New Zealand

The takahe's diet changes with the seasons. It is restricted to the high alpine country, so in the summer it refers on snow tussock shoots, mountain daisy, sedges, herbs and moths. In winter it feeds on fern rhizomes in the high forests.

For the most part, ski season in New Zealand lasts from May-June to Sepember-October. many resorts are indeed open for all but the summer months, rather than simply being open in winter-spring. It is best to check with individual resort as to the usual season length

Unfortunatly there are no direct flights from Palmerston North to Hamilton. You have to go through Auckland to get to Hamilton. The flight time to Auckland is about 1 hour and about 20 minutes to Hamilton but you will probably have to wait in Auckland for an hour at least. I have flown to Tauranga once, a smilar distance than that to Hamilton and found it as just as quick to drive.

'Senior officers have weapons locked in the boots of their vehicles in case they need to hand out guns to staff in an emergency. These officers include emergency response police, Crime Investigation Bureau staff, dog handlers and some rural police.'

'A senior Auckland policeman, who did not want to be named, said he and his frontline colleagues regularly wore a gun in a holster when going to violent incidents, but made sure it was hidden under a jersey.'

'The instructions note: "The NZ police is generally an unarmed service. It is recognised, however, that firearms need to be available quickly, easily and safely. Minimum visibility should be applied at all times."'

In the last 20 years 10 people have been fatally shot and many more wounded by police with firearms.

Sunday Star-Times investigation has revealed weapons are close at hand in many situations.^

NZ is not a dangerous country - trust me, I have been to many developed and developing countries, and NZ is better off leaving guns to the armed defenders squad. Guns are bad, and an increase in police carrying guns will no doubt result in civilians carrying more guns, which is not good. I say keep NZ as gun-free as possible, let's not normalise guns! Jake Howie

The south Auckland liquor store owner might have had a chance to survive if police were armed and able to intervene early, rather than wait until they had the necessary resources.

This is a complete change in attitude for me but now I also believe that anyone who uses a weapon - knife, sword, gun, whatever - to attack a police officer should be prepared for the police to use lethal force to defend themselves. In the end we will get the police force we deserve.

The survey of 500 people by Research New Zealand has also revealed that 44 per cent of the public are more concerned about their personal safety than they were last year.

Just five years ago a majority were still opposed to the idea. Only 33 per cent supported it. Now 53 per cent would approve.

New Zealand Hearld^

Currently police can only use firearms to:

DEFEND THEMSELVES OR OTHERS

PREVENT THE ESCAPE

ARREST

New Zealand Police Site.^

The New Zealand police minister firmly believes that police shouldn't carry firearms. In an interview on Campbell Live she said 'officer's wondering around with guns on their belts when they are doing school programs, that's not they style of policing we want in New Zealand.' She then goes on to say that 'the police are the second most trusted organisation'

TV3S Campbell Live Interview^

Carrying guns in a holster on the hip is still not routine for New Zealand police officers - but don't ask to see what's under their armpits or in their car boots

Senior officers have weapons locked in the boots of their vehicles in case they need to hand out guns to staff in an emergency. These officers include emergency response police, Crime Investigation Bureau staff, dog handlers and some rural police.

having just left the growing police state that is the US--with the local small town police forces becoming increasingly "militarized"--and the police becoming overtly brutal, I certainly hope that the NZ police do NOT become armed.

Our system here works wonderfully as it is now. The police are friendly and helpful. They are approachable. They are there to serve.

Contrast that to what has happened in the US.

Part of the reason we moved here is because the police are NOT armed.

If it ain't broke, don't "fix" it!

totally agree - guns are lethal and don't protect -they kill when used, and they change the way a person relates when in their possession. NZ needs to avoid the dreadful mistakes of so-called advanced western democracies, not copy them.

The police minister Judith Collins says that "it inevitable that police will closer access to guns..." she than goes on to say that "by the middle of this year more rural police will have access to gun locked in there cars...'

The police union now says in a interview with 1 News that 'police officers now need the ultimate protection at there hip' after a police officer was attacked from behind with a machete. This means that the police union wants all police to carry fire arms at there hip. The prime minister is not so keen saying that 'it will affect the relationship between the public and the police'. The head of the police union then replied that 'sadly it has already got to that stage'.

It is inevitable that police officers' access to firearms will increase, Prime Minister John Key says.

However, he questioned whether it would make them safer, saying individuals would still have to make the call to "take that gun out of their holster and, ultimately, whether they use it".

Statistics New Zealand estimates 4,369,766 as at July 16, 2010

NZ is a shortening of New Zealand; both names have capital letters, so NZ is fully capitalised.

Whangarei is the biggest city in Northland, NZ.

Special things about New Zealand are:

* there are more sheep than people. * Maori culture. * New Zealand is the only country in the world with every climate type. * There are almost no poisonous or dangerous animals in the wild (the Katipo spider is venomous but not deadly); there are no snakes. * it was the last country in the world to be populated by humans * it has unique wildlife:NZ ecology developed in isolation. There are almost no native mammals (the bat is the only native mammal) so birds fill almost every niche and there are more flightless bird species than anywhere else. * it is the most isolated nation.

Rotorua's abundant geothermal activity (hot pools, geysers, mud pools, etc.) results in large amounts of sulphur compounds, and especially hydrogen sulphide (which smells of rotten eggs) to be released into the atmosphere.

The smell might be overwhelming to a foreigner, but if you live there or visit regularly, you get used to the smell.

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The Kakapo brought itself, presumably in the shape of a predecessor that still could fly some time way back when.

Exactly how no one knows, but presumably through birds being swept away from the mainland by storms.

Through dialect, song and dance, commemorative haka or challenges, through facial expressions, almost like a sign language maori used their bodies and actions to communicate aswell as dialogue.

The Ross Dependency is administered by new Zealand however there are several bases such as Scott's Base that have been set up by new Zealand explorers and still remain under the control of NZ

Charles Upham VC with Bar

New Zealand is formed from islands, Romania is not an island.
New Zealand is a rich country, Romania is a poor country.
New Zealand is a a developed country, Romania is undeveloped.
The languages of these countries are different.
Also the religion is different.
New Zealand is under the authority of UK queen, Romania is independent.

You can get your restricted driver licence in New Zealand once you have held your learner licence for six months.

Theoretically, the minimum age to get your restricted licence is 15 years 6 months.

New Zealand's capital city of Wellington is located in the southern region of the North Island.

There are lots of different cultures that make up New Zealand, so there is a lot of variety in the food eaten here. Traditional New Zealand food originates from the UK, so lots of beef and mutton and chicken are eaten. On a sunday, especially for the older generation, a roast is eaten for lunch - typically lamb with roast veges - potatoes, carrots, onion, kumara, pumpkin and other veges such as peas, corn, beans, just to name a few, and of course served with a rich homemade gravy

New Zealand is not a very religious country because there is such a large mixture of cultures -Pakeha, Maori, Chinese, Indian, Asian, African, American even.

The first religion in NZ was Christianity and officially New Zealand is a 'Christian' country. However, the minority of true Christians in the country is as small in percentage as in any other country.

I would say the people who own Canobie lake park, and maybe the Clark's bears people.

painting pictures of things that they see

making things out of clay, or cardboard, paper, string etc.

sand saucers- ie fill a saucer with sand and decorate it with flowers.

Inventing bug catchers or germ catchers (my 6yr old grand-daughter did that last year)

Making flowers out of flax (harakeke). sewing pictures on cardboard with wool.