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  New Zealand Info - Encyclopedia WikiWhat.com
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   (2648 words)

  
 EH.Net Encyclopedia: New Zealand in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
New Zealand’s banks, which were not used to managing risk in a deregulated environment, scrambled to lend to speculators in an effort not to miss out on big profits.
New Zealand’s economic decline relative to the rest of the OECD was halted, though it was not reversed.
New Zealand was a long way from the world’s economic powerhouses, and it was difficult for its firms to establish and maintain contact with potential customers and collaborators in Europe, North America, or Asia.
www.eh.net /encyclopedia/?article=Singleton.NZ   (3441 words)

  
 New Zealand - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
New Zealand is a country of two major islands and a number of smaller islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
New Zealand is a parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth Realm.
New Zealand is responsible for the self-governing states of the Cook Islands and Niue and administers Tokelau and the Ross Dependency.
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /new_zealand.htm   (2691 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 Immigration Services from Pacific and Global
Our New Zealand immigration services team can assist with obtaining a visa under the main categories are for Visitors, Workers and Business purposes.
These conditions may also state the employer's name and location, the type of work allowed to be undertaken and any other terms relevant to the issue of the permit by the immigration authorities.
This is borne out by the fact that most of our New Zealand immigration services work is sourced offshore from referrals, the best kind of advertising, and a great source of pride to us.
www.pacificandglobal.co.nz /new-zealand-immigration-services.html   (538 words)

  
 Responsibility Budgeting   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Under responsibility budgeting, support centers provide services or intermediate goods to other responsibility centers in return for a notational transfer price, organizations are structured to take advantage of specialized knowledge and local conditions, center managers make decisions and are held responsible for the overall financial performance of their centers.
It helps to determine the costs of services provided by one unit to another, which is central to measuring performance relative to a financial target, and therefore plays a major role in establishing, as well as manipulating, the incentives facing responsibility center managers.
New Zealand was the first country to publish a full set of standard financial statements, including a balance sheet of assets and liabilities and an accrual based operating statement of income and expenses.
www.willamette.edu /~fthompso/pubfin/Responsibility_Budgeting.html   (8335 words)

  
 New Zealand Employment Services, new zealand employment services resources
The New Zealand cinematographic industry is becoming one of the country's major export enterprises, with several major motion pictures being filmed on New Zealand locations recently, including the highly acclaimed film adaptation of Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" directed by the Kiwi Peter Jackson.
New Zealand retained an avowed loyalty to the British Empire of which it formed a part, and contributed proportionally large numbers of troops to aid Britain in the Boer War (1899 - 1902), World War I and World War II (see New Zealand in World War II).
New Zealand's complete independence was formalised by the 1926 Balfour Declaration and the 1931 Statute of Westminster, ratified on November 25, 1947.
www.newzealandz.co.uk /newzealandemploymentservices.html   (2464 words)

  
 New Zealand Council of Trade Unions: : CTU Policy: (5) State Services Structure and Organisation
5.1.1 The NZCTU believes that a strong and effective state sector, motivated by the goal of service to the community, is both desirable and necessary, and that the achievement of such a state sector is a goal which all trade unionists and socially concerned individuals should seek to attain.
This does not in any way undermine any state union's commitment to defend the civil liberties and democratic rights of its members who wish to engage in political and similar activities in their capacity as private citizens of this country.
This context includes existing and new technologies such as cable television, visible data transmission, direct and indirect broadcasting by satellite, video cassette and the software technologies associated with all of these means of transmission of information.
www.nzctu.org.nz /policy/10783751772733.html   (1730 words)

  
 Risk Management Today and Tomorrow   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
New Zealand Government goals and objectives include Key Result Areas (KRA) and their associated Strategic Result Areas (SRA), as well as other important goals that support additional strategic issues of the organization.
New Zealand government departments' internal audit organizations performed reviews based on risk prioritization, but the consideration of risk was not widespread outside of auditing.
The State Services Commission has been involved in several major studies of best practices from other countries and from the commercial arena in order to develop a risk management framework for each entity to build on.
www.mc2consulting.com /risknz.htm   (6796 words)

  
 Disaster Recovery Services : FUJITSU New Zealand
The uninterrupted delivery of key IT services is important and in many cases critical to an organisation’s brand and statutory obligations.
Fujitsu’s disaster recovery services ensure that essential IT functions remain available and that your business can continue to operate in the face of major system failures at your primary site.
This identifies which IT services underpin your core business processes and must therefore be replicated within a disaster recovery site.
www.fujitsu.com /nz/services/infrastructure/disaster   (436 words)

  
 New legislation for the State Services   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The amendments to the State Sector Act, which came into effect on 25 January 2005, expand the role of the State Services Commissioner in the State Services.
Crown entities have various forms - statutory bodies or corporations (such as the Accident Compensation Corporation and the New Zealand Film Commission), companies (such as Radio New Zealand Limited and the nine Crown Research Institutes) and some are sole member entities (such as the Commissioner for Children).
The State Services Commissioner's mandate in respect of Crown entities is clarified by the State Sector Amendment Act (No2) 2004.
www.ssc.govt.nz /display/document.asp?navid=230   (1009 words)

  
 State sector organisations in New Zealand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
State sector organisations in New Zealand (as at January 2004) are as follows:
The public service in New Zealand technically consists of solely the 36 departments listed below.
New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) (Te Ope Kaatua O Aotearoa)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/State_Services_in_New_Zealand   (805 words)

  
 New Zealand - Atlapedia Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
LOCATION and GEOGRAPHY: New Zealand is located in the Southwest Pacific Ocean and consists of two main islands as well as a number of smaller ones.
CLIMATE: New Zealand has a temperate climate dominated by the east moving anti cyclones that bring clear skies or fog while weather conditions are highly changeable throughout the year.
In 1984 David Lange of the Labor Party became Prime Minister and in 1985 New Zealand banned nuclear weapons and nuclear power ships from its ports, which resulted in the US withdrawing guarantees of security to NZ under the ANZUS treaty and later imposing a trade freeze.
www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/newzeal.htm   (1271 words)

  
 New Zealand
The New Zealand Tourist Board, which has a wide range of information of interest to travelers, can be contacted via the Internet at http://www.newzealandtourism.com/.
The information below concerning New Zealand is provided for general reference only, and may not be totally accurate in a particular location or circumstance.
Engaging in illicit sexual conduct with children or using or disseminating child pornography in a foreign country is a crime, prosecutable in the United States.
travel.state.gov /travel/new_zealand.html   (1367 words)

  
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority [ NZQA ]
The State Services Commission has released its Report on the Performance of the NZQA in the Delivery of Secondary School Qualifications.
The Board of the New Zealand Qualifications Authority has announced the membership of two groups set up as part of an overall plan so that everyone is well prepared for Scholarship 2005.
The top art produced by New Zealand's secondary students is about to take to the road for a travelling exhibition.
www.nzqa.govt.nz   (381 words)

  
 Scoop: State services development plan welcomed
The Public Service Association (PSA) is welcoming the five-year development goals for public organisations announced by the State Services Commissioner today.
Their release coincides with a reorganisation of the State Services Commission and the extension of the Commissioner’s mandate to a wider range of organisations.
Scoop News: Labour Holds 50 Seats National Loses One Down To 48 The Chief Electoral Officer has released the final election results that confirm Labour is the party with the most votes and takes 50 MPs into the new Parliament.
www.scoop.co.nz /stories/PO0503/S00174.htm   (1098 words)

  
 Services - Exporting New Zealand's Expertise   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The deregulation of the New Zealand economy in the late 1980s spawned a consultancy industry dedicated to helping the business and social sectors adapt to the new environment.
The pragmatic approach taken in New Zealand to the corporatisation of state owned enterprises and privatisation gained world recognition, with many countries now turning to New Zealand for consultancy services.
New Zealand exports consultancy services in areas such as forestry, environmental sciences, infrastructure, agriculture, horticulture, finance, education, legal, public sector reform, social development and training.
www.nzte.govt.nz /section/11762.aspx   (296 words)

  
 IBM Global Services Success Stories: State Rail Authority - New Zealand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
IBM Global Services Australia has guaranteed the availability and performance of the network, with the agreement including provision for financial penalties in relation to any failure to meet defined service levels.
IBM Global Services Australia is a joint venture between Lend Lease, Telstra, and IBM Australia which has been formed to provide cost effective Information Technology services to clients seeking the advantages of leading edge information technology, without any of the risks or major investments involved.
IBM Global Services Australia services include systems design and implementation, systems management and operations, application development and maintenance, network services and operations, as well as consulting services, business recovery services and data services.
www-8.ibm.com /services/nz/success/sransw.html   (539 words)

  
 Reading Room Sydney - Portfolio - Case studies - The New Zealand State Services Commission
The New Zealand Government Portal is to be launched in September 2002.
It is an information portal that will give New Zealand citizens a single point of access to all online and offline information about the government's services.
Working onsite in New Zealand alongside the internal team we produced comprehensive review and future strategy documentation.
www.readingroom.com.au /portfolio/nzservices.cfm   (208 words)

  
 State Services New Zealand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Its core function is the appointment and performance management of the Public Service chief executives.
The Commission also advises on State Services management issues and defines and promotes good practices in a number of areas, including egovernment, people capability and integrity and conduct.
The Commission has six development goals which relate to the operation of the Public Service or State sector.
www.nzgovtdirectory.com /directory/section2/state_services.htm   (197 words)

  
 Welcome to New Zealand Government Jobs Online
New Zealand's State sector needs capable and enthusiastic people to fill interesting roles.
The State sector provides a working environment where excellence is recognised and where you will be encouraged to develop your talents.
Whether you're a recent graduate beginning your career, or an experienced professional looking for a change, the State sector offers lots of employment opportunities and a chance to acquire new skills and knowledge.
www.jobs.govt.nz   (216 words)

  
 Index to Place Name information
Railway names are approved by the NZ Geographic Board, and State Highway numbers are allocated by Transit New Zealand.
Proposals for new, altered or restored place names in New Zealand are publicly notified and objections considered.
ASP is used within the department as the definitive dataset of New Zealand street names as it sources official street names direct from Territorial Authorities, who have the responsibility for road and street naming under the Local Government Act.
www.linz.govt.nz /rcs/linz/pub/web/root/core/placenames/index.jsp   (727 words)

  
 State Services Commission || Te Komihana O Nga Tari Kawanatanga   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The State Services Commission ensures that the State Services is well placed to carry out Government policy and meet the needs of New Zealanders.
We also advise on State Services management issues and define and promote good practice in a number of areas, including e-government, people capability and integrity and conduct.
The State Services Commissioner has announced new Development Goals for the State Services.
www.ssc.govt.nz   (154 words)

  
 RadiativeNZ - Guides: The State of Broadband in New Zealand (Page 1)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
As most of you know, New Zealand's largest Telecommunications provider, Telecom, recently announced some new xDSL plans apparently designed to entice more residential users to jump onto the "broadband" (term used loosely) bandwagon.
These plans were promptly met with a large backlash from consumers, who rightfully felt insulted at the proposed offerings.
You can see that in fact the proposed plans are restrictive and do not exactly help the service to sell itself.
www.radiativenz.com /guides/dslinnewzealand/index.shtml   (944 words)

  
 Governments on the WWW: New Zealand
New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) / Te Runanga Aotearoa Mo Te Rangahau I Te Matauranga
New Zealand Immigration Service (NZIS) / Te Ratonga Manene
New Zealand Mission to the United Nations in New York
www.gksoft.com /govt/en/nz.html   (587 words)

  
 New Zealand Government Executive Coalition Agreement
Both Parties recognise the need for a strong, committed Public Service designed to efficiently and effectively meet the needs of the New Zealand public and to advance the policy and programmes of the Government.
* Earlier this year the State Services Commission was asked to examine and report on responsibility and accountability in the public sector.
A review of the processes for investigating and dealing with serious management failures in the Public Service to ensure they are, and are seen to be, fully informed, fair, effective and impartial.
www.executive.govt.nz /96-99/coalition/staserv.htm   (255 words)

  
 New Zealand Translation Services - New Zealand Web Sites
Darryl Evans JP, the Director of Celebrant Services, is a sought after celebrant given his age and the range of services he and his staff can provide.
NZTC has the largest team of full-time translators under one roof in the southern hemisphere serving clients in New Zealand, Germany, Switzerland, UK and Australia.
The Translation Service provides professional translation services to the Corporate and State sectors, Local Government, Education providers and Private individuals.
www.newzealandwebsites.com /Business_and_Economy/Translation_Services   (350 words)

  
 New Zealand Tourism and Travel
Welcome to New Zealand Tourism - The New Zealand Travel site for some of the best regions and operators in New Zealand.
You'll find information on New Zealand flights, hotels, destinations and activity options.
You can also book last minute New Zealand hotels, package deals and flights to or from New Zealand.
www.mynzholiday.com   (96 words)

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