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	MARCH 1997
		Island which is more than half the area of the entire British Isles.
		The shearers' quarters were outside Twizel at the foot of Mt. Cook (my personal favorite).
		He notes that the quarter-acre went west, the country's former "balance of population destroyed by the sprawl of Auckland, a city far too big for a small country", its urban dwellers "cuelly crammed" into eighth of an acre sections.
	www.kiwiphile.org /mar1997.html (6916 words)

	The Half Gallon Quarter Acre Pavlova Paradise - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Half Gallon Quarter Acre Pavlova Paradise was a popular book by Austin Mitchell, published by Whitcombe and Tombs (Christchurch, 1972), with illustrations by Les Gibbard.
		The phrase "Half Gallon Quarter Acre Pavlova Paradise" soon became part of the New Zealand vernacular, with the term "quarter acre pavlova paradise" being included in the Dictionary of New Zealand English.
		"Half Gallon", popularly called the "Half G", was the standard size of a flagon of beer then sold in New Zealand pubs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Half_Gallon_Quarter_Acre_Pavlova_Paradise (244 words)

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	Simon Upton - upton on line - 2002 archive
		For those old enough to remember it, The Half-Gallon Quarter-Acre Pavlova Paradise was a funny, disrespectful but good-natured account of what it felt like to be a clever, progressive Left Brit in New Zealand at the end of the Holyoake era.
		Pavlova Paradise Revisited is the not quite so funny, more consciously respectful but not so good-natured account of how the same now-aging Brit feels about New Zealand in 2002.
		What we have, in Pavlova Paradise Revisited, is another link in the chain of Britannic utopianism that has been visited on us repeatedly since early days.
	frontpage.wave.co.nz /~supton/uptononline/2002/november_22_2002.htm (3169 words)

	Britain.tv Wikipedia - Culture of New Zealand
		Pavlova - a light and fluffy meringue dessert named after the ballet dancer, Anna Pavlova
		The demise of these values was lamented by economics professor Tim Hazeldine in his 1998 work 'Taking New Zealand Seriously: The Economics of Decency' [3].
		Another interesting example is the Belgium biscuit, renamed from Bavarian biscuit at the outbreak of World War I. This is analogous to a Scottish biscuit (see Empire biscuit), but slightly different in that it is rasperry jam sandwiched between two spiced cookies and iced and as such represents the New World cousin of lebkuchen.
	www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=Culture_of_New_Zealand (4361 words)

	Culture of New Zealand Encyclopedia Article @ Exercised.org (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Pavlova - a light and fluffy meringue dessert named after the ballet dancer,
		Silver fern — native plant; its stylised image or shape is displayed by many of the national sports teams.
		Lemon and Paeroa, pavlova) as examples of typical New Zealand food.
	www.exercised.org /encyclopedia/Culture_of_New_Zealand (4526 words)

	Gallon Quart Gasoline Price Gouging (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Gasoline-equivalent gallon - A gasoline-equivalent gallon is a concept used to compare the energy content of gasoline and alternative fuels, which often have different caloric values than gasoline.
		The Half Gallon Quarter Acre Pavlova Paradise - The Half Gallon Quarter Acre Pavlova Paradise was a popular book by Austin Mitchell, published by Whitcombe and Tombs (Christchurch, 1972), with illustrations by Les Gibbard.
		The Imperial gallon quart is particularly well must generally increased, more efficient carss.
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	The Half Gallon Quarter Acre Pavlova Paradise (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The phrase "Half Gallon Quarter Acre Pavlova Paradise" soon became part of New Zealand English, with the term "quarter Acre pavlova paradise" being included in the Dictionary of New Zealand English.
		"'''Half Gallon'''", popularly called the "'''Half G'''", was the standard size of a flagon of beer sold in New Zealand pubs.
		"'''Quarter Acre'" referred to the ubiquitous suburban section of land on which most Kiwis built their homes
	the-half-gallon-quarter-acre-pavlova-paradise.mindbit.com (183 words)

	New Zealand English - Wikipedia Mirror
		The Half Gallon Quarter Acre Pavlova Paradise Informal Humorous (Rare) 'an affectionate term for NZ in the 1970s.
		Film documentaries from the earlier half of the 20th century featuring both Australian and New Zealand voices show that the accents were more similar before the second world war and diverged mostly after the 1950's.
		Recent linguistic research has suggested that the short, flat 'i' heard in New Zealand comes from dialects of English spoken by lower-class English people in the late 19th century, though why it persisted in New Zealand while disappearing from Australia is not known.
	www.wiki-mirror.be /index.php/New_Zealand_English (3949 words)

	Kowhai Gold Books - Author catalogue M
		Half title and title pages removed else book clean and tight inside.
		Dj slightly rubbed and chipped on corners and ends of spine with one small tear and fading on spine and adjacent areas else intact and bright.
		Former ownerÕs details stamped on ffep and half title page, with slight foxing on edges, else book clean and tight inside.
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	Austin Mitchell - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: )
		While lecturing sociology at the University of Canterbury, Mitchell wrote a popular book about New Zealand, The Half Gallon Quarter Acre Pavlova Paradise (1972).
		The book title became a phrase in the New Zealand English lexicon.
		Thirty years later, in 2002 he wrote Pavlova Paradise Revisited, after another New Zealand expedition.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Austin_Mitchell (283 words)

	Urban Design Guide_05.03.02 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		NZ no more a half-gallon quarter-acre pavlova paradise
		Environment Minister Marian Hobbs spelled this out as one of many reasons why good urban design was vital for the sustainable development of New Zealand’s urban environment.
		She said that to achieve this, thoughtful urban design would become more important.
	www.arc.govt.nz /arc/index.cfm?1E06058D-B185-40DB-8F33-1629CBC3B494 (337 words)

	The New Zealand Edge : Hot - Brain Drain The Herald : www.nzedge.com
		For the past 2 and a half years she has been based in Melbourne where she is currently working in human resources with a recruitment agency, a fill in job while the MA she completed in Melbourne is marked.
		However in the same conversation Kiwis will also almost certainly stoically describe how wonderful their far off island paradise is or how well the All Blacks have done recently.
		She has been working and travelling abroad on and off for two and a half years.
	www.nzedge.com /features/braindrain_adams.html (3261 words)

	English - The half-gallon quarter-acre pavlova paradise - Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
		Yorkshireman Austin Mitchell emigrated to New Zealand and taught history and politics at Otago and Canterbury universities before becoming well known as a television broadcaster.
		Thirty years later, as a British Labour MP, Mitchell returned to New Zealand where he filmed a television series and published a follow-up, Pavlova paradise revisited.
		Reference: Austin Mitchell, The half-gallon quarter-acre pavlova paradise.
	www.teara.govt.nz /NewZealanders/NewZealandPeoples/English/10/ENZ-Resources/Standard/3/en (186 words)

	The New Zealand Edge : Media / NEWZEDGE : www.nzedge.com
		He estimates that 95% of chicks are killed within a year of hatching, and the kiwi may soon be restricted to heavily managed safe havens.
		Featured in the April edition of Fortune magazine's 'boondoggle' section: Wall Street billionaire Julian Robertson has built Kauri Cliffs, a "remote, lush getaway on more than 5,000 acres at the northern tip of New Zealand." "Three private beaches, tennis courts, spectacular walking trails, and a gym" means that this isn't your average lazy Sunday hack...
		He is already thumbing through his address book with a view to commissioning work from young composers, and noted that his dancers are "hungry, hungry, hungry" for original choreography.
	www.nzedge.com /media/index_live/index_july2002.html (4071 words)

	Beehive.govt.nz - People, Places, Spaces: A design guide for urban New Zealand, Auckland Regional Council Chambers, ...
		Thoughtful urban design will become increasingly important as your region looks to accommodate the population growth it is expecting.
		First, you haven’t got room for everyone to own the iconic ‘half-gallon quarter acre pavlova paradise.’ But more importantly, not all urban New Zealanders want to own a large home and section.
		That panel made 162 recommendations, of which a quarter were in direct relation to the Resource Management Act.
	www.beehive.govt.nz /ViewDocument.aspx?DocumentID=13198 (1614 words)

	New Zealand English - Gnorx.com, the free encyclopedia
		Pavlova – favourite meringue-like dessert made from egg whites, frequently served with cream and kiwifruit.
		The Half Gallon Quarter Acre Pavlova Paradise was an affectionate term for NZ back in the 1970s.
		It was originally the title of a book written by expatriate Austin Mitchell.
	www.gnorx.com /New_Zealand_English (4332 words)

	Political Report for Friday, August 25, 2006 - Newstalk ZB
		It is enough to drive you into the confessional box for a few mea culpas.
		Many of us who live in God's own wants a piece of our half gallon, quarter acre, pavlova paradise.
		We have gone out and invested in bricks and mortar which has been inflating as fast as Luigi Peters' travel bill.
	www.newstalkzb.co.nz /newsdetail1.asp?storyID=102325 (536 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - New Zealand Expressions - A521191
		Half pai (half-pie): half properly, not completely right ("He only did a half-pai job.") (From Maori)
		Pavlova (pav): meringue cake, New Zealand traditional dessert, which is claimed by both NZ and Australia, but in truth probably came from the UK originally.
		Quarter-acre, Half-gallon Pavlova paradise: New Zealand, as satirically described by Austin Mitchell, a British MP.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/alabaster/A521191 (3034 words)

	Jill Wrapson \| Artificial Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies in New Zealand: 'Magic Bullet,' Rat Poison, or ...
		such as old-age pensions, state housing, school milk, and the school dental service which had been implemented in the first half of the twentieth century and represented many of Labour's welfare state policies.
		Whilst New Zealand has been portrayed as the 'quarter-acre pavlova paradise,' complete with a conformist, homogenised society,
		Austin Mitchell, The Half-Gallon Quarter-Acre Pavlova Paradise (Christchurch: Whitcombe & Tombs, 1972), 20.
	www.historycooperative.org /journals/hah/7.2/wrapson.html (4844 words)

	NZ 'definitely not for sale' \| The Register
		Bidding started at just one cent, and 6,000 hits and 22 bids later, only AUS$3,000 was offered for the "half gallon, quarter acre, pavlova paradise" before eBay pulled the auction.
		Us Kiwis are used to Ockers* trying to steal our lot - pavlova, Split Enz, Sam Neil, and Russell Crowe, to name a few.
		But even for a nation of convicts, their latest attempt at a land grab rates as the biggest case of green eyed monster we've seen yet.
	www.theregister.com /2006/05/12/nz_auctioned_on_ebay (463 words)

	New Zealand Books Travel (Site not responding. Last check: )
		On the basis that Timaru is rumoured to be the most activity-challenged city in New Zealand, itself the world's most differently-interesting place, Lawson selects this modest South Island city as the first port of call, and first chapter, of his wonderfully entertaining world tour of such dull places.
		Austin Mitchell, The Half-gallon, Quarter-acre, Pavlova Paradise (OUP).
		A humorous and insightful vision of 1960s New Zealand as seen through the eyes of a British Labour MP and self-declared Kiwi commentator.
	www.newzealandatoz.com /books_travel.php (257 words)

	Docs.Rage.Net: /faq/australian-faq/part4 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		You could expect a 3 bedroom house on a reasonable block (quarter acre or bit smaller), with a decent sized backyard.
		However, the medan house price is somewhat misleading as the standard of the houses is not directly comparable city to city.
		Services generally run from 5am till midnight with half hourly services during non peak periods that go to 10-15 minutes apart during peak.
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	* NZine * People Making Changes Issue 24 - Changes in New Zealand since 1980 - Part I
		Strenuous efforts have been made to retain the architectural character of the township by avoiding the entry of high rise apartment blocks, but one concession to modernity is a supermarket with the usual acres of parking.
		The ancient fire station remains, though its functions are now performed by a modern version discreetly placed along the road to Narrows Neck.
		Now for many sections the quarter acre has become an eighth of an acre or less, and the popularity of beer has declined as the amount of wine drunk has increased.
	www.nzine.co.nz /changes/issue24.html (1761 words)

	The Great Lakes Zephyr - Wind Energy & Hydrogen Journal
		A quarter of a century ago, Peru's white-winged guan, a species native only to this Andean bird paradise, was considered as dead as a dodo.
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	Sources - The Daily Grind - NZHistory.net.nz (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Wellington City Council, Minutes of the Advertising Sub Committee of the WCC Milk Committee, 1937.
		Dix, John, Stranded in Paradise: New Zealand Rock'n'Roll 1955-1988, Wellington, 1988.
		Mitchell, Austin, The Half-gallon Quarter-acre Pavlova Paradise, Christchurch, 1972.
	www.nzhistory.net.nz /culture/dailygrind-sources (1079 words)

	We've all been privatised - Opinion: views on the news on Stuff.co.nz
		In 1975, more than 6000 people filled the Wiri wool store to hear the leader of the Opposition, Rob Muldoon, speak.
		And Rob's autobiography, The Rise and Fall of a Young Turk, was a runaway best-seller – as was the (then) radical publisher Alister Taylor's Whole Earth Catalogue and political scientist Austin Mitchell's The half-gallonµ quarter-acreµ; pavlova paradise.
		In the mid-1970s, close to 15 percent of adult Kiwis belonged to a political party (one of the highest participation rates in the Western world).
	stuff.co.nz /stuff/0,2106,3805530a1861,00.html (752 words)

	Scoop: Naked In Nuhaka 4: New Zealand Uber Alles
		Both songs are angry and aggressive ravings against the machinations of a state keen to meme-drug (1) the people into thinking their lives are paradise in a promised land.
		NZ, the Quarter Acre, Half Gallon, Pavlova Paradise.
		A month ago, in our nation's Parliament, the world's first Maori Green MP made her inaugural speech.
	www.scoop.co.nz /archive/scoop/stories/7e/8e/200210040908.a4f40d49.html (2175 words)

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