as well as a new Junior Girls Jump record of 11.5 Metres - Barefoot New Zealand would like to give Eugene Sam a very special thanks for Coaching Steph for the 4 Months while she was training in SA.
- skies as a independent for New Zealand for the first time, She skied well and I'am sure has gained a lot of experience.
The New Zealanders do well at the 2005 Asian Australasian Championships.
www.nzbwsc.co.nz   (2028 words)

  
 Hutt Kendo Club, New Zealand Kendo in Wellington - Minoh, Japan sister city
Hutt Kendo Club, New Zealand Kendo in Wellington - Minoh, Japan sister city
Although in modern Kendo the points of attacks are limited, the strikes and thrusts that are performed during practice involve a freedom that inevitably leads to an element of competition.
Taken to the extreme, Kendo can degenerate into a contest carried out solely for the purpose of winning or losing.
huttkendo.org.nz /html/02aboutKendo/kata.html   (214 words)

  
 Krash - Online Shopping - Earn Points - SmileCity New Zealand
Krash covers anything and everything kids want to know about — from cars, extreme sports and technology, to the latest movies, music, games, toys, fashions, foods and fads.
For any other magazine, you will need to use that magazine's Take Offer button.
Your reward points will be issued after the claim is approved.
www.smilecity.co.nz /show.asp?urlid=304   (343 words)

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