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 New Zealand: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about New Zealand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
New Zealand is a Constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy[?] governed by a 120-member unicameral parliament, from which an executive cabinet of about 20 ministers is selected.
The New Zealand cabinet is led by the Prime Minister of New Zealand, currently (April 2003) Helen Clark of the centre-left Labour party, which governs in coalition with the further-left Progressive Coalition[?] party, and with support from the centre-right United Future[?].
New Zealand's most popular sports are rugby (primarily rugby union but also rugby league), football (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.
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 Encyclopedia: Politics of New Zealand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The New Zealand monarchy has been distinct from the British monarchy since the New Zealand Royal Titles Act of 1953, and all Elizabeth II's official business in New Zealand is conducted in the name of the Queen of New Zealand, not the Queen of the United Kingdom.
New Zealand is a unitary state rather than a federation — regions are created by the authority of the central government, rather than the central government being created by the authority of the regions.
The 1999 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the 46th session of the New Zealand Parliament.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Politics-of-New-Zealand   (5082 words)

  
 Military of New Zealand: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Military of New Zealand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
New Zealand maintains a contingent in the Sinai Multinational Force and Observers[?] and has contributed to UN peacekeeping operations in Angola, Cambodia, Somalia, and the former Yugoslavia.
New Zealand's most recent PKO experience has been in East Timor, where it initially dispatched almost 10% of its entire defense force and continues to be the second-largest force contributor.
New Zealand participates in sharing training facilities, personnel exchanges, and joint exercises with the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Brunei, Tonga, and South Pacific states.
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 Education in New Zealand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Education in New Zealand is nominally free for all primary, intermediate and secondary schooling.
New Zealand has recently moved towards a system where school levels are identified by the year number.
Most colleges of education in New Zealand in the past 30 years have gradually consolidated (for example, Ardmore with Auckland), with the trend in the last 15 years to consider and effect mergers with universities closely allied to them, for example, the Hamilton and Palmerston North colleges amalgamated with Waikato and Massey respectively.
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 New Zealand Details, Meaning New Zealand Article and Explanation Guide
New Zealand is a country formed of two major islands and a number of smaller islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
New Zealand also maintains responsibility for the foreign affairs of the self-governing countries of the Cook Islands and Niue, and administers the dependency of Tokelau.
New Zealand became a British colony with the Treaty of Waitangi of 1840, which also promised "complete chieftainship" (tino rangatiratanga) to the Māori tribes of New Zealand.
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 International organisations - Statistics New Zealand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
New Zealand plays an active part in the UN and is currently serving as a member of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSCO) for the period 1998-2000.
New Zealand's assessed contribution rate is set at 0.221 percent of the regular budget, resulting in annual dues in 1999 of NZ$4.5 million.
New Zealand makes contributions to the periodic replenishments of the IDA. In 1998, New Zealand made a commitment of NZ$32 million to the latest replenishment, amounting to a 0.12 percent of total donor funding plus a supplementary contribution of NZ$64 million.
www.stats.govt.nz /quick-facts/govt-services/intl-organisations.htm?print=Y   (853 words)

  
 Education in New Zealand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A subtype of state school is the 'state integrated' school.
These are private schools that are 'integrated' into the state system under the Private Schools Conditional Integration Act 1975 [1] 'on a basis which will preserve and safeguard the special character of the education provided by them'.
New Zealand has been recently moving towards a system where school levels are identified by Year.
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 The world's top new zealand websites
New Zealand is a country of two major islands and a number of smaller islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
New Zealand's most common name in the indigenous Māori; language is Aotearoa, which is popularly taken to mean Land of the Long White Cloud.
The Cabinet is led by the Prime Minister of New Zealand, currently Helen Clark of the centre-left Labour party, which governs in coalition with the further-left Progressive Party, and with support from the centre-right United Future.
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 State-Owned Enterprises of New Zealand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
State-Owned Enterprises in New Zealand (known as SOEs) are registered companies listed under Schedules 1 and 2 of the State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986.
Their function is to operate successfully as a business, as profitable as those not owned by the Crown.
Companies that are still SOEs but are now shell companies, having had most of their assets privatised, include the Electricity Corporation of New Zealand Limited (ECNZ).
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 Maori Television Service - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Māori Television Service is a state sector organisation in New Zealand that was established on May 7, 2003 under the Māori Television Service (Te Aratuku Whakāta Irirangi Māori) Act 2003 to replace the Te Reo Māori Television Trust (Te Awhiorangi).
The Service broadcasts on the UHF band to approximately four-fifths of Māori speakers, and to all of New Zealand via SKY Television's satellite service.
Like the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, the television service has, according to the State Services Commission, an unusual status in that it is 'a stand alone agency within the State sector that does not fall under any State sector category'.
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 Government and nation - The state sector and Crown entities - Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
The agencies which help the government frame and implement policy are known collectively as the state sector.
Organisations in this sector can be as varied as the Ministry of Education, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand or the Inland Revenue Department.
New Zealand Post has remained a state-owned enterprise, but the telephone system and savings bank were eventually sold into private hands.
www.teara.govt.nz /NewZealandInBrief/GovernmentAndNation/6/en   (370 words)

  
 Military of New Zealand -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
(An independent country within the British Commonwealth; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1907; known for sheep and spectacular scenery) New Zealand has three defense policy objectives--defend New Zealand against low-level threats, contribute to regional security, and play a part in global security efforts.
In May 2001, the government announced it was scrapping its combat (The airborne branch of a country's armed forces) airforce.
It has taken a leading role in trying to bring peace, reconciliation, and reconstruction to the (The southern Solomon Islands that since 1978 form an independent state in the British Commonwealth) Solomon Islands and the neighboring island of (The largest of the Solomon Islands; a province of Papua New Guinea) Bougainville.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/M/Mi/Military_of_New_Zealand.htm   (308 words)

  
 National Library of New Zealand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The National Library of New Zealand (Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa) is New Zealand's legal deposit library and a public service department, charged with the obligation to 'enrich the cultural and economic life of New Zealand and its interchanges with other nations' (National Library of New Zealand Act 2003).
The Legal Deposit Office is also New Zealand's agency for ISBN and ISSN.
The library is headquartered adjacent to the New Zealand Parliament and opposite the Court of Appeal in Molesworth Street, Wellington.
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 Civil service   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A civil servant''' or '''public servant''' is a civilian career public sectorpublic sector employee working for a government department or agency.
In the United States, the Civil Service is defined as "all appointive positions in the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of the Government of the United States, except positions in the uniformed services." (United States Code TITLE 5 § 2101).
In the early 19th century it was based on the so-called spoils system, in which all bureaucrats were dependent on elected politicians.
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 Wananga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Polynesian mythology, Wananga is secret, occult knowledge of magic and sorcery.
In New Zealand, a wānanga (also spelt wananga) is a type of publicly-owned tertiary instution.
They are not to be confused with universities, which have taken the name whare wānanga.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wananga   (68 words)

  
 Press Releases - New Zealand - Deloitte
New Zealand's fastest growing company was named at this evening's Deloitte/Unlimited Fast 50 awards.
The secrets of some of New Zealand’s most successful exporters will be shared with entrepreneurial high growth exporters through a new programme launched this week by business accelerator, The ICEHOUSE.
New Asia Pacific CEO of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Manoj Singh says Asia is the bright spot in a melancholy global market and is in a prime position to capitalise on global uncertainty.  It should take real advantage of what it has to offer the world and its capital markets.
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 About the Public Sector Training Organisation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Public Sector Training Organisation (PSTO) promotes improvements in the quality of training of employees in the Public Service and other selected State sector organisations to achieve a skilled and qualified workforce.
The Public Sector Training Organisation was established in 1995 by the Chief Executives of the Public Service to act as the Industry Training Organisation for the State sector
The State sector was not eligible to access the industry training funds available to private sector to support its work.
www.psto.govt.nz /about   (454 words)

  
 Organisations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
This section lists the organisations in the State Services and wider State sector by organisation type, so that readers searching for a list of 'departments' or 'Crown entities',; for example, will find them in one place.
In the case of non-Public Service departments and Crown entities,; subheadings indicate which departments and entities respectively are in the State Services or form part of the wider State sector.
For a description of all the agencies that comprise the 'State Services' and the wider 'State sector', refer to the section on Role of the State Services Commissioner.
www.ssc.govt.nz /state_sector_organisations   (312 words)

  
 Welcome to New Zealand Government Jobs Online
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.
There is more about the organisations that make up the State sector under Working with Us.
www.jobs.govt.nz   (216 words)

  
 Current NZ e-service initiatives
Currently a range of State sector organisations in New Zealand are moving to provide some of their core services online.
However, e-service development across the State sector does not appear to be guided by a consistent whole-of-government approach to service delivery investment decisions, or a set of principles or framework for assessing service delivery options.
A number of organisations are looking to develop business 'channel' strategies, but these are largely being compiled independently without reference to any existing framework that may act as a guide for consistent service delivery investment decisions across the State sector
www.e-government.govt.nz /docs/cs-scoping-0104/chapter7.html   (663 words)

  
 Te Puna Web Directory > NZ > Government, Law and Politics
Responsibilities of the Commission are to approve and register charities; receive annual returns and monitor the activities of charities; educate, provide advice to and support the trustees and officers of charities to ensure that they understand, and can comply with, core regulatory obligations and duties; and provide advice to government.
The Ombudsmen are appointed by the New Zealand Parliament.
Their primary purpose is to inquire into complaints raised against New Zealand central, regional and local government organisations or agencies.
webdirectory.natlib.govt.nz /dir/en/nz/government-law-and-politics   (294 words)

  
 PSA - New Zealand Public Service Association
The Council of Trade Unions launched a new booklet today which encourages workers to have a say in their industry on issues such as skills, productivity, and pay, and stresses the importance of unions, business, and government coming together to develop a coherent plan for a high wage, high skill, high quality economy.
It's business as usual for the PSA as New Zealand awaits the final outcome of the general election results with the counting of special votes this week.
The PSA, through its public sector bargaining strategy, is seeking better pay and working conditions across all government agencies in recognition of the huge contribution our members are making to the success of New Zealand's economy.
www.psa.org.nz   (472 words)

  
 New Zealand public service -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
New Zealand public service -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
It is what is known in many other countries as the (Government workers; usually hired on the basis of competitive examinations) civil service.
See: (Click link for more info and facts about state sector organisations in New Zealand) state sector organisations in New Zealand (listing of public service departments)
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Working in partnership with the Institute of Public Administration New Zealand (IPANZ) the BearingPoint Innovation Awards aim is to recognise public sector innovation.
Our objective is to encourage and help grow the number of public sector organisations implementing new and successful programmes, policies, or projects that will help to improve operational excellence and competence within government agencies.
Entrants are expected to demonstrate programmes, policies or projects that have helped improve competence or promoted organisational excellence within their organisation, and which have the potential to be usefully applied in other areas of the public sector.
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 New Zealand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Currently eight parties are represented in the House of Representatives, which since 1996 has been elected by a form of proportional representation called Mixed Member Proportional (MMP).
Main articles: New Zealand animals – New Zealand plants – List of New Zealand birds – List of trees of New Zealand
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