Only a few governments, such as New Zealand's, have legislated specifically for sustainable development. |
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The editor of the Sunday Star-Times has embarked on one of the most transparently unprofessional jack-ups in New Zealand's journalistic history. |
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I will start my speech with a quote, which is arguably the most famous in New Zealand's educational history. |
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The first is that the economic and social advancement of Maori is critical to New Zealand's future growth, prosperity, and well-being. |
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All year round visitors are enchanted by the antics of New Zealand's high country parrot, the kea. |
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He said New Zealand exported a lot of whiteware to Australia, which was also New Zealand's largest market for tourists. |
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The 19-ton vessel worked much of New Zealand's west coast, pounding through wild seas. |
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The Border Security Bill will put New Zealand's security on the front foot. |
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In winter Miranda is home to birds from New Zealand's South Island, particularly wrybills, pied oystercatchers and kotuku. |
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If New Zealand's liberal media ownership laws have a virtue, it's that of simplicity. |
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He says a National government may change New Zealand's anti-nuclear policy without a referendum. |
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It enables district and regional councils to manage New Zealand's resources on land, water, sky and sea. |
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New Zealand's iconic five cent coin with the tuatara looks to be getting the bum's rush! |
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The war years brought loss of loved ones, social change, times of austerity, an awareness of New Zealand's vulnerability, and defence measures. |
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Tarakihi are fished primarily in the Bay of Plenty on the eastern coast of New Zealand's North Island. |
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There was more high drama at the woodchopping, where New Zealand's top axemen hacked their way to glory. |
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The Government has consistently maintained a position in favour of New Zealand's antinuclear status for some 20 years now. |
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Historically, New Zealand's voters have always wanted a change of government to make the State their saviour once more. |
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The site purports to be a balanced presentation of information about New Zealand's future energy needs and how we might solve them. |
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Sport, show business and ethnic culture seamlessly blend in New Zealand's favourite sport, rugby, with the haka preceding every test match. |
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An experimental filmmaker, he was regarded as New Zealand's first self-consciously conceptual artist. |
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Further north Muriwai beach is a favourite spot for viewing New Zealand's northernmost breeding colony of gannets. |
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But bravo for having the sort of artistic chutzpah to inject New Zealand's art scene with some shameless vitality. |
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It owes its beginnings to the man who ran New Zealand's first sheep station. |
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New Zealand's fielding was also awful with several misfields and dropped catches. |
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Owen also identified New Zealand's giant flightless bird, the moa or dinornis, from a piece of shin just 15 cm long. |
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New Zealand's tuataras were in a group of their own, and seem not to have changed at all. |
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Rich in moss, mist and mozzies, New Zealand's southernmost forests appear serene, remote and virtually untouched by human hands. |
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Australia wrecked New Zealand's World Cup ambitions on the same stage nine months ago in a 22-10 semi-final boilover. |
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In eight hours the well produced enough to meet New Zealand's natural gas needs for a day. |
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As you have guessed, I am passionate about New Zealand's largely unwritten political history. |
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Perhaps his unflappable nature stems from an upbringing on New Zealand's west coast. |
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My Masters thesis, written under the guidance of a neo-Marxist economist, deplored New Zealand's dependence on foreign capital. |
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It had a major project studying New Zealand's volcanology that involved the bed of Lake Taupo. |
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New Zealand's experience in economic and social development has shown that a one-size-fits-all approach does not get the best results. |
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New Zealand's Parliament is the most accessible and open in the developed world. |
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Protests were led by many of New Zealand's top players, none of whom takes a cent in appearance money for their national open. |
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With temperatures ranging from subtropical to subantarctic, New Zealand's waters host an impressive range of species, he says. |
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It has created one of the most complex and over-peopled health bureaucracies in New Zealand's history. |
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I am a director for a holding company of one of New Zealand's larger building companies. |
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On New Zealand's rugged landscapes aerial topdressing of pasturelands was widely adopted, and helped boost productivity. |
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Firstly, I do agree that water is amongst New Zealand's most precious commodities. |
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This act was to be the dominant influence in New Zealand's industrial relations for the next seventy nine years. |
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My third point is that I note that the Ministry of Economic Development is New Zealand's competent authority in relation to this legislation. |
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Cruise through New Zealand's many breathtaking lakes and inlets or catch a whale or dolphin passing by on watching tours. |
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New Zealand's 150,000-bag intake is a drop in the percolator of the 104 million bags consumed globally each year. |
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They are part of New Zealand's heritage and need to be conserved and protected for all new Zealanders to enjoy. |
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I note that one of the major recommendations was that continuation of research is critical to New Zealand's future. |
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The Government recognises that New Zealand's relative geographical isolation does not provide immunity from the threat of terrorism. |
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Although forestry is New Zealand's third biggest export earner, the Government appears to be doing little to avert a crisis. |
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I had to gallop a white Spanish horse across the battlefield toward New Zealand's white snow-capped mountains. |
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Our studio is New Zealand's leading photographic studio dedicated to the creation of sexy glamour photography. |
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Having branded the Lions as pussycats last weekend, New Zealand's Sunday papers were back on familiar ground this morning. |
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The war induced the opening of New Zealand's first diplomatic relations with foreign powers. |
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You may also see the Scaup Duck, or Black Teal, New Zealand's only true diving duck. |
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New Zealand's geographical features vary from the Southern Alps and fjords on South Island to the volcanoes, hot springs, and geysers on North Island. |
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West Auckland is today one of New Zealand's major wine producing regions and Henderson has one of the largest clusters of wineries in the country. |
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Alongside it are exhibits demonstrating the impacts of island isolation and the evolution of large size and flightlessness among New Zealand's birds. |
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By exempting from income tax profits made by non-residents who on-sell shares in unlisted companies, this bill will improve New Zealand's competitive position in that regard. |
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New Zealand's army was cast as extras for large battle scenes in the film, but was forced to back out due to having to serve as peacekeepers in East Timor. |
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It's an anonymous block in a darkened corner of the downscale shopping centre that passes for the heart of Mt Roskill, one of New Zealand's odder suburbs. |
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The year began for us with a big campaign to protect New Zealand's largest braided river from proposals to take away 73 percent of its water for 60 kilometres. |
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He captures and entertainingly exaggerates the earnest devotion to bizarre identities and activities that undermine small-town New Zealand's dull reputation. |
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In a short period of time, both bands have been trust into the limelight of the New Zealand rock scene, and have earned their reputations as New Zealand's best live acts. |
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The Taharoa operation continues to produce titanomagnetite concentrate for export, with about half of New Zealand's total ironsand concentrate output currently being exported. |
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There has been a bit of argy-bargy in the House this afternoon, but I am absolutely serious when I say that this is an issue that is critical to New Zealand's future. |
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Unfortunately the people of Tologa Bay, on New Zealand's North Island, thought he had come to close the school and gave him a hostile reception until the truth emerged. |
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Ornithologists on an expedition to the Calayan Island in the Babuyan Islands in the Philippines have discovered a rare near-flightless rail, related to New Zealand's weka. |
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The association had formed partnerships with overseas agencies to create a testing regime, as a way of protecting New Zealand's lucrative manuka honey exports. |
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The Supreme Court Bill provides for New Zealand's final court of appeal to be located in New Zealand, and marks the coming of age of New Zealand's judicial system. |
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Here we will see the Takahe, a large six pound Rail, the Saddleback, one of New Zealand's two remaining wattlebirds and the Stitchbird, a rare endemic honeyeater. |
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Pinot Grigio is a grape that often disappoints in the bottle, but this wine from the coolest climate in New Zealand's South Island is bright and harmonious. |
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The Italians weren't walkovers, repelling a number of New Zealand's opportunities in the first 10 minutes and eventually crossing for a try 11 minutes after half-time. |
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A large proportion of New Zealand's aid goes to these countries and many Pacific people migrate to New Zealand for employment. |
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New Zealand's national defence needs are modest, since a direct attack is unlikely. |
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The Ross Dependency is New Zealand's territorial claim in Antarctica, where it operates the Scott Base research facility. |
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The table below lists climate normals for the warmest and coldest months in New Zealand's six largest cities. |
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In contrast dairy farming increased, with the number of dairy cows doubling between 1990 and 2007, to become New Zealand's largest export earner. |
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However, rural imagery and themes have been pervasive in New Zealand's art, literature and media. |
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In 1967, New Zealand's currency was decimalised and the shilling was replaced by a ten cent coin of the same size and weight. |
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In 1642, during the same expedition, Tasman's crew discovered and charted New Zealand's coastline. |
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Snow falls in New Zealand's South Island and at higher altitudes in the North Island. |
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Australia and New Zealand's trading arrangements are known as Closer Economic Relations. |
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Milford Sound in South Island is acclaimed as New Zealand's most famous tourist destination. |
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This event promptly resulted in the declaration of New Zealand's first National State of Emergency. |
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New Zealand's Manapouri Power Station was constructed to supply electricity to the aluminium smelter at Tiwai Point. |
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In 1951 New Zealand's parliament was converted into a unicameral one with the abolition of the upper, nominated chamber, the Legislative Council. |
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The specimens she collected are being used to document the poorly known parasites of New Zealand's chondrichthyans. |
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Australia captain Steve Smith and New Zealand's left-arm paceman Trent Boult have been named in both the Test and ODI teams. |
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Historiographically, as well as in terms of social policy, New Zealand's accident compensation legislation is conspicuous. |
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There's nothing really funny about the plight of New Zealand's kakapo or owl parrot. |
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While the top scoring tier 1 international player is New Zealand's Dan Carter, who has amassed 1442 points during his career. |
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Controversy also occurred before the game kicked off, when England refused to face New Zealand's haka challenge. |
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The logo focused on a kiwi, which was based upon New Zealand's national symbol. |
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The Court of Appeal of New Zealand, located in Wellington, is New Zealand's principal intermediate appellate court. |
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The town of Murchison in the Tasman Region of New Zealand's South Island was also named after him. |
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In New Zealand, ferries connect Wellington in the North Island with Picton in the South Island, linking New Zealand's two main islands. |
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New Zealand's first motorway opened in December 1950 near Wellington, running from Johnsonville to Tawa. |
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Outside of Norway, the three western arms of New Zealand's Lake Te Anau are named North Fiord, Middle Fiord and South Fiord. |
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New Zealand's main export markets are Japan, Korea, the US, the EU and Australia. |
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Several proglacial lakes have also formed in recent decades at the end of glaciers on the eastern side of New Zealand's Southern Alps. |
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The areas shown as Australia's and New Zealand's claims were British territory until they were handed over following the countries' independence. |
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Lake Tennyson in New Zealand's high country, named by Frederick Weld, is assumed to be named after Lord Tennyson. |
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New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, while its most populous city is Auckland. |
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New Zealand's judiciary, headed by the Chief Justice, includes the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, the High Court, and subordinate courts. |
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New Zealand's moas had been thriving despite the presence of humans in the land. |
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The four sets of remains include two Maori skulls, a Moriori skull from the Chatham Islands off New Zealand's east coast and a section of pelvis. |
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Wool was New Zealand's major agricultural export during the late 19th century. |
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New Zealand's Southern Alps form a towering backbone to the long land mass of South Island. |
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In 2004 a new Supreme Court was established, becoming New Zealand's court of last resort following the simultaneous abolition of the right to appeal to the Privy Council. |
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New Zealand's geographic isolation for 80 million years and island biogeography has influenced evolution of the country's species of animals, fungi and plants. |
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After the huge success of the Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, which is the story of Middle earth 60 years before, will bring alive New Zealand's landscapes once more. |
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The Gallipoli campaign played an important part in fostering New Zealand's national identity and strengthened the ANZAC tradition it shares with Australia. |
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It was also New Zealand's first title victory on foreign soil. |
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The field site is located in New Zealand's Ross Dependency in Antarctica and the team includes scientists from New Zealand, Canada, the United States and France. |
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Principal photography for all three films was conducted concurrently in many locations within New Zealand's conservation areas and national parks. |
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This paper develops a micro-founded macroeconomic model to analyse the long-term effects of capital gains taxes on New Zealand's residential property markets. |
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Now New Zealand's fastest growing tourist attraction, Hobbiton is nestled in a working sheep farm near the small town of Matamata in the Waikato region. |
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Of course, any nation with a coastline will have a maritime history that includes shipwrecks, but in New Zealand's case this has particular resonance and retrievability. |
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However, he trained with the team in La Plata last week and even performed the water boy duties during New Zealand's 33-15 win over the Pumas on Saturday. |
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The manner in which Lomu steamrolled England in New Zealand's World Cup semi-final win in 1995 left an indelible mark on all who saw it, not least Mike Catt. |
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The All Blacks drove upfield, using up the remaining moments, and when Joubert blew for another French infringement, the biggest party in New Zealand's history was under way. |
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New Zealand's constitution is based on the principle of separation of powers through a series of constitutional safeguards, many of which are tacit. |
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