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In the News (Thu 16 Feb 12)

  
  About New Zealand - People
New Zealand has a population of around 3.65 million.
People from a wide range of European countries have arrived since Captain James Cook to make up 75% of the population while Maori make up about 10%.
People from China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, etc have also settled in New Zealand making for a diverse population mix.
www.innz.co.nz /about/people.html   (157 words)

  
  New Zealand People an Society   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
New Zealand is well known for the people being friendly, helpful and law-abiding and the political and economic climate is stable.
New Zealanders are naturally curious about the outside world and travel extensively, however many opt to remain outside New Zealand as a result.
New Zealand is estimated to have a population of 4.04 million, with almost 85% living in urban areas (over 1 million in Auckland alone), and 75% living in the North Island.
www.godzone.com /aboutnz/people.htm   (287 words)

  
 New Zealand People : People in New Zealand
New Zealanders are also responsible for the tranquilliser gun, seismic 'base' isolators (rubber and lead blocks which minimise earthquake damage), electric fences, the fastest motorbike in the world, freezer vacuum pumps, stamp vending machines, wide-toothed shearing combs, and the electronic petrol pump--to name a few!
New Zealand was also one of the earliest countries to grant women the right to vote and has a strong trade union tradition.
In the early part of the century the New Zealand economy was largely dependent on agriculture and the export of primary produce.
www.tourism.net.nz /new-zealand/about-new-zealand/people.html   (1020 words)

  
 Category:New Zealand people - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This category lists famous people from New Zealand.
There are 16 subcategories shown below (more may be shown on subsequent pages).
New Zealand people by ethnic or national origin
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:New_Zealand_people   (79 words)

  
 New Zealand - The People
One theory was the so-called 'Maruiwi myth', which suggested that the first inhabitants of new Zealand had been a different and probably inferior race to the later Maori.
Therefore Pakeha [Maori term for European settlers and their descendants] expropriation of the same land on the basis of their superior civilisation was in accordance with the principle of the survival of the fittest.
I have frequently heard (usually right-wing) European New Zealanders using the Maoris' alleged extermination of the Moriori in New Zealand as justification of European mistreatment of Maori.
members.tripod.com /~affair/nz/people.htm   (2719 words)

  
 The New Zealanders - Better Britons - Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
In the 1890s a New Zealand Natives Association was established ‘to create a feeling of patriotism and nationality’ among the New Zealand-born community.
The sense of a distinctive New Zealand people was intensified by circumstances that catapulted New Zealand into the world, and forced its people to compare themselves with others.
New Zealand came to be seen as ‘the social laboratory of the world’.
www.teara.govt.nz /NewZealanders/NewZealandPeoples/TheNewZealanders/4/en   (659 words)

  
 FARMING IN NEW ZEALAND: The People, the Skills, the Opportunities
New Zealand farmers are amongst the most efficient in the world and their efficiency is constantly rising.
New Zealand farmers have always been at the forefront of technological improvement in pastoral farming and are amongst the first to adopt new technologies into their farming systems.
New Zealand benefits from an educated farming population, and an extensive network of research and development organisations, and extension services.
www.maf.govt.nz /mafnet/rural-nz/overview/nzoverview016.htm   (706 words)

  
 People of New Zealand
Nearly 75% of the people, including a large majority of Maori, live on the North Island.
Nearly 85% of New Zealand's population lives in urban areas (with almost one-third in Auckland alone), where the service and manufacturing industries are growing rapidly.
New Zealanders colloquially refer to themselves as "Kiwis," after the country's native bird.
infotut.com /geography/New-Zealand/People   (294 words)

  
 New Zealand Travel Information | Lonely Planet Destination Guide
New Zealand is a country of rare seismic beauty: glacial mountains, fast-flowing rivers, deep, clear lakes, hissing geysers and boiling mud.
When To Go The weather is never so miserable that there's no point in going to New Zealand: there are things to see and do all year round.
New Zealand filmmaker Peter Jackson, director of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, had a lot of help from his countrymen.
www.lonelyplanet.com /worldguide/destinations/pacific/new-zealand   (350 words)

  
 Audit New Zealand | Our People   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Terry is Audit New Zealand's Executive Director responsible for the leadership of Audit New Zealand.
She joined Audit New Zealand on secondment from the Audit Commission in January 2006 and is working on a range of central government departments as well as the audits of the long term community plans in local government.
Prior to his return to Audit New Zealand, he was a Director with an accounting and advisory firm in Singapore, where he managed and co-ordinated significant cross-border projects on business controls, risk management, due diligence, regulatory compliance and corporate governance for many top-tier local and global corporations with operations in the Asia-Pacific region.
www.auditnz.govt.nz /people.php   (4678 words)

  
 Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand People: Nandor Tanczos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Born in England to a Hungarian father and South African mother, and having lived in New Zealand on and off since he was seven years old, Nandor's varied cultural heritage runs deep.
His pivotal role in persuading the government to allow hemp cultivation to begin in New Zealand is one of the things of which he is most proud.
There is a venerable tradition of non violent protest in New Zealand, from Te Whiti o Rongomai to the anti-nuclear protests of the 70s and 80s," he says.
www.greens.org.nz /people/tanczos_n.asp   (2140 words)

  
 Maori People - Auckland Museum New Zealand
Maori are the indigenous people of Aotearoa – New Zealand, and Auckland Museum is the guardian of the largest and most significant collection of Maori treasures in the world.
He Taonga Maori also relates a story of a people that underwent and is still undergoing considerable change as they adapted their way of life after the arrival of European settlers.
The effect of He Taonga Maori is to present a people with a rich and diverse history and who have been able to retain their ethnic identity today, despite the influences of the past two centuries.
www.aucklandmuseum.com /?t=333   (414 words)

  
 New Zealand Travel & Accommodation Guide
New Zealand travel guide with pictures and maps.
Includes new zealand accommodation reviews, scuba diving and surfing vacations, honeymoon and wedding venues, backpacking and adventure travel and history, nature and culture.
New Zealand, or Aotearoa as the indigenous Maoris know it by, is the most populated of the South Pacific Islands with over 4 million people - a mix of indigenous Maoris and European and Asian settlers.
www.pacific-travel-guides.com /new-zealand   (417 words)

  
 New Zealand Vacations - Hotels New Zealand - New Zealand Hotels
This is what is awaiting you in New Zealand.
One of the greatest things about traveling in New Zealand is simply hearing the stories that are told in every city and town.
The people of New Zealand are extremely friendly and love to spend time talking to other people who have come to visit their country.
www.newzealandhotelfinder.com   (560 words)

  
 New Zealand - Our people
There are just over four million New Zealanders, and every single one is either an immigrant or descended from one.
New Zealand is a multicultural society and that’s a commonly used word to describe the infusion of cultures and ethnicities in New Zealand.
We embrace and celebrate the richness and diversity of people who choose to make New Zealand their new home.
www.immigration.govt.nz /nzopportunities/aboutnz/ourpeople   (311 words)

  
 New Zealand Theatre
The New Zealand Comedy Guild offers a unified voice for comedians in their communications with other branches of the industry.
The Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand Inc exists to promote, encourage and facilitate the performance, appreciation and study of the works of William Shakespeare and his contemporaries.
A database of New Zealand theatre and performance venues, spaces, with architectural drawings in CAD / dxf form.
www.zeroland.co.nz /new_zealand_theater.html   (567 words)

  
 New Zealand Photography
Photos published on the New Zealand Photography website range across a wide range of subjects: From local events right through to picturesque landscapes.
Most of New Zealand's population is concentrated in the North Island, which makes the South Island perfect for those in search of solitude.
The photographer Ramnish Gupta is based in Wellington, New Zealand and focusses a lot on aerial photography as most of the image galleries will suggest.
www.newzealandphotography.co.nz   (437 words)

  
 SecureMail - People - New Zealand E-government Programme
Note: Many people may have an ISP that is an accredited SecureMail service provider, in which case, their ISP may be able to upgrade their existing mailbox to a SecureMail mailbox.
People cannot authenticate themselves solely by using their SecureMail address because SecureMail only authenticates the FROM: address, not the sender.
People should not access SecureMail through insecure public access points, unless they can use a form of strong authentication, not susceptible to theft/capture, such as a one-time-password token.
www.e.govt.nz /services/securemail/people.html   (1249 words)

  
 New Zealand Guide Book
The Weather section gives maximum and minimum temperatures for most New Zealand cities as well as recommendations for what to wear at different times of the year.
The Food section includes recipies for foods only (or mostly) from New Zealand as well as cultural discussions about food.
And finally, The Hitchhiker's Guide to New Zealand is a comical coverage of geography, history, politics, and culture.
www.nz.com /new-zealand/guide-book   (246 words)

  
 People Of New Zealand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
If you would like to use this flag of New Zealand or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
If you would like to use this map of New Zealand or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
If you would like to use this information for New Zealand or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
www.appliedlanguage.com /country_guides/new_zealand_country_people.shtml   (348 words)

  
 Keith Locke - Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand People
Keith was the New Zealand's Herald's Backbencher of the Year 2002.
Change and new ideas were sweeping New Zealand in the 1960's.
Keith found himself facilitating contacts between a range of New Zealand groups (union, student, women's, peace, church and Maori) and their counterparts in the Philippines.
www.greens.org.nz /people/locke_k.asp   (1434 words)

  
 Nanocluster Devices - Christchurch New Zealand - People
Simon A. Brown received a B. Sc (Hons) degree from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand in 1986 and a Ph.
In 1990 he emigrated to New Zealand and set up Holliday Electronics Ltd, which became the leading electronic design services company in New Zealand.
Phil is regularly asked to speak throughout New Zealand on HiTech industry topics, sits on several boards and committees, and is very active in the economic development community in Christchurch.
www.nanoclusterdevices.com /index.cfm/People/Directors   (589 words)

  
 New Zealand People - Auckland Museum New Zealand
These galleries tell the story of the people of New Zealand, from the earliest settlements of the Maori to the explorers, navigators, seafarers and immigrants that have made this place their home.
Experience the power and beauty of the most precious taonga (treasures) of iwi from throughout New Zealand.
Enter the premises of several key local businesses in the small port township of Auckland 1866, in the year after the capital of the infant colony of New Zealand had moved south to Wellington.
www.aucklandmuseum.com /print.asp?t=325   (252 words)

  
 Shorebird research in New Zealand: people
Here are some of the key people involved in research on Northern Hemisphere migrants in New Zealand and elsewhere.
Phil is involved in the Ornithological Society of New Zealand and is the principal investigator in their wader movements project.
Theunis has strong research links with Australia and New Zealand, particularly through benthos and shorebird studies in Northwest Australia, global demographic monitoring on godwits and knots (read about the Global Flyway Network), and fuelling and flight capacity of migrant godwits travelling to and from New Zealand.
www.nzshorebirds.com /people.html   (674 words)

  
 Upskilling New Zealand business people
New Zealand Trade and Enterprise can provide the training you need, or point you in the right direction.
Your project for developing enterprising attitudes in New Zealanders might qualify for help from this fund.
NZTE, in partnership with Gosling Chapman, runs practical, comprehensive courses that prepare New Zealand companies to deal with the complexities of exporting.
www.nzte.govt.nz /QuickFindTopics/11798.aspx   (225 words)

  
 Shift Case Studies : People First New Zealand
People First is a worldwide organisation that encourages and assists people with an intellectual disability to speak and act for themselves – self-advocacy.
With the help of IHC New Zealand, People First New Zealand engaged Shift to establish a website for People First New Zealand to enable them to share information with members and spread their word.
The primary objective for this project was to develop a website to meet the needs of an audience with intellectual and often physical disabilities.
www.shift.co.nz /cases/people_first.html   (220 words)

  
 History of the Maori People - New Zealand Aotearoa
The arrival of the Maori people to New Zealand is deemed as somewhat of a mystery.
In the south the bird life was hunted to extinction, the most famous of which being the Moa, the spectacular flightless bird that could reach up to 3.7m in height.
The high-ranking men were decorated with intricate tattoos on their faces and buttocks, while women of similar prestige wore moko’s, a facial tattoo on the chin.
www.newzealandnz.co.nz /maori   (655 words)

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