New Zealand History

Throughout the Gallipoli Campaign the ANZAC soldiers fought with bravery not found in many British soldiers. The ANZACs showed this bravery when storming up the beaches and cliffs knowing that they may not make it to the top.

you pronounce it how it is spelt. (ann-zac)

Harakeke (Phormium species) was the most important fibre plant for Maori. It was used to make clothing, mats, baskets, ropes, fishing lines and nets, snares and lashings for construction of buildings, tools and waka (canoes). The sap and oil had many medicinal uses such as disinfectant, laxative and pain reliever and the leaves were used as bandages. The nectar was used as a sweetener. The flower stems were used as floats.

'Wiremu' is the Maori transliteration of the English name 'William'.

He was a great Dutch explorer who discovered New Zealand, Tasmania and some of the Fijian islands.

i think it was the British. not sure tho

The public access to Pencarrow lighthouse is either pedestrian and or cycle (mountain bike) access along a track from Eastbourne. The outside of the lighthouse is accessible by these means at all times.

In short YES he was,

Through his Father Te Hotete a Chief himself would mean his (Hongi) chiefly line is strong and was known as the Ngapuhi war chief during his military campaigns through out the Musket Wars, Discarding traditional Maori weaponray for European weapons such as the Musket.

The three main mountains of the central North Island volcanic plateau are: Ngauruhoe, Ruapehu, and Tongariro. A fourth mountain, though much smaller than the other three but also important to Maori, is Pihanga, which is known as the beautiful mountain. It was for the love of the female mountain Pihanga that Tongariro fought with Taranaki. Tongariro finally defeated Taranaki with a massive eruption that sent him fleeing to the western side of the island.

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When the interisland ferry Wahine foundered on Barrett Reef in 1968, there were 610 passengers and 123 crewmembers aboard. Fifty two died. See the related link for more information.

Yes, it is home to the Taieri Gorge Railway tourist train.

The purple candles represents sorro. The pink one represents joy and happieness. The white candle represents jesus born on Xmas Day

No. It is a way to show respect for those who have been brave enough to endure or die because of the horrors of war.

They went to help fight the war. It was out of courage, bravery and in some ways, stupidity. So many Australians died in a war that wasn't theirs to fight.

There was a far reaching strategic plan to aid Russia by sending naval convoys through the Bosporus into the Black Sea from the Mediterranean. To do this the Allies would need to secure the land from Turkish artillery bombardment, and the Dardanelles was part of this area to be secured. Unfortunately the Gallipoli landings were not made with sufficient strength or vigour to accomplish this aim. Basically, it is sad to say from an Allied point of view, that the men on the ground were let down by poor generalship & lack of leadership from the powers that were both on site & in command at a distance. A far reaching aim was not impelled to achieve more than the most modest of objectives, that of getting ashore, once there the forces were allowed to be out gunned by the Turkish defenders, leading to many casualties & eventual withdraw.

there are cusion starfish, reef starfish, spiny starfish and fire brick starfish in new zealand.

Anthony Wilding won Wimbledon Men's Singles title four years in a row, 1910-1913.

the Koroneihana literally means Coronation. It is celebrated yearly in the Waikato at Turangawaewae Marae in Ngaruawahia.

biculturalism Combining two distinct cultures in a single region Bicultural policies in New Zealand/Aotearoa focus on the recognition of different cultural values and the sharing of power between two peoples-the indigenous Maori, and the immigrant Europeans. The paper discusses the different cultural attitudes to knowledge and information of the Maori and looks at some of the implications of biculturalism for library practice. The challenges biculturalism offers library education are explored.

New Zealand has three official languages, English (commonly spoken), te reo Māori (language of the native people of New Zealand) and sign language.

The Polynesian explorers that discovered Aotearoa New Zealand on their voyages of discovery through the use of navigation, astronomy, meteorology, oceanography and marine biology. the first European most probably, Joseph Banks or one of his team on James Cook's Endeavour. The main purpose of Cook's three expeditions was scientific.

abel tasman wore brown in piticular, robes. on special occasions he would wear ruffled raggad suits

Maori was indeed the first lnguage in New Zealand, being spoken by the indigenous peoples, the Maori.

Maori is already one of the three official languages of New Zealand, English, Maori, and New Zealand Sign Language.

Though Maori is the language of the first nations people, the Maori, it is not spoken by the majority of the peoples of the country. And English is a widely spoken language internationally.

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