1.7 tenths of a year

New Zealand certainly isn't 17 hours behind Washington (State or D.C.). Assuming your question is hypothetical ("if" New Zealand is 17 hours behind "Washington"), leaving on 9:00, 5th March on an 18 hour trip, you would arrive in New Zealand at 10:00 the same day (local time)/3:00 "Washington" time.

Switching to reality, on 5th March (when the US does not yet have "Daylight Saving", and New Zealand does), Washington D.C.'s -5 UTC/Washington's -8 UTC and New Zealand's +13 UTC puts New Zealand 18 and 21 hours ahead, respectively.

Thus, an 18 hour trip leaving at 9:00 local time, would see you arriving 21:00 NZ time the next day (6th March -- that's presuming D.C., given that would give the closest travel time to your suggestion).

England does not have fjords, these are specific to Norway. The largest river estuary is the mouth of the River Severn, which runs between Bristol and Cardiff.

First country to give women the vote; Ed Hillary - Everest and South Pole; Brian Wilkins -DNA team with Crick&Watson; Ernest Rutherford - atomic physics, Alan MacDiarmid, - Nobel prize in Chemistry, 2000.

With tourism comes more tourism. Word of mouth is the strongest form of marketing.

the more tourists that have come,

the more tourists that will come,

the more money that will be made, (by the natives)

the more activities that will be offered, (by the natives for the tourists)

the more jobs that will be created, (for the natives)

the more industries will grow,

the more countries will offer, (by the natives for the tourists)

the more tourists will come.

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They are both known for their hot springs, which are used for bathing in both locations; Hanmer is perhaps the more famous of the two.

Some people use a canoe on the Whanganui River.

from LAX airport direct flight to auckland, nz

South Auckland - approximately 45 minutes drive from Auckland City Centre.

to the lakes

Awakino Gorge

There's also the Mangaotaki Gorge

New Zealand does not have states. There are three main islands, the north, south and Stewart Islands. Rotorua is in the Central North Island

148 miles

Christchurch. He can often be spotted in Cathedral Square.

It began as TEAL, which stood for Tasman Empire Airways Limited.

The Sky Tower in Auckland.

Baldwin Street (the world's steepest street) in Dunedin.

The L&P bottle in Paeroa.

The giant carrot at Onehunga.

The statue of a guy shearing a sheep in Te Kuiti.

The Hermitage (resort/hotel) in Mt Cook Village.

Many towns have large fibre-glass or plastic 'statues' that symbolise their town or region, like trout.

Cromwell has giant fruit.

The list goes on...

oysters from invercargill

Yes, it has a constitution, that is why it a constitutional monarchy. But it is not one document but a collection. It is similar to Englands.

canoe

Whakatane is farther.

I believe you can, but I wouldn't count on it. If you are traveling abroad you should carry your passport with you. New Zealand is very tourist savvy and will recognize your passport more easily than a foreign ID card. You can also get an international drivers license that should work the same way. Although much of that is not needed as I was never "carded" once while I was there, they are not as particular about it as they are in some countries.