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+ | '''New Zealand''' is a country of two large islands and [[Islands of New Zealand|many much smaller islands]] in the south-western [[Pacific Ocean]]. Population about 4.6 million people, nearly 30 million sheep (not to mention hundreds of unique-to-NZ species of birds, such as the [[kiwi]], and animals, such as the [[tuatara]]). |
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+ | the only unbeaten team in the Football World Cup 2010 (scoring more pool points than the world champions did), and |
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+ | golfers [[Lydia Ko]], [[Bob Charles]] and [[Michael Campbell]] (winner of the Heineken Classic in [[1999]] and [[2000]], European Open in 2002, U.S Open and Masters in [[2005]]);<br> |
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+ | birthplace of Everest-conqueror Sir [[Ed Hillary]], [[Helen Clark]] of the UNDP, |
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+ | Pulitzer-prizewinner [[Peter Arnett]], opera singer [[Kiri te Kanawa]], Oscar-winner [[Russell Crowe]], [[w:c:family:Keith Lionel Urban (1967)|Keith Urban]], |
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+ | [[Lucy Lawless]] ("Xena"), two Booker Prize winners, and several Nobel Prize winners, |
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+ | including atom-splitter [[Ernest Rutherford]]; <br> |
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+ | Currently the only nation to have won the Rugby World Cup three times. |
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⚫ | [[wikipedia:Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II]] is the [[wikipedia:Queen of New Zealand|Queen of New Zealand]] and is represented in the country by a non-political [[Governor-General]]. Political power is held by the [[Prime Minister]] who is leader of the Government in the democratically elected [[Parliament of New Zealand]]. The monarch's [[wikipedia:Realm of New Zealand|Realm of New Zealand]] also includes the [[wikipedia:Cook Islands|Cook Islands]] and [[wikipedia:Niue|Niue]], which are entirely self-governing; [[Tokelau]], which is moving towards self-government; and [[wikipedia:Ross Dependency|New Zealand's "protectorate" in Antarctica]]. |
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+ | *<big>'''Blueskin Bay Community Directory'''</big> — '''[[Blueskin Bay]]''' is in coastal [[Otago]], about 25@nbsp;km north of [[Dunedin]]. The Blueskin Bay district includes the bay itself, the northern slopes of [[Mount Cargill]], the southern slopes of the Kilmog, and the townships of [[Doctors Point]], [[Waitati]], [[Evansdale]], [[Warrington]], and [[Seacliff]]. |
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Revision as of 01:58, 19 July 2019
Welcome to the New Zealand wiki. We are currently editing over 665 articles, and you can help. About this wiki | New pages | Categories | Help pages | Wiki tutorial | Our patch(es) | (Find out what a wiki is) Wikipedia has articles about only notable people. This wiki wants more articles about ordinary New Zealanders. You could start an article about your favourite schoolteacher, for example. | |
New ZealandNew Zealand is a country of two large islands and many much smaller islands in the south-western Pacific Ocean. Population about 4.6 million people, nearly 30 million sheep (not to mention hundreds of unique-to-NZ species of birds, such as the kiwi, and animals, such as the tuatara). Home of:
"Lord of the Rings" movie trilogy,
America's Cup 1995-2003 (and the skippers who then won it and then held it for the Swiss) then again a decade later,
"Horseman of the Century" Mark Todd,
the women's 2000 and 2003 world squash champion,
occasionally the Men's Softball and Women's Rugby world champion teams,
the 2008 World Rugby League champions,
the only unbeaten team in the Football World Cup 2010 (scoring more pool points than the world champions did), and
golfers Lydia Ko, Bob Charles and Michael Campbell (winner of the Heineken Classic in 1999 and 2000, European Open in 2002, U.S Open and Masters in 2005); Currently the only nation to have won the Rugby World Cup three times. Elizabeth II is the Queen of New Zealand and is represented in the country by a non-political Governor-General. Political power is held by the Prime Minister who is leader of the Government in the democratically elected Parliament of New Zealand. The monarch's Realm of New Zealand also includes the Cook Islands and Niue, which are entirely self-governing; Tokelau, which is moving towards self-government; and New Zealand's "protectorate" in Antarctica.
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