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New Zealand
The Land of the Long White Cloud: people, places, and everything that makes New Zealand unique.
4,626 Questions
The city hit by an earthquake in 1931 in New Zealand?
Napier was the city that was hit by a devastating earthquake in 1931 in New Zealand. The earthquake, measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale, caused widespread damage and resulted in the reconstruction of the city in the Art Deco style.
Does New Zealand have a tropical climate?
No, New Zealand does not have a tropical climate. It has a temperate maritime climate characterized by mild temperatures, moderate rainfall, and relatively high humidity. The country does not experience extreme heat or cold.
How many hours a day do kids go to school in New Zealand?
Primary School children (5-10 year olds) go to school 9 am to 3 pm, 6hours. Intermediate School children (11-13 year olds) tend to go to school from 8.30 to 3pm, 6.5hours and College students (14-18 year olds) go from about 8.30 until 3.30, 7 hours.
Where is New Zealand's largest aluminium smelter?
Tiwai Point, on the south coast of the South Island.
Does New Zealand have hurricanes?
New Zealand has cyclones rather than hurricanes. They do not generally occur very frequently.
The term used for a storm with very strong winds varies depending on where it occurs. Hurricanes only occur in the Northern Hemisphere, but in the Southern Hemisphere it is known as Cyclones, which is basically the same, but spins in the opposite direction. They are just as deadly and damaging, take the one that happened in the Philippines for example.
What is the wiring diagram for a light switch in Australia or New Zealand?
In Australia we use 1.5mm2 TPS cable for lighting circuits. The colours for fixed wiring are red - active, black- neutral and green/yellow for earth, also white is used for switch wires. All luminaires and lighting points must have an earth at their location. The process for a simple lighting circuit for looping at the switch method (feed starts at the switch) - one switch and one light point is:
The feed (active) goes to the common point on the rocker switch and the neutral goes to the loop terminal on the rocker switch. The earth is connected to a two screw connector separate from the switch. A switch wire is then connected from terminal 1 of the rocker switch to one of the main terminals (these are the terminals across which the lamp terminals are connected) on the batten holder ( this is the fitting which holds the lamp). The other main terminal on the batten holder is connected to the loop terminal on the rocker switch with the neutral. The earth conductor is connected from the two screw terminal at the switch position to the earth terminal in the batten holder.
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As always, if you are in doubt about what to do, the best advice anyone should give you is to call a licensed electrician to advise what work is needed.
Before you do any work yourself,
on electrical circuits, equipment or appliances,
always use a test meter to ensure the circuit is, in fact, de-energized.
IF YOU ARE NOT ALREADY SURE YOU CAN DO THIS JOB
SAFELY AND COMPETENTLY
REFER THIS WORK TO QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS.
Are there any glaciers in the North Island of New Zealand?
New Zealand has more than 3000 glaciers. The most famous are:
- Fox Glacier
- Franz Josef Glacier
- Hooker Glacier
- Mueller Glacier
- Murchison Glacier
- Tasman Glacier
The Bonar, Therma, and Volta glaciers surround Mt Aspiring/Tititea, and the Tasman Glacier flows from Mount Cook/Aoraki.
See the related link below for an interactive map of the glaciers found in New Zealand.
What is the Least windy place in new zealand?
The least windy place in New Zealand is typically Auckland, which is known for its comparatively calmer winds compared to other regions in the country. Areas in the interior of the North Island, such as parts of Waikato and Bay of Plenty, also tend to experience less wind compared to coastal regions.
If it is 11am in Temecula California what time is it in New Zealand?
New Zealand is 21 hours ahead of California, so it would be 8 am the next day.
Up and down are relative to the centre of Earth so down is pointing toward the centre of Earth. Think of a ball if you point to any place on the outside you always point to the middle.
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Oh, but they do! You just have to stand on your head to look!
What national park in New Zealand is built around a volcano?
Tongariro National Park is built around a volcanic massif in New Zealand, which includes three active volcanoes: Mount Ruapehu, Mount Ngauruhoe, and Mount Tongariro.
Why Is New Zealand An Active Landscape?
New Zealand is an "active landscape" because it lies on a continental fault line.
Earthquakes and volcanic activity are the result of movement between tectonic plates. These plates constantly move as underground stresses are released through the Earth's crust. The islands of New Zealand are situated over the boundary between the Australian and Pacific tectonic plates. The Pacific "Ring of Fire" is the area where most of the world's seismic activity takes place. It is a ring encircling the Pacific Ocean in a roughly horseshoe shape, beginning at New Zealand, continuing up through the Philippines and Indonesia, through the edge of the eastern Asian countries, then down the western coast of the USA and South America.
If you dug a hole through the middle of the earth from New Zealand where would you come out?
If you started digging in the center of Auckland, you'd come out in Spain, about 452 miles north of Gibraltar.
If you started at Invercargill, you'd come out in the Atlantic Ocean, about 400 miles southwest
of Cork, Ireland, 480 miles west of Nantes, France, and 261 miles northwest of La Coruña, Spain.
That's also about 1,900 miles east of St. John's, Newfoundland (Canada), and 3,950 miles northeast
of Miami, FL.
What are the names of the 48 volcanoes in Auckland?
Mt Eden (Maungawhau),
Mt Hobson,
Rangitoto,
One Tree Hill (Maungakiekie),
Mt St John,
Albert Park,
Three Kings,
Pukekawa (the Domain),
Mangere Mountain,
Mt Albert (Owairaka),
Mt Smart,
Mt Roskill,
Mt Victoria,
North Head,
Lake Pupuke,
Otara Hill,
Orakei Basin,
Onepoto,
Puktutu,
Taylor's Hill (Tauere),
Tank Farm (Te Kopua O Matakamokamo)
Brown's Island (Motukorea),
Te Hopua,
Mt Richmond,
What kind of climate does Darwin Australia have?
The region, like the rest of the Top End, has a tropical climate, with a wet season and a dry season. It receives heavy rainfall during the Wet season, which begins in late October and continues through to about April, and is well-known for its spectacular lightning during the summer monsoonal season.
During the dry season, rainfall is virtually non-existent.
How long does it take to fly to Antarctica from Christchurch New Zealand?
From 5-8 hours depending what type of aircraft is used.
How many times would Ireland fit into New Zealand?
Ireland is 32,525 square miles. New Zealand is 103,483 square miles. Ireland could fit in the country of New Zealand 3 times.
How many doctors are there per 1000 people in New Zealand?
17 Doctors per 1000 people in Singapore, meaning that there are about 588 people to a doctor. This is as of year 2010
What is the major source of power in New Zealand?
Hydropower
Timber
Biodiversity
Wind energy
Solar Power
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What is the height to place a light switch in New Zealand?
The correct answer to your question will depend on the exact location of the light switches in particular if the location is subject to damp conditions, such as in a bathroom, shower room, kitchen or anywhere outside a building.
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As always, if you are in doubt about what to do, the best advice anyone should give you is to call a licensed electrician to advise what work is needed.
Before you do any work yourself,
on electrical circuits, equipment or appliances,
always use a test meter to ensure the circuit is, in fact, de-energized.
IF YOU ARE NOT ALREADY SURE YOU CAN DO THIS JOB
SAFELY AND COMPETENTLY
REFER THIS WORK TO QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS.
New zealands molten rock comes from a?
subduction zone where the Pacific Plate is being pushed under the Australian Plate. This process generates magma that rises to the surface, resulting in volcanic activity in New Zealand.
When does daylight savings officially start and end?
Daylight Savings Time:
Starts in the US on the second Sunday in March when clocks are set ahead one hour at 2:00 a.m. local standard time, which becomes 3:00 a.m. local daylight time
Ends in the US on the first Sunday in November when clocks are set back one hour at 2:00 a.m. local daylight time, which becomes 1:00 a.m. local standard time.
These dates were established by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Pub. L. no. 109-58, 119 Stat 594 (2005). NOTE - Hawaii and most of Arizona do not use DST
* In 2008, DST begins on March 9 and ends on November 2. * In 2009, DST begins on March 8 and ends on November 1. Many other countries observe "summer time", but may not change their clocks on the same dates as the U.S. Daylight time and time zones in the U.S. are defined in the U.S. Code, Title 15, Chapter 6, Subchapter IX - Standard Time.
http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/daylight_time.php
For a list of all the different Daylight Savings Times in different countries visit:
http://www.webexhibits.org/daylightsaving/nodes.html
Click the links at the bottom of the page for more information
Is new zealand the sixeth biggest country in the world?
No. The sixth largest country is Australia. New Zealand is the 74th largest country in the world.
