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New Zealand is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It comprises two main landmasses—the North Island (Te Ika-a-Māui) and the South Island (Te Waipounamu)—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island country by area and lies east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps (Kā Tiritiri o te Moana), owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland.

A developed country, New Zealand was the first to introduce a minimum wage and to give women the right to vote. Recognised as a middle power, New Zealand ranks very highly in international measures of quality of life and human rights and has one of the lowest levels of perceived corruption in the world. It retains visible levels of inequality, including structural disparities between its Māori and European populations. During the 1980s, New Zealand underwent major economic changes that transformed it from a protectionist to a liberalised free-trade economy. The service sector dominates the country's economy, followed by the industrial sector, and agriculture; international tourism is also a significant source of revenue. New Zealand and Australia have a strong relationship and are considered to share a strong Trans-Tasman identity, stemming from centuries of British colonisation. The country is part of multiple international organisations and forums. (Full article...)

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Key in 2015

Sir John Phillip Key (born 9 August 1961) is a New Zealand retired politician who served as the 38th prime minister of New Zealand from 2008 to 2016 and as leader of the National Party from 2006 to 2016.

Following his father's death when he was eight, Key was raised by his single mother in a state-house in the Christchurch suburb of Bryndwr. He attended the University of Canterbury and graduated in 1981 with a Bachelor of Commerce. He began a career in the foreign exchange market in New Zealand before moving overseas to work for Merrill Lynch, in which he became head of global foreign exchange in 1995, a position he would hold for six years. In 1999 he was appointed a member of the Foreign Exchange Committee of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York until leaving in 2001. (Full article...)

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Image 1A 1943 poster produced during the war. The poster reads: "When war broke out ... industries were unprepared for munitions production. To-day New Zealand is not only manufacturing many kinds of munitions for her own defence but is making a valuable contribution to the defence of the other areas in the Pacific..." (from History of New Zealand)
Image 2The 1935 Labour Cabinet. Michael Joseph Savage is seated in the front row, centre. (from History of New Zealand)
Image 3Tekoteko from the gable of a wharenui, Te Arawa (20th century) (from Culture of New Zealand)
Image 4New Zealand Division in 1916 (from History of New Zealand)
Image 5Roger Douglas, the architect of New Zealand's 1980s neo-liberal reform programme (from History of New Zealand)
Image 6The Māori are most likely descended from people who migrated from Taiwan to Melanesia and then travelled east through to the Society Islands. After a pause of 70 to 265 years, a new wave of exploration led to the discovery and settlement of New Zealand.
Image 7An aerial view of the Auckland urban area, showing its location on the Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana (from Geography of New Zealand)
Image 8Aoraki / Mount Cook, as seen from Hooker Valley (from Geography of New Zealand)
Image 9One of the few extant copies of the Treaty of Waitangi (from History of New Zealand)
Image 10Zealandia rejecting Australian Constitution in 1900 (from History of New Zealand)
Image 11Men of the Māori Battalion, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, after disembarking at Gourock in Scotland in June 1940 (from History of New Zealand)
Image 12A meeting of European and Māori inhabitants of Hawke's Bay Province. Engraving, 1863.
Image 13European settlers developed an identity that was influenced by their rustic lifestyle. In this scene from 1909, men at their camp site display a catch of rabbits and fish. (from Culture of New Zealand)
Image 14The kiwi has become a New Zealand icon. (from Culture of New Zealand)
Image 15A modern wharenui (meeting house of a marae) exhibited at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (from Culture of New Zealand)
Image 16An annotated relief map (from Geography of New Zealand)
Image 17Scottish Highland family migrating to New Zealand, 1844, by William Allsworth. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington. (from History of New Zealand)
Image 18The Mission House at Kerikeri, completed in 1822, is New Zealand's oldest surviving building. (from History of New Zealand)
Image 19Putting down a hāngī (earth oven) (from Culture of New Zealand)
Image 20Residents of Dunedin celebrate the news of the Armistice of 11 November 1918. (from History of New Zealand)
Image 21Cook Island dancers at Auckland's Pasifika Festival, 2010 (from Culture of New Zealand)
Image 22Prime Ministers John Key and Helen Clark (from History of New Zealand)
Image 23Children's and young adult author Margaret Mahy, July 2011 (from Culture of New Zealand)
Image 24The first Government House in Auckland, as painted by Edward Ashworth in 1842 or 1843. Auckland was the second capital of New Zealand. (from History of New Zealand)
Image 25Poet Selina Tusitala Marsh, 2019 (from Culture of New Zealand)
Image 26Kapa haka is performed at a School Strike for Climate in Christchurch 2019. (from Culture of New Zealand)
Image 27Topography of Zealandia, the submerged continent, and the two tectonic plates (from Geography of New Zealand)
Image 28A Māori ancestor (tekoteko) depicted in a wood carving at the Tamatekapua Meeting House in Ohinemutu (c. 1880) (from Culture of New Zealand)
Image 29Elizabeth II and Muldoon's Cabinet, taken during the Queen's 1981 visit to New Zealand (from History of New Zealand)
Image 30The Original All Blacks during the "haka", 1905 (from Culture of New Zealand)
Image 31A beach barbecue – an established part of New Zealand culture (from Culture of New Zealand)
Image 32The Forty-Fours viewed from the north; the leftmost islet is the easternmost point of New Zealand. (from Geography of New Zealand)
Image 33Percentages of people reporting affiliation with Christianity at the 2001, 2006 and 2013 censuses; there has been a steady decrease over twelve years. (from Culture of New Zealand)
Image 34HMS North Star destroying Pomare's Pā during the Northern/Flagstaff War, 1845, Painting by John Williams. (from History of New Zealand)
Image 35Water pollution sign on the Waimakariri River (from Geography of New Zealand)
Image 36Michael Joseph Savage, Labour Prime Minister 1935–1940. This portrait was hung on the walls of many supporters. (from History of New Zealand)
Image 37Scorching Bay, Wellington, in summer (from Geography of New Zealand)
Image 38Hinepare of Ngāti Kahungunu, is wearing a traditional korowai cloak adorned with a black fringe border. The two huia feathers in her hair, indicate a chiefly lineage. She also wears a pounamu hei-tiki and earring, as well as a shark tooth (mako) earring. The moko-kauae (chin-tattoo) is often based on one's role in the iwi. (from Culture of New Zealand)
Image 39George V with his prime ministers at the 1926 Imperial Conference. Standing (left to right): Monroe (Newfoundland), Coates (New Zealand), Bruce (Australia),Hertzog (Union of South Africa),Cosgrave (Irish Free State). Seated: Baldwin (UK), King George V, King (Canada). (from History of New Zealand)
Image 40New Zealand is antipodal to points of the North Atlantic, the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco.
Image 41Vigil in Wellington for the victims of the Christchurch mosques attacks (from History of New Zealand)
Image 42Rural landscape close to Mt Ruapehu (from Geography of New Zealand)
Image 43The scalloped bays indenting Lake Taupō's northern and western coasts are typical of large volcanic caldera margins. The caldera they surround was formed during the huge Oruanui eruption. (from Geography of New Zealand)
Image 44Pavlova, a popular New Zealand dessert, garnished with cream and strawberries (from Culture of New Zealand)
Image 45Lorde as part of the 2014 Lollapalooza lineup (from Culture of New Zealand)
Image 46Richard Seddon, Liberal Prime Minister from 1893 to his death in 1906, pictured here in 1905 (from History of New Zealand)
Image 47Māori whānau (extended family) from Rotorua in the 1880s. Many aspects of Western life and culture, including European clothing and architecture, were incorporated into Māori society during the 19th century. (from History of New Zealand)
Image 48The Waikato River flowing out of Lake Taupō (from Geography of New Zealand)
Image 49Fiordland is dominated by steep, glacier-carved valleys. (from Geography of New Zealand)
Image 50Tribute to the Suffragettes memorial in Christchurch adjacent to Our City. The figures shown from left to right are Amey Daldy, Kate Sheppard, Ada Wells and Harriet Morison (from History of New Zealand)

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The New Zealand national rugby union team, known as the All Blacks (Māori: Ōpango [ɔːpaŋɔ]), represents New Zealand in men's rugby union, which is considered the country's national sport. Famed for their international success, the All Blacks have often been regarded as one of the most successful sports teams in history.

The team won the Rugby World Cup in 1987, 2011, and 2015. They were the first country to retain the Rugby World Cup. Since their international debut in 1903, the All Blacks have played test matches against 19 nations, of which 12 have never won a game against the team. New Zealand has a 76% winning record in test match rugby, and has recorded more wins than losses against every international opponent. Since the introduction of the World Rugby Rankings in 2003, New Zealand has held the number-one ranking longer than all other teams combined. They jointly hold the men's record for the most consecutive test match wins for a tier-one ranked nation, along with England. (Full article...)

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The New Zealand national rugby union team, known as the All Blacks (Māori: Ōpango [ɔːpaŋɔ]), represents New Zealand in men's rugby union, which is considered the country's national sport. Famed for their international success, the All Blacks have often been regarded as one of the most successful sports teams in history. (Full article...)

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... that a hammer and sickle motif was proposed for the New Zealand sixpence?
... that the Auckland meteorite crashed through the roof of a house in New Zealand?
... that New Zealand mayor Georgina Beyer was the world's first openly transgender mayor?
... that a New Zealand gallery crowdfunded the purchase of an Elizabeth Stevens painting for the sake of a message on its back?
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... that New Zealand's Native Island hosted a colony of Samoyeds and huskies used in both the Southern Cross and Nimrod expeditions to the South Pole?
... that off-roading at Muriwai Beach in New Zealand may be damaging the habitat of the newly described korowai gecko?

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