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	New Zealand - Search View - MSN Encarta
		New Zealand is located within the Ring of Fire, a region encircling the Pacific Ocean where the movement of tectonic plates (huge segments of Earth’s crust) leads to volcanic and seismic activity.
		The monarch is represented in New Zealand by a governor-general.
		New Zealand is a founding member of the United Nations (UN) and a full member of the Commonwealth of Nations, a voluntary association of countries and dependencies with ties to the United Kingdom.
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	New Zealand - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
		New Zealand was initially made a dependency of New South Wales, Australia, but in 1841 it was constituted a separate crown colony.
		The European population of New Zealand grew from about 1,000 in the 1830s to nearly 60,000 in 1858, when parity with Maori was reached, and then rocketed to 500,000 by the early 1880s.
		New Zealand politics from the 1850s to the 1880s were dominated by a small elite of men who, having prospered in business and sheep farming, formed a landed gentry.
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	New Zealand - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The physical geography of New Zealand is closely connected with its geological structure, and is dominated by two intersecting lines of mountains and earth movements.
		In 1892 a new form of land tenure was introduced, under which large areas of crown lands were leased for 999 years, at an unchanging rent of 4% on the prairie value.
		The outbreak of the Boer War in October 1899 was followed in New Zealand by a prompt display of general and persistent warlike enthusiasm: politics ceased to be the chief topic of interest; the general election of 1899 was the most languid held for fifteen years.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /N/NE/NEW_ZEALAND.htm (10930 words)

	Charting the Pacific - Places
		New Zealand, the most advanced of the Pacific island independent countries, has one of the highest GDP per capita in the region.
		New Zealand is a parliamentary democracy with the British monarch as its Head of State.
		New Zealand introduced the universal suffrage for its (white) male citizens in 1890 and extended the franchise to women in 1893.
	www.abc.net.au /ra/pacific/places/country/new_zealand.htm (625 words)

	New Zealand - History - Hotel Near (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Under New Zealand's constitution, enacted in 1852, Maori were excluded from political decision-making and prevented from setting up their own form of government; although British subjects in name, they had few of the practical benefits and yet were increasingly expected to comply with British law.
		Political leadership was weak and yet New Zealand continued to grow with ongoing improvements in infrastructure - hydroelectric dams and roads - and enormous improvements in farming techniques, such as the application of superphosphate fertilizers, sophisticated milking machines and tractors.
		New Zealand signed the 1977 Gleneagles Agreement requiring it to "vigorously combat the evil of apartheid" and yet in 1981 the New Zealand Rugby Union courted a Springbok Tour, which sparked New Zealand's greatest civil disturbance since the labour riots of the 1920s.
	www.hotelnear.com /5438/12359g/New_Zealand-History.html (8158 words)

	Women & Canadian Elections
		At the close of nominations for the 2004 election, there were 391 women and 1,294 men among the 1685 candidates who had successfully filed their papers with Elections Canada.
		In the 2000 elections, 373 women were among the 1808 candidates; this figure represents 20.6% of the total.
		The 1993 federal election witnessed the emergence of a significant gender gap in support for the new party of the right: women were much less likely than men to vote Reform, a trend that continued in the 1997 federal election.
	www.sfu.ca /~aheard/elections/women.html (1798 words)

	New Zealand general election, 2005 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Summary of the 17 September 2005 New Zealand House of Representatives
		These included Destiny New Zealand (the political branch of the Destiny Church) and the Direct Democracy Party.
		New Zealand operates on a system whereby the Electoral Commission allocates funding for television and radio advertising.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_Zealand_general_election_2005 (1580 words)

	Election Results : General elections 1853-2005 - dates & turnout (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		From 1853 to 1879 general elections took place over a period of weeks or months.
		At the first elections in 1868 three of the four members were elected on nomination day (15 Apr), two without opposition and one by show of hands; the fourth was returned in a poll on 6 May. From 1881 only the day of Maori polling is given.
		Includes an estimated 485 electors enrolled in the New Plymouth, Grey and Bell and Omata electorates, for which figures are not available.
	www.elections.org.nz /elections/elections_dates_turnout.html (478 words)

	DNZB / BIOGRAPHY
		The 1902 election saw little change in the relative strengths of the government and opposition and it became obvious that a robust, effective and credible opposition leader was essential to devise and manage tactics in the House and to appeal for support in the electorate at large.
		The New Zealand Labour Party, formed in 1916, appeared to have largely united the previously fratricidal left-wing sections of society and to have become the beneficiary of the widespread disillusionment with the coalition government.
		At the 1919 election, and again in 1922, an organisation known as the Protestant Political Association of New Zealand (PPA) campaigned actively in favour of the Reform Party.
	www.dnzb.govt.nz /dnzb/Essay_Body.asp?PersonEssay=2M39 (3699 words)

	LABOUR, DEPARTMENT OF - INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS - 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
		As a general rule the great majority of strikes occur in four industries – coal mines, construction, freezing works, and waterfront – where there are less personal employer-employee relationships, or particularly unpleasant or hazardous conditions, or a high proportion of casual or seasonal employment, or a combination of such factors.
		In over three-quarters of New Zealand's economic activities, strikes are almost unknown and conciliation and arbitration procedures are the recognised means of settling disputes.
		The New Zealand trade union movement has generally viewed this restriction on duplication of unions as a valuable safeguard against the weakening effect of a multiplicity of rival unions.
	www.teara.govt.nz /1966/L/LabourDepartmentOf/IndustrialRelations/en (3119 words)

	British Empire: The Map Room: Pacific: New Zealand
		Lord Gleneig, the colonial minister, had the support of the missionaries in withstanding Wakefield's New Zealand Company, which at length resolved in desperation to send an agent to buy land wholesale in New Zealand and despatch a shipload of settlers thither without official permission.
		These bodies decided in 1889 and 1890 to exert their influence in returning workmen to parliament, and where this was impossible, to secure pledges from middle class candidates.
		This plan was first put into execution at the general election of 1890, which was held during the industrial excitement aroused by the Australasian maritime strike of that year.
	www.britishempire.co.uk /maproom/newzealand.htm (2152 words)

	Elections and Electoral Systems by Country
		The Center for Voting and Democracy is dedicated to fair elections where every vote counts and all voters are represented.
		Ballot Access News index is a non-partisan newsletter reporting on the trials and tribulations of folks trying to put candidates on the ballot in the USA
		General Elections in the Republic of Northern Cyprus, December 2003
	www.psr.keele.ac.uk /election.htm (1374 words)

	New Millennium Young Voters Project. What/When? Election FAQ
		The deadline for registering is 30 days before the general election in some states, while a few other states have same-day registration.
		Under special circumstances, voters are allowed to cast their ballots before Election Day, either by mail or in a local elections office (a few on-line trials are also taking place).
		New Zealand became the first country in the world to allow women to vote in 1890.
	www.stateofthevote.org /what.html (1203 words)

	New Zealand general election, 1893 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The New Zealand general election of 1893 was held November 28 to elect a total of 74 MPs to the 12th session of the New Zealand Parliament.
		The Māori vote was held on December 20.
		The election was won by the Liberal Party, and Richard Seddon became Prime Minister.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_Zealand_general_election_1893 (146 words)

	New Millennium Young Voters Project. What. Election Info
		If you recently moved and forgot to register in your new district, it’s possible that you are still registered and able to vote in your previous district.
		It refers to the day when federal or national "general" elections are held and voters choose among candidates from different parties.
		A primary is usually an election process where each political party chooses its candidates for public office by directly polling members of the same party (registered Republicans choose Republican candidates, registered Democrats choose Democratic candidates, etc).
	www.stateofthevote.org /txtwhat.html (1298 words)

	Universal Suffrage 1873-1893 - New Zealand Politics Timeline - Christchurch City Libraries
		This was part of an unofficial 'White New Zealand' policy, which was supported by the Poll Tax of 1881 and the Immigration Restriction Act of 1920.
		First election on one-man, one-vote basis (voters no longer able to vote in more than one electorate even if property owned in other electorates).
		First example of 'special votes', allowing a seaman to vote for a candidate in the electorate where he was registered even if he was not in that electorate on polling day.
	library.christchurch.org.nz /Reference/NZPoliticsTimeline/1873-1893 (406 words)

	History guide for New Zealand by Hostelbookers
		1890 NZ become "social laboratory" with introduction of compulsory arbitration and graduated income tax.
		2000 New Zealand becomes first non-US country to successfully defend the America's Cup.
		2001 New Zealand in the tourist spotlight as first Lord of the Rings movie released to general acclaim.
	www.hostelbookers.com /guides/new_zealand/108978 (554 words)

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	The Food Timeline: food history reference & research service
		The Food Timeline: food history reference & research service
		Ever wonder what foods the Vikings ate when they set off to explore the new world?
		What the pioneers cooked along the Oregon Trail?
	www.foodtimeline.org (848 words)

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