New Zealand place names - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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New Zealand place-names derive mostly from Māori and from British sources. Māori named most of New Zealand's natural features, often after heroes or events involving ancestors. Many Māori place-names...
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New Zealand is often known by the English translation of its Maori name Aotearoa, which is "Land of the long white cloud". God Zone is a nickname for New Zealand. This comes form the saying, "God's Own Country." This was...
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Kiwi is the nickname used internationally for people from New Zealand . The name derives from the Flightless Bird native to New Zealand, the national bird.The first New Zealanders to be widely known as kiwis were the military. ... The Regimental Sign s for all New Zealand Regiments feature the kiwi, including those which...
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Referring to New Zealanders as Kiwis probably dates back to the First World War, when New Zealand soldiers acquired this nickname. ... New Zealand Travel Guide is New Zealand's comprehensive online travel and information guide. Information about New Zealand people, New Zealand culture and New Zealand history.
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www.tourism.org.nz/people-and-history.html
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A kiwi is any of the species of small flightless birds native to New Zealand of the genus Apteryx (the only genus in family Apterygidae). At around the size of a domestic chicken, kiwi are by far the smallest living ratites.
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New Zealand is an independent nation and a member of the British Commonwealth. It has a diverse multi-cultural population of 4 million people, the majority of whom are of British ... Referring to New Zealanders as Kiwis probably dates back to the First World War, when New Zealand soldiers first acquired this nickname.
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New Zealand tourism information on New Zealand Eguide ... New Zealand eGuide provides visitors to New Zealand with an overview of the main places to visit and details on most cities and towns. ... People taking the ferry from the North or South Islands will invariably stop in the town of Blenheim. Situated in the heart of...
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Most of the people are of European origin; about one-tenth are Maori, ... New Zealand also boasts a unique array of vegetation and animal life, much of it developing during the country’s prolonged isolation. It is the sole home, for example, of the long-beaked, flightless kiwi, the ubiquitous nickname for New Zealanders.
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www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/412636/New-Zealand
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What are Nicknames for Foreigners; When a person enters a new country, the locals will call them a "Foreigner." Depending on the culture, the language, the religion and many other ... Help the other travelers to learn some nickname, fun slang, the words are interesting and an illumination of the underlying culture.
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