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	New Zealand (05/07)
		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 (4416 words)

	New Zealand - Search View - MSN Encarta
		The governor-general is the monarch’s appointed representative in New Zealand.
		New Zealand was given its name by an unknown Dutch mapmaker, after the Dutch navigator Abel Janszoon Tasman became the first European to reach the islands in 1642; Zeeland was, at the time, a noted maritime province of the Netherlands.
		New Zealand contributed a larger percentage of its population to the armed services than any of the Allies, except the United Kingdom; at the peak 150,000 personnel were serving in New Zealand’s armed forces.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /text_761555687__1/New_Zealand.html (10543 words)

	New Zealand general election, 1957 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1957 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament's 32nd term.
		The 1957 elections marked the beginning of the second Labour government, although this administration was to last only a single term.
		The 1957 election campaign was dominated largely by financial issues, particularly introduction of the PAYE tax system.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_Zealand_general_election,_1957 (382 words)

	ICL - New Zealand - Constitution Act 1986
		(2) The Governor-General appointed by the Sovereign is the Sovereign's representative in New Zealand.
		The House of Representatives shall, at its first meeting after any general election of its members, and immediately on its first meeting after any vacancy occurs in the office of Speaker, choose one of its members as its Speaker, and every such choice shall be effective on being confirmed by the Governor-General.
		(2) The Parliament of New Zealand is the same body as that which before the commencement of this Act was called the General Assembly (as established by section 32 of the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 of the Parliament of the United Kingdom) and which consisted of the Governor-General and the House of Representatives.
	www.oefre.unibe.ch /law/icl/nz00000_.html (2468 words)

	History of the pay equity campaign in New Zealand \| NZCTU
		The issue of pay equity can be traced back to the 1890's when women campaigned for and won the right to vote.The question of equal pay was viewed by New Zealand suffragettes as the most important next to franchise itself.
		In 1957, both the National and Labour Parties made equal pay one of their platform issues in the forthcoming General Election.
		One of NACEWs first actions was to form a Committee of Inquiry into the Implementation of Equal Pay in New Zealand, including the private sector.
	union.org.nz /resources/history-of-the-pay-equity-campaign-in-new-zealand (1138 words)

	Preamble
		The Governor-General appointed by the Sovereign is the Sovereign's representative in New Zealand.
		The Parliament of New Zealand is the same body as that which before the commencement of this Act was called the General Assembly (as established by section 32 of the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 of the Parliament of the United Kingdom) and which consisted of the Governor-General and the House of Representatives.
		The officer heretofore known as the Chief Librarian of the General Assembly Library shall be known, as from the commencement of this Act, as the Parliamentary Librarian.
	www.cmseducation.org /wconsts/nz.html (1905 words)

	Timeline 1957
		1957 Jan 22, Suspected "Mad Bomber" George P. Metesky, accused of planting more than 30 explosive devices in the New York City area, was arrested in Waterbury, Conn. He was later found mentally ill and committed to a mental hospital; he was released in 1973, and died in 1994 at age 90.
		1957 Jul 25, Monarchy in Tunisia was abolished in favor of a republic.
		1957 In the USSR a nuclear waste container exploded at the Mayak plant in the Chelyabinsk region of the southern Urals and 20 million curies of deadly strontium and cesium were released.
	timelines.ws /20thcent/1957.HTML (8256 words)

	FRONTLINE/WORLD . React . Archived Conversations . Elections \| PBS
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		The junta declared that the elections had been successfully held, and everyone agreed that on the day the voting had been free and fair, and that no attempt was made to rig the vote.
	www.pbs.org /frontlineworld/react/archived/elections/react.html (8591 words)

	Defending the National Archives of New Zealand: Treasurer Dr Michael Cullen's ARANZ speech
		That is that the New Zealand Archivist must have the power over other heads of departments in relation to the disposal and transfer of records subject only, perhaps, to strictly defined and time-limited security provisions.
		I do not believe the New Zealand Archivist should be a parliamentary office for, in the end, the public records being kept are most of all those of government itself.
		The New Zealand Qualifications Authority, a Crown agency reporting directly to the Minister of Education, co-ordinates qualifications in secondary schools and in post-school education and training.
	www.caldeson.com /RIMOS/cullen.html (2884 words)

	Premierships - Keith Holyoake
		The election, however, was narrowly won by the Labour Party.
		Holyoake was Leader of the Opposition for three years before National returned to power in the New Zealand general election 1960.
		Sir Keith was the third longest-serving Prime Minister (just under 12 years) that New Zealand had ever had (he is surpassed by Richard Seddons 13 years as Premier/Prime Minister and William Masseys close to 13 years as Prime Minister).
	mywebpage.netscape.com /Academia5271/keith-holyoake-premierships.html (152 words)

	Lijphart Elections Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Lijphart Elections Archive is a static research collection of district level election results for approximately 350 national legislative elections in 26 countries that was maintained through 2003.
		This was the origin of the Elections Archive in the University Library of the University of California, San Diego.
		The objective of the Archive is to systematically collect election statistics in as much detail as possible, including, as a minimum, the results at the level of the individual election districts in which votes are converted into seats.
	dodgson.ucsd.edu /lij/index.html (208 words)

	New Zealand general election, 2005 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Summary of the 17 September 2005 New Zealand House of Representatives
		The results of the election give a Gallagher index of disproportionality of 1.11.
		The Auditor-General has also investigated publicly funded party advertising for the 2005 election, with a preliminary finding that much of the spending was unlawful being leaked.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_Zealand_general_election_2005 (1580 words)

	Center for Voting and Democracy
		Turnover within San Francisco's Department of Elections has slowed plans to implement the new system, however, leaving the City in the uncertain position of not yet having a certified voting method for this November's elections for mayor and city attorney.
		The City's election vendor has applied for certification to adapt current election equipment that would allow counting ballots at the precinct and notifying voters of any errors, and the City is appropriating hundreds of thousands of dollars for grassroots voter education to be carried out by community- based groups.
		Choice voting to be widely used in New Zealand in 2004: In 2004, all voters in New Zealand can participate in elections to their Health Board using choice voting.
	www.fairvote.org /e_news/030701.htm (3512 words)

	Books fr. University Papua New Guinea Press 1995-1997 and Back List Publications
		The chapters on what Papua New Guinea could or can do to reduce the high illiteracy rate among its two million illiterates should motivate th e nation to revise policies and propose realistic action plans for the implementation of some of the recommendations.
		The news media in the South Pacific may be small - but the region has a diverse and vibrant mass communications industry.
		David Robie is a New Zealander, currently working as a Journalism lecturer with the UPNG's South Pacific Centre for Communication and Information in Development.
	www.pngbuai.com /000general/publishers/papuanewguinea/pngpubs01.html (5588 words)

	Former PM's - Official website of the Prime Minister of New Zealand
		He was a well known sportsperson, especially in rugby, in the area and was prominent in farming groups.
		He stood for Motueka in 1931 and lost but won it in a by-election in 1932 becoming the youngest member of Parliament at the time.
		After the 1935 election defeat Holyoake played a key role in establishing the National Party in 1936 but lost his seat in 1938.
	www.primeminister.govt.nz /oldpms/1957holyoake.html (444 words)

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