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  New Zealand Info - Encyclopedia WikiWhat.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
New Zealand is somewhat isolated in the ocean and consists of two main islands (prosaically known as the North Island and the South Island) and numerous smaller islands.
New Zealand is a Constitutional Monarchy with a parliamentary democracy Under the New Zealand Royal Titles Act 1953 Queen Elizabeth II, is Queen of New Zealand, and is represented as head of state by the Governor General, Dame Silvia Cartwright.
New Zealand's most popular sports are rugby (primarily rugby union but also rugby league), soccer, (the most popular sport amongst children), cricket, and netball (the sport with the most players); golf, tennis, rowing and a variety of water sports, particularly sailing.
www.wikiwhat.com /encyclopedia/n/ne/new_zealand.html   (2652 words)

  
 New Zealand Progressive Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Progressive Party is a political party in New Zealand.
In particular, the party's parliamentary leader, Anderton, and the party's organizational leader and president, Matt McCarten, became involved in a significant dispute.
However, as the Progressives brought fewer seats to the coalition than the Alliance had, the new party's influence was not as great.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_Zealand_Progressive_Party   (942 words)

  
 New Zealand Progressive Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Progressive Party (initially the Progressive Coalition) is a political party in the New Zealand Parliament.
The Progressive Party was established by a faction of the Alliance, a left-wing party that does not presently hold seats in parliament but which was once the third largest party there.
In particular, the party's parliamentary leader (Jim Anderton) and the party's organizational leader (Matt McCarten) became involved in a significant dispute.
www.lighthousepoint.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/New_Zealand_Progressive_Party   (752 words)

  
 New Zealand (09/05)
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 /r/pa/ei/bgn/35852.htm   (4191 words)

  
 New Zealand. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
New Zealand comprises the North Island and the South Island (the two principal islands), Stewart Island, and the Chatham Islands.
Among the unusual animals native to New Zealand are the kiwi, certain species of parrot, the tuatara (survivor of a prehistoric order of reptiles), and various frogs and reptiles.
New Zealand’s government consists of the governor-general (representing the British crown), a prime minister and cabinet (the effective executive), and a 120-seat unicameral parliament (the House of Representatives) whose members are elected for three-year terms.
www.bartleby.com /65/ne/NewZlnd.html   (1077 words)

  
 United Future New Zealand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
United Future was formed to contest the New Zealand general election 2002 from the merger of centrist party United New Zealand and Christian-dominated conservative Future New Zealand.
Critics of the party, however, claim that the partys refusal to call itself Christian is merely a branding exercise, with the party not wanting to limit its appeal.
However, the party suffered a minor embarrassment when one of its list MPs, Kelly Chal, was forced to give up her seat after it was disclosed that she wasnt a citizen of New Zealand at the time of the election.
read-and-go.hopto.org /United-Future-New-Zealand   (484 words)

  
 ★ New Zealand Information. Information about NZ
New Zealand is a country in the Southwest Pacific.
Until 2004, appeals from decisions of the Court of Appeal could be appealed to Her Majesty in Council, who referred the case to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London.
New Zealand schools have a four term year, of about 10 weeks each, and two or three weeks holidays between terms.
www.mkiwi.com /New+Zealand+information   (2474 words)

  
 Articles - Political progressivism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Progressives in the US were strong in the early parts of the 20th century.
The term progressive is popular in Australia, since many on the left usually support either the Labor Party, the Democrats or the Greens, opposed to the right-wing Liberal Party of Australia.
The party is often described as right wing by supporters and critics alike, but they have several policies which are closer to the left wing.
www.lastring.com /articles/Progressivism   (445 words)

  
 An evaluation of New Zealand political party Websites.
The parliamentary parties had a mean score of 3.86 and for the non-parliamentary parties the mean score was 1.5.; While the t-test results showed that the difference between the means of the two groups is not statistically significant (p=.1), there are several points worth examining.
New Zealand First, which has been in existence for ten years and is the third largest party in parliament, only provided one e-mail address for the whole party.
Again, the situation in New Zealand conforms to the findings of Gibson and Ward (2002) in that party competition in cyberspace is relatively 'normal,' with the major parties being more visible than their minor and non-parliamentary counterparts.
informationr.net /ir/9-4/paper196.html   (10543 words)

  
 Progressive Party’s debt policy welcomed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Progressive leader Jim Anderton said the scheme will cost approximately $100 million a year, or $300 million after three years, as a new set of graduates joins each year.
Progressive deputy leader Matt Robson said New Zealand’s economic and social development is being hindered by student debt.
New Zealand University Students Association (NZUSA) co-president Fleur Fitzsimons also backed the Progressive’s stance and called on the Labour party to commit to solving the student debt nightmare instead of letting it spiral further out of control.
www.times.co.nz /education/printer_1473.shtml   (468 words)

  
 New Zealand Progressive Political Party - Liquor lobby's Parliamentary privilege revoked
Progressive MP Matt Robson told the Cutting Edge conference on alcohol, drug, and co-existing disorders in Dunedin today that he feels proud to have played a part in revoking an inappropriate privilege that had been wrongly extended to the powerful liquor industry.
The Progressive Party needs to win at least 1.3% of the Party Vote to ensure Matt Robson is returned to Parliament so he can advance his Bill.
Under Parliament's rules, it is up to the new incoming government to either keep Matt's Bill alive or to bury it.
www.progressiveparty.org.nz /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2095   (430 words)

  
 Conservative New Progressive Resources from the Right Side of the Web   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
BlueDraft.com was created to bring attention to the leadership race for the new Conservative Party of Canada, as well as to support the process of...
A new book due out Nov. 1 identifies Bishop Robert Finn of the Kansas City-St. Joseph Catholic Diocese as one of four Opus Dei bishops in the United States.
Progressives' hopes for surprises from the new Pope may be in vain
www.rtside.com /directory/conservative-new-progressive.html   (370 words)

  
 Progressive Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The term Progressive Party is used to describe several groups, both past and present, around the world.
In the United Kingdom - Progressive Party (UK), a defunct municipal party for the London County Council based around the Liberal Party
This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Progressive_Party   (153 words)

  
 Scoop: New Zealand 'Big Brother' Awards
The awards, for outstanding contributions to the abuse of privacy in New Zealand, are modelled on Big Brother Awards held annually in many countries around the world.
This company, which is the guardian of most New Zealanders' credit records, has a history of failure to correct information, even where blatant mistakes are made, and charging what many see as an unreasonable amount for people to access their own credit records.
Although many public registers fulfil a necessary function, their proliferation, the vast amount of information cross-checking among them provides about New Zealanders, and the fact that access to them is often unrestricted by reference to the purpose for their existence, mean that they indeed pose a long-term menace to privacy.
www.scoop.co.nz /stories/PO0404/S00217.htm   (1684 words)

  
 New Zealand Progressive Political Party - English off the planet
"I have one approach and that is to be pragmatic and proactive in the interests of lifting the living standards of all New Zealanders.
If a policy is working - the Progressive Party will support it, if it doesn't, we'll dump it.
That's hardly a great threat to New Zealand's education system or anyone else in the country," Jim Anderton said.
www.progressiveparty.org.nz /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2027   (281 words)

  
 PR18: New Zealand’s Deputy Leader of the Progressive Coalition Party, Honourable Mr Matt Robson, Visits OPCW
On 27 August 2003, the Deputy Leader of the Progressive Coalition Party of New Zealand, Hon.
In this regard, New Zealand’s efforts aimed at promoting the CWC in the Pacific Region were emphasised.
Mr Brian Hawtin commended New Zealand’s contribution to the implementation of the Convention and strong support of the OPCW’s work in chemical disarmament.
www.opcw.org /html/global/press_releases/2k3/PR18_2003.html   (316 words)

  
 Political Parties in New Zealand
Please Note: Elections New Zealand explains that "In order to be able to contest the Party Vote, political parties have to be registered with the Electoral Commission.
While independent candidates and members of an unregistered party can contest electorate seats using their party name, they are not able to contest the Party Vote."
Because registration status changes from time to time, Mondo Politico recommends that you check the New Zealand Elections site for up-to-date information concerning which parties are registered.
www.mondopolitico.com /parties/nz/nz.nat.pp.htm   (80 words)

  
 Scoop: Flag Burning Is Not Speech
The Progressive Party will be inside a coalition with Labour, and the Green Party has committed to support the government during confidence and supply votes but misses out on having a role inside the executive.
Sue Bradford Warns CTU About The Election's Bad News - The new government is bad news for unions and bad news for New Zealand workers, Green Party Industrial Relations Spokesperson Sue Bradford told the CTU Biennial Conference in Wellington this morning.
“While New Zealand First presents a mixed picture in its approach to worker issues it has mostly voted against the ERA, reforms to ACC and most other related legislation.,” Ms Bradford said.
www.scoop.co.nz /stories/PA0405/S00463.htm   (611 words)

  
 New Zealand Travel Documents   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
New Zealand Travel Minisite for all your Travel Needs to and around New Zealand: Custom Vacations, Pre-packaged Specialty/Adventure Tours, Online...
...and vetting processes for New Zealand citizenship and reduces the likelihood of successful forgery and misuse of New Zealand travel documents.
Act 1992, which provides for the issue, renewal and cancellation of New Zealand travel documents.
www.travel-freak.com /OPG/new-zealand-travel-documents.html   (671 words)

  
 Learn more about New Zealand in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Learn more about New Zealand in the online encyclopedia.
Enter a phrase or search word in the box below.
Hint: Play with putting spaces before and after your words to see the different results you get.
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /n/ne/new_zealand.html   (2692 words)

  
 New Zealand Progressive Political Party
Progressive Leader Jim Anderton campaigned in Wigram during the election campaign with Prime Minister and Labour Leader Helen Clark, at Hamilton Jet.
Together, Helen and Jim have formed the most stable coalition MMP government New Zealand has seen.
A new policy to actively encourage councils to get involved in cooperative housing was announced today by Jim Anderton, while he visited the house he bought with family benefit capitalisation.
www.progressive.org.nz   (293 words)

  
 New Zealand Progressive Party - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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Economically, the party is left-wing, and places particular attention on economic development in the regions (rather than in financial centres such as Auckland).
Recently, the party has been promoting its proposal for four weeks of annual leave from work and an "anti-drugs" policy.
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /new_zealand_progressive_party.htm   (691 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- New Zealand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Over the past 20 years the government has transformed New Zealand from an agrarian economy dependent on concessionary British market access to a more industrialized, free market economy that can compete globally.
New Zealand is heavily dependent on trade - particularly in agricultural products - to drive growth.
New Zealand dollars per US dollar - 1.5087 (2004), 1.7221 (2003), 2.1622 (2002), 2.3788 (2001), 2.2012 (2000)
www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/nz.html   (1152 words)

  
 Political Resources on the Net - New Zealand I (Parties and Organizations)
Rainbow Branch of the New Zealand Labour Party
New Zealand Progressive Political Party A NZ socialist party
New Zealand National Front A political party dedicated to preserving kiwi culture
www.politicalresources.net /nz.htm   (84 words)

  
 Alliance New Zealand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Staunch Alliance is the youth and student wing of the Alliance - Aotearoa/New Zealand's most progressive party.
Like our parent party, Staunch Alliance is based on left wing progressive principles.
For this reason we support a truly progressive tax system.
www.alliance.org.nz /menu.php3?target=staunch.php3   (419 words)

  
 The World Factbook 2004 -- New Zealand
ACT New Zealand [Richard PREBBLE]; Green Party [Jeanette FITZSIMONS and Rod DONALD]; National Party or NP [Don BRASH]; New Zealand First Party or NZFP [Winston PETERS]; New Zealand Labor Party or NZLP [Helen CLARK]; Progressive Coalition [James (Jim) ANDERTON]; United Future or UF [Peter DUNNE]
Per capita income has been rising and is now 80% of the level of the four largest EU economies.
New Zealand dollars per US dollar - 1.7229 (2003), 2.1622 (2002), 2.3788 (2001), 2.2012 (2000), 1.8896 (1999)
www.brainyatlas.com /geos/nz.html   (1031 words)

  
 Election 2005 - New Zealand Votes
Like most democracies, New Zealand has many political parties.
Registered parties who are currently represented in Parliament are:
Registered parties that do not currently have seats in Parliament are:
www.nzvotes.org /index.cfm/parties   (43 words)

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