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	John Banks (New Zealand) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Honourable John Archibald Banks QSO (born 2 December 1946) has made a career as a New Zealand politician.
		He served for a time as Chairman of the New Zealand Licensed Restaurant and Cabaret Association.
		For a time, rumours suggested that he might return to national politics, standing as a candidate either for the National Party or for ACT New Zealand.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Banks_(New_Zealand) (1058 words)

	New Zealand (09/04)
		New Zealand was declared a dominion by a royal proclamation in 1907.
		New Zealand was a direct beneficiary of many of the reforms achieved under the Uruguay Round of trade negotiations, with agriculture in general and the dairy sector in particular enjoying many new trade opportunities.
		New Zealand is an active member of the global coalition in the War against Terrorism, and deployed SAS troops to Afghanistan, and naval and air assets to the Persian Gulf.
	www.state.gov /outofdate/bgn/n/47522.htm (3528 words)

	John Hall (New Zealand) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		December 18, 1824 – June 25, 1907) was born in Kingston upon Hull, England, and later became the Prime Minister of New Zealand.
		On October 8, 1879, he was appointed the Premier of New Zealand, although poor health caused him to resign the position less than three years later.
		In the final years of his life he was elected mayor of Christchurch, where he died.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Hall_(New_Zealand) (192 words)

	* NZine * Changing Roles, Changing Goals - Graduate women, New Zealand graduate women, women in politics, women in ...
		New Zealand now has its first woman Prime Minister heading a minority government of centre right persuasion, and the Leader of the Opposition is also a woman.
		New Zealand was the first country in the world to give women the vote, in 1893.
		A New Zealand survey was conducted by the ministry of Research Science and Technology to examine the experiences of a cohort of graduates in the first five years after they graduated.
	www.nzine.co.nz /features/grad1.html (1390 words)

	Bloomberg.com: U.K. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		July 25 (Bloomberg) -- New Zealanders are debating whether to change the South Pacific country's flag, removing references to its past as a British colony and adopting a symbol that represents the national identity.
		The fern, worn on the jerseys of All Blacks, the world's top-ranked rugby team, is a national symbol originating from the leaf of a native New Zealand fern, the Cyathea Dealbata, whose upper side is green and underside is silver.
		Some New Zealanders are incensed by the prospect of dumping an ensign that led the country into both world wars, the Korean War, Vietnam War and conflicts in Borneo and Malaysia.
	www.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000102&sid=a3MzXZxasOj8 (876 words)

	NZ Jewish Archives - Temple Sinai (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The New Zealand Jewish Archives, incorporating Wellington Jewish Archives, is situated in several rooms at the back of the Jewish Community Centre, 80 Webb Street, Wellington, New Zealand.
		New Zealand has a strong commitment to Israel and is considered to have given the most emigrants to that country in proportion to its population than any other country in the world.
		The total Jewish population of New Zealand is estimated at around 5,000 (at the time of writing) with most being in Auckland and Wellington.
	www.sinai.org.nz /community/nzarchives.html (1981 words)

	Viki Buck - Women in Local Government
		I have been Mayor of Christchurch for 9 years, which entails the position of Chair of Christchurch City Council and a general leadership role in Christchurch community.
		Although when I first stood for Mayor I also became a mother for the first time and there was a lot of debate about managing both in the newspapers.
		There are two other women Mayors nearby in adjacent smaller local authorities and a significant number of women mayors now throughout New Zealand.
	www.unescap.org /huset/women/profiles/buck.html (612 words)

	New Zealand
		Daljit Singh, president of the New Zealand Sikh Society, said the new place of worship is the culminating result of one year in planning and two years building.
		Papakura Mayor John Robertson said he welcomes the establishment of the gurudwara and looks forward to an increasing number of Sikhs contributing as community members and investors in commerce.
		She was given a tour of the museum and briefed on Sikh history, the role of Sikhs in World Wars, and the state sponsored genocide in Punjab during the 1980s.
	www.sikhiwiki.org /index.php?title=New_Zealand (366 words)

	Beehive.govt.nz - Text of agreement between Government of New Zealand and the Mayors' Taskforce for Jobs
		In February 2000, a group of Mayors from throughout New Zealand met in Christchurch to establish a MAYORS TASKFORCE for JOBS, which would be a national focus for Mayors concerned about the future of work and livelihood in our communities.
		Since the launch the Taskforce has gained increasing support and Mayors from around the country have seen the Taskforce as a way to provide leadership on the crucial issue of employment and livelihood in their communities, to support local initiatives and to work together to share successful projects and solutions.
		Mayors will participate in the development of regional/local action groups, which will develop clearly articulated long term strategies to work on whole of government solutions in their areas.
	www.beehive.govt.nz /ViewDocument.aspx?DocumentID=15039 (1582 words)

	Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice - Newsletter -- Features (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Kyiv (near Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant), and Peristeri, Greece were joined by a Belgian Senator who participated in citizens inspection teams in his country, and city officials from Honolulu and New York City, in presenting formal statements to government delegates at the conference.
		Currently Mayors for Peace has 603 mayors in 108 countries, including 54+ in the United States, who are calling for a concrete timetable for the elimination of nuclear weapons worldwide.
		In addition, Mayors for Peace seeks to establish peace commissions in participating cities, and is developing The Hiroshima-Nagasaki Peace Study Course, as an accredited course in colleges and universities worldwide, with the component of students traveling to Hiroshima for experiential learning.
	home.comcast.net /~peacecenter/news2004G-features.html (1261 words)

	News - ‘Nagasaki’ Tree for Wellington’s Peace Garden
		A camphor tree, originating from a tree that survived the 1945 bombing of Nagasaki, is to be planted by Mayor Kerry Prendergast near the Peace Garden in the Wellington Botanic Garden.
		Mayor Prendergast, who is a member of the worldwide Mayors for Peace Network, will plant the tree at the foot of Norwood path adjacent to the Lady Norwood Rose Garden at 10.00am on Monday 27 June.
		The flame was presented by the people of Japan to New Zealand as a salute to our efforts to halt the spread of atomic weapons.
	www.wellington.govt.nz /news/display-item.php?id=2303 (353 words)

	City Mayors: Metro news from cities in Asia and Australia
		New developments, as well as major additions and redevelopments, will also be given up to two per cent additional gross floor area on top of the maximum area granted to them.
		The mayors of three New Zealand cities are keen to introduce some kind of road charging to ease traffic congestion in Auckland and neighbouring towns.
		If you know of mayors who have the vision, passion and skills to make their cities amazing places to live in, work in and visit nominate him or her now for World Mayor 2006.
	www.citymayors.com /news/metronews_asia.html (5366 words)

	The Mayor's Office - Christchurch, New Zealand
		As a fellow mayor said to me in New York earlier this year at the United Nations, it is on cities that nuclear bombs will fall, not on governments.
		Mayor to mayor, city to city, and person to person, we can build bridges of understanding and insight beyond the ability of our national leaders and corporate heads.
		Before I became Mayor my job was to establish work schemes with groups and communities hurt by the massive economic changes in New Zealand in the 1980’s.
	www.ccc.govt.nz /mayor/Speeches/2005/6thWorldConferenceOfMayorsForPeace.asp (886 words)

	A Capable Age — vivian Hutchinson (2002)
		As Mayors, you are perhaps some of the busiest people in your local communities...
		This is the first time in New Zealand’s history that so many Mayors have come together to act on a major social issue.
		The full “Memorandum of Understanding” between the Government of New Zealand and the Mayors Taskforce for Jobs, launched 12 September 2000 at The Beehive, is available at www.jobsletter.org.nz/mtfjobs/mtfjobs16.htm
	www.jobsletter.org.nz /vivian/youth02.htm (1429 words)

	The New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs : Resource material : Chief Executive’s Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The new legislation is strongly focused on outcomes.
		Mayors welcome our new citizens as representatives of both the local community and New Zealand as a whole.
		New Zealand STV has been supported by the Department’s development of certified software to count the votes, and preparation of an extensive education and information campaign.
	www.dia.govt.nz /diawebsite.nsf/c021d9ab485d28b3cc256ab800742a8e/b34b60ede16c2c76cc256f2e000b0d4e!OpenDocument (2839 words)

	New Zealand First
		New Zealand First has announced a policy of doubling police numbers as part of the party’s commitment to restoring law and order in this country.
		New Zealand First proposes to double the number of police over a five year period, starting in 2005 after the next election.
		Under our new policy each district commander will be obliged to provide monthly crime figures to the mayors of city and district councils and to discuss crime trends and clearance rates with these community leaders.
	www.nzfirst.org.nz /newsletter/jun03/index.php (480 words)

	News - Wellington Hosts 2006 Sister Cities NZ Conference
		This conference marks the 25th anniversary of the Sister Cities New Zealand organisation and the first Sister City relationship formed in New Zealand between Hastings and Guilin, China.
		Mayor Prendergast says Wellington is honoured to host this important conference which also celebrates the 50th anniversary of the worldwide sister cities movement.
		Mayor Prendergast says the delegates will not be expected to spend all their time hard at work.
	www.wellington.govt.nz /news/display-item.php?id=2553 (300 words)

	NZ Mayors Taskforce for Jobs
		Twenty Mayors and Deputies met with government officials from the Ministry of Social Development, the Ministry of Economic Development, the Department of Labour, the Tertiary Education Commission and Career Services to discuss the Taskforce strategy and the partnership with government agencies.
		The Mayors Taskforce Core Group has re-affirmed their commitment to getting every young New Zealander into work or education, and have issued a new statement of their vision and objectives for the 2004-2007 term.
		— Te Araroa News on Mayors Taskforce decision
	www.jobsletter.org.nz /mtfjobs.htm (2226 words)

	Te ARAROA - News
		The Mayors Taskforce for Jobs - launched a year ago to eliminate unemployment in the regions - has put Te Araroa into its strategic plan for 2001-2002.
		As from April 2001, the 31 mayors on the Taskforce have agreed to support Te Araroa - one of many initiatives at a local level, and one of its 12 nation-wide priorities that are expected to generate jobs.
		As at March 2001, 42% of all mayors throughout New Zealand have signed up to the initiative, and the Taskforce is working with the New Zealand Government, Local Government New Zealand, the Community Employment Group, and the Jobs Research Trust to battle unemployment.
	www.teararoa.org.nz /ta_news.php?if=1&news_id=23 (461 words)

	Making Hope Possible
		This illustrates a trend that is hard to swallow: in the new economy, economic growth does not automatically produce the same numbers of new jobs that growing economies produced a generation ago.
		Gavin Ellis, the Herald's editor-in-chief, wrote an essay arguing that the key to moulding New Zealand's collective future will be the acceptance that, at the beginning of the 21st century, social equity should not be defined by the social structures that were the product of the 19th century.
		Waitakere Mayor, Bob Harvey, is the deputy chairperson of the trust and its patrons are Sir Edmund Hillary and Wilson Whineray.
	www.newwork.com /Pages/Opinion/Huchinson/Hope.html (8384 words)

	Change & Diversity - 4. Women as Decision Makers
		In New Zealand, community and grassroots participation is the most common means used by women to influence decision-making.
		Under the new Mixed Member Proportional system of voting, the proportion of women MPs increased to 30% at the 1996 election, but there was still only one woman in Cabinet.
		While this is opening up new opportunities for rural communities, it is also at the heart of many of the issues raised by the district councillors.
	www.maf.govt.nz /mafnet/rural-nz/people-and-their-issues/demographics/change-and-diversity/change10.htm (5887 words)

	New Zealand Baseball
		New Zealanders are relatively new to the game of baseball.
		Sheep and deer are the primary source of meat in New Zealand and we observed a number of deer farms to and from the town.
		Since we were the first international team to play baseball in New Zealand, the local TV station had arrived with a beautiful former Olympic winning anchor lady to talk to us.
	www.hihard1.com /nzlhmpg1.html (1585 words)

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		During her time as Mayor she has initiated, been part of and continued numerous projects for the development and improvement of her local authority.
		Bourke also feels her approach and style as a women Mayor is different to that of her male colleagues in that she is less authoritarian and less formal.
		Her future plans are to find new work that offers as many challenges as those she has found in local government.
	www.unescap.org /huset/women/swiulg/new_zealand/mary_bourke.doc (759 words)

	Seattle Mayor Nickels - US Mayors Climate Protection Agreement
		Mayors inside and outside of the Conference continue to formalize their commitment by signing on to the agreement.
		Mayor Nickels, along with a growing number of other US mayors, is leading the development of a US Mayors Climate Protection Agreement ; our goal was for at least 141 mayors to sign onto the Agreement by the time of the U.S. Conference of Mayors June 2005 meeting in Chicago.
		The 2005 Conference of Mayors is the official nonpartisan organization of the nation's 1183 U.S. cities with populations of 30,000 or more.
	www.ci.seattle.wa.us /mayor/climate (1734 words)

	I Inhaled, Then Threw Up - Blumsky (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		He and the others are supported by more than half of New Zealand's 74 mayors.
		Lower Hutt Mayor John Terris said the country's mayors would be failing the community if they didn't speak out in opposition.
		Wanganui Mayor Chas Poynter, who has held discussions with Police Minister George Hawkins and Opposition Leader Jenny Shipley on the issue, said that so far 44 of the country's 74 mayors were against decriminalisation.
	www.mapinc.org /drugnews/v00.n1147.a11.html (351 words)

	New Zealand News.Net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		New Zealand News.Net is part of an international network of news sites, dedicated to the major regions, countries and cities of the world.
		Links to New Zealand sports sites, and a regional map are also features of our site, and we regularly provide polls of general interest.
		For news on any major region, country or city, a local map, links to newspapers, travel information and more, visit the News.Net network of sites.
	newzealandnews.net (1187 words)

	Commission Minutes Jan 2, 2001
		She added that she felt the testimony by many of the people tonight was vengeful talk, and she refused to vote for vengeance.
		Mayor Gray explained that the City needed a lobbyist.
		Mayor Gay reported he recently returned from a trade mission to several Asian countries.
	www.ci.great-falls.mt.us /records/minutes/yr2001/m01022001.htm (1511 words)

	Beehive.govt.nz - Maharey Notes - Issue 21 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Taskforce, which was established in April, brings together 21 Mayors from across New Zealand to provide a national focus of leadership on the jobs issue.
		CEG is physically located in nearly 30 local communities across New Zealand, and works in many more, creating local opportunities for employment and economic self-sufficiency.
		Cambridge, Gisborne, Huntly, Napier, New Plymouth, Rotorua, Taumarunui, Taupo, Te Araroa, Wairoa, Wanganui and Whakatane.
	www.beehive.govt.nz /ViewNewsletter.aspx?DocumentID=13562 (715 words)

	Massey News \| Article title (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Ms Tremaine’s paper, Women mayors say what it takes to lead: Setting theory against lived experience, was published last year in a special Australasian edition of Women in Management review, which was edited by Professor Judy McGregor.
		Ms Tremaine says that at the time of writing the paper she only had 10 transcripts to work from and she wasn’t sure whether overseas people would be interested in what was happening with New Zealand women mayors.
		Ms Tremaine says one mayor commented to her that if there was a choice between going to a function at Government House or going to a local pet day, she would choose the pet day.
	www.massey.ac.nz /~wwpubafs/_2001/publications_2001/Massey_News/May/may_21/stories/tremaine.html (388 words)

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