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Was wäre London wohl ohne rote Telefonzelle? Klar machen Smartphones diese festen Telefone überflüssig, aber ich freue mich immer wieder wenn ich eine sehe.

 

What would London well without red telephone box? Clear smartphones make this fixed phones superfluous, but I am always happy when I see one.

 

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Vereinigtes Königreich (United Kingdom)

London

März (March) 2015

 

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Captured in Western Springs, Auckland. Eastern rosellas are native to south-eastern Australia, including Tasmania. They were introduced to New Zealand in the early 1900s, beginning with Dunedin in 1910, then Auckland (around 1920) and Wellington in the 1960s. The South Island population has remained relatively small, confined to the Dunedin area. There are isolated records from Lyttelton Harbour, Invercargill, and Stewart Island. The two North Island populations have spread considerably, and are almost joined in the Rangitikei region. Eastern rosella are now common throughout many parts of the North Island, in particular Northland, Auckland, Waikato, Wairarapa and Wellington.

 

Eastern rosellas could potentially have detrimental effects for native parrots through spreading parrot-specific disease organisms not otherwise present. North Island rosella populations have been found to carry Beak and Feather Disease Virus (BFDV), a parrot specific virus which could be harmful to native parrots. Additionally, they may compete with native species for food and/or tree cavities, which they nest in. Rosellas cause localised damage to grain and fruit crops in New Zealand, including stripping flowers from some fruit trees.

Hinter diesem Bild steckt eine kleine lustige Geschichte. Eigentlich wollten meine Nichte und ich in den normalen 15er Bus einsteigen, sahen diesen hetzten drauf zu und bemerkten erst kurz davor das dies einer dieser alten Busse ist die eine spezielle Tour fuhren. Kurz darauf kam der mit dem wir eigentlich mitfahren wollten, doch bevor wir wieder zurück hetzten dacht ich mir:" Na der würd aber ein super Foto abgeben!" .... Und ja wir haben den anderen Bus noch erwischt! :D

 

Behind this image lies a little funny story. Actually wanted my niece and I go into the normal 15th bus, saw this and rushed it to noticed until seconds before and this is one of those old buses that drove a special tour. Shortly thereafter came the we wanted a ride, but before we rushed back what I thought: "Well, but the'd be a super photo" .... And yes, we have the other bus still caught! :D

  

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A beautifully coloured Rosella in the rain. Endemic to Australia, it was introduced to New Zealand in the early 1900s, and is now common over much of the North Island.

Captured in Western Springs, Auckland. Eastern rosellas are native to south-eastern Australia, including Tasmania. They were introduced to New Zealand in the early 1900s, beginning with Dunedin in 1910, then Auckland (around 1920) and Wellington in the 1960s. The South Island population has remained relatively small, confined to the Dunedin area. There are isolated records from Lyttelton Harbour, Invercargill, and Stewart Island. The two North Island populations have spread considerably, and are almost joined in the Rangitikei region. Eastern rosella are now common throughout many parts of the North Island, in particular Northland, Auckland, Waikato, Wairarapa and Wellington.

 

Eastern rosellas could potentially have detrimental effects for native parrots through spreading parrot-specific disease organisms not otherwise present. North Island rosella populations have been found to carry Beak and Feather Disease Virus (BFDV), a parrot specific virus which could be harmful to native parrots. Additionally, they may compete with native species for food and/or tree cavities, which they nest in. Rosellas cause localised damage to grain and fruit crops in New Zealand, including stripping flowers from some fruit trees.

IMO: 9890745

Name: WHERO

Vessel Type - Generic: Cargo

Vessel Type - Detailed: Reefer/Containership

Status: Active

MMSI: 370820000

Call Sign: 3FIY2

Flag: Panama [PA]

Gross Tonnage: 13014

Summer DWT: 12354 t

Length Overall x Breadth Extreme: 158 x 25 m

Year Built: 2021

Home Port: PANAMA

On a walk around the City to catch up with the earthquake rebuild. Christchurch February 17, 2018 New Zealand.

 

Painted by Canadian street artist Kevin Ledo.

A large mural of Whero O Te Rangi Bailey, known to many as Poppy, has been painted on the back of the Crowne Plaza hotel on the corner of Colombo and Armagh streets, a little more than a year after her death.

  

Painted by Canadian street artist Kevin Ledo.

 

The portrait of a late Parihaka elder has been immortalised on a hotel wall in downtown Christchurch.

 

A large mural of Whero O Te Rangi Bailey, known to many as Poppy, has been painted on the back of the Crowne Plaza hotel on the corner of Colombo and Armagh streets, a little more than a year after her death.

 

For More Info: i.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/100323012/great-ta...

  

IMO: 9890745

Name: WHERO

Vessel Type - Generic: Cargo

Vessel Type - Detailed: Reefer/Containership

Status: Active

MMSI: 370820000

Call Sign: 3FIY2

Flag: Panama [PA]

Gross Tonnage: 13014

Summer DWT: 12354 t

Length Overall x Breadth Extreme: 158 x 25 m

Year Built: 2021

Home Port: PANAMA

A reefer ship is a refrigerated cargo ship typically used to transport perishable cargo, which require temperature-controlled handling, such as fruits, meat, vegetables, dairy products, and similar items.

Shredding.

 

Дикие поля, кровавые леса, высеченные лица, грохочущие претензии, изумленные, крадущие злобных пауков, свежие слова, патриархальные сплетни, бесчисленные стада.,

transitum faciebant convivium gradus lata coenae eiusmodi drinks argentum et vocabitur sanctum shifting angustiis cladi oculis meis meritis uicem casibus passim toto corde aquis torrentibus semitam pedibus vzatori,

te tuku i nga pokai whero o nga taru whero e whakaheke ana i nga irava pakiwaitara e whakakao ana i nga wiruwhero teitei i raro i nga po, he rama nga rengarenga e haehae ana i nga otaota.,

regles greument terra de ments buides esperits màgics encanteris encantadors home apassionat vapors fletxes brillants escarabats núvols mortals caient,

reedy voile plumage ombres asunder crevasses plumes cassées sombres autres contusions vessies branches rusées île sombre,

嘆きの声生きる負担見知らぬ人質問沈黙を破る注意深いゲスト刻まれた窓小競り合い検査磨かれた盾優れたペン武器書記.

Steve.D.Hammond.

Eastern rosella | Kākā uhi whero

On a walk around the city on a hot humid day to catch up on what's happening in the city since I was last there.

 

Christchurch February 17, 2018 New Zealand.

 

A large mural of Whero O Te Rangi Bailey, known to many as Poppy, has been painted on the back of the Crowne Plaza hotel on the corner of Colombo and Armagh streets, a little more than a year after her death.

 

The mural was painted by Canadian street artist Kevin Ledo and was one of 10 to go up in central Christchurch, Lyttelton and New Brighton as part of the new Street Prints Ōtautahi festival. i.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/100323012/great-ta...

On a walk around the city on a lovely warm evening in January 2018 Christchurch New Zealand.

 

A large mural of Whero O Te Rangi Bailey, known to many as Poppy, has been painted on the back of the Crowne Plaza hotel on the corner of Colombo and Armagh streets, a little more than a year after her death.

 

The mural was painted by Canadian street artist Kevin Ledo and was one of 10 to go up in central Christchurch, Lyttelton and New Brighton as part of the new Street Prints Ōtautahi festival.

For Info: i.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/100323012/great-ta...

Ports of Auckland, New Zealand

 

Autumn 2023

 

The vessel is currently at port AUCKLAND, NZ and her next destination is LYTTELTON, NZ

  

WHERO (IMO: 9890745) is a Reefer/Containership that was built in 2021 (2 years ago) and is sailing under the flag of Panama.

 

Her carrying capacity is 12354 t DWT and her current draught is reported to be 7 meters. Her length overall (LOA) is 158 meters and her width is 25 meters.

20251203_2323_7D2-600 Pan Nova and Whero

 

Panama registered bulk carrier Pan Nova sits at anchor off South New Brighton Beach, while in the background, Whero (another Panama registered ship) heads towards the port of Lyttelton.

 

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Congratulations to New Zealand on winning the World Cup, 2011

 

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Ports of Auckland, New Zealand

mural

graffiti by Kevin ledo

christchurch nz

inner city

ojp: whero?

widf: wie is die filmster?

 

does anybody have a clue who the moviestar is?

 

the moviestar is swedish Anita Ekberg who got famous over Fellini's La Dolce Vita .. thanks Nescio for straightening things out

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (commonly called the North Island and the South Island), and numerous smaller islands, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands. The indigenous Māori language name for New Zealand is Aotearoa, commonly translated as The Land of the Long White Cloud. The Realm of New Zealand also includes the Cook Islands and Niue (self-governing but in free association); Tokelau; and the Ross Dependency (New Zealand's territorial claim in Antarctica).

New Zealand is notable for its geographic isolation: it is situated about 2,000 km (1250 miles) southeast of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and its closest neighbours to the north are New Caledonia, Fiji and Tonga. During its long isolation New Zealand developed a distinctive fauna dominated by birds, a number of which became extinct after the arrival of humans and the mammals they introduced.

The majority of New Zealand's population is of European descent; the indigenous Māori are the largest minority. Asians and non-Māori Polynesians are also significant minority groups, especially in urban areas. The most commonly spoken language is English.

New Zealand is a developed country that ranks highly in international comparisons on human development, quality of life, life expectancy, literacy, public education, peace, prosperity, economic freedom, ease of doing business, lack of corruption, press freedom, and the protection of civil liberties and political rights. Its cities also consistently rank among the world's most liveable.

Elizabeth II, as the Queen of New Zealand, is the country's head of state and is represented by a ceremonial Governor-General who holds reserve powers. The Queen has no real political influence, and her position is essentially symbolic. Political power is held by the democratically elected Parliament of New Zealand under the leadership of the Prime Minister, who is the head of government.

 

Etymology

It is unknown whether Māori had a name for New Zealand as a whole before the arrival of Europeans, although they referred to the North Island as Te Ika a Māui (the fish of Māui) and the South Island as Te Wai Pounamu (the waters of greenstone) or Te Waka o Aoraki (the canoe of Aoraki). Until the early 20th century, the North Island was also referred to as Aotearoa (colloquially translated "land of the long white cloud"); in modern Māori usage, this name refers to the whole country. Aotearoa is also commonly used in this sense in New Zealand English, where it is sometimes used alone, and in some formal uses combined with the English name to express respect to the original inhabitants of the country, for example in the form of "[Organisation name] of Aotearoa New Zealand".

The first European name for New Zealand was Staten Landt, the name given to it by the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman, who in 1642 became the first European to see the islands. Tasman assumed it was part of a southern continent connected with land discovered in 1615 off the southern tip of South America by Jacob Le Maire, which had been named Staten Landt, meaning "Land of the (Dutch) States-General".

The name New Zealand originated with Dutch cartographers, who called the islands Nova Zeelandia, after the Dutch province of Zeeland. No one is certain exactly who first coined the term, but it first appeared in 1645 and may have been the choice of cartographer Johan Blaeu. British explorer James Cook subsequently anglicised the name to New Zealand. There is no connection to the Danish island Zealand.

Although the North and South Islands have been known by these names for many years, the New Zealand Geographic Board has stated that as of 2009, they have no official names. The board intends to make these their official names, along with alternative Māori names. Although several Māori names have been used, Maori Language Commissioner Erima Henare sees Te Ika-a-Māui and Te Wai Pounamu respectively as the most likely choices.

 

History

New Zealand is one of the most recently settled major landmasses. The first known settlers were Eastern Polynesians who, according to most researchers, arrived by canoe in about AD 1250–1300. Some researchers have suggested an earlier wave of arrivals dating to as early as AD 50–150; these people then either died out or left the islands. Over the following centuries these settlers developed into a distinct culture now known as Māori. The population was divided into Iwi (tribes) and hapū (subtribes) which would cooperate, compete and sometimes fight with each other. At some point a group of Māori migrated to the Chatham Islands where they developed their distinct Moriori culture.

 

The first Europeans known to have reached New Zealand were Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman and his crew in 1642. Māori killed several of the crew and no Europeans returned to New Zealand until British explorer James Cook's voyage of 1768–71. Cook reached New Zealand in 1769 and mapped almost the entire coastline. Following Cook, New Zealand was visited by numerous European and North American whaling, sealing and trading ships. They traded European food and goods, especially metal tools and weapons, for Māori timber, food, artefacts and water. On occasion, Europeans traded goods for sex.

The potato and the musket transformed Māori agriculture and warfare, although the resulting Musket Wars died out once the tribal imbalance of arms had been rectified. From the early nineteenth century, Christian missionaries began to settle New Zealand, eventually converting most of the Māori population, who had become disillusioned with their indigenous faith by the introduction of Western culture.

Becoming aware of the lawless nature of European settlement and of increasing French interest in the territory, the British government sent William Hobson to New Zealand to claim sovereignty and negotiate a treaty with the Māori.[i] The Treaty of Waitangi was first signed in the Bay of Islands on 6 February 1840. The drafting was done hastily and confusion and disagreement continue to surround the translation. The Treaty however remains regarded as New Zealand's foundation as a nation and is revered by Māori as a guarantee of their rights.

Initially under British rule, New Zealand had been part of the colony of New South Wales. Hobson initially selected Okiato as the capital in 1840, before moving the seat of government to Auckland in 1841, when New Zealand became a separate colony, and there were increasing numbers of European settlers to New Zealand particularly from the British Isles. The Māori were initially eager to trade with the 'Pakeha', as they called them, and many iwi became wealthy. As settler numbers increased, conflicts over land led to the New Zealand Land Wars of the 1860s and 1870s, resulting in the loss of much Māori land. The details of European settlement and the acquisition of land from Māori remain controversial.

Representative government for the colony was provided for in 1852 when the United Kingdom passed the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852. The 1st New Zealand Parliament met in 1854. In 1856 the colony became effectively self-governing with the grant of responsible government over all domestic matters other than native policy. Power in this respect would be transferred to the colonial administration in the 1860s.

In 1863 Premier Alfred Domett moved a resolution that the capital transfer to a locality in Cook Strait, apparently due to concern that the South Island might form a separate colony. Commissioners from Australia (chosen for their neutral status) advised that Wellington was suitable because of its harbour and central location, and parliament officially sat there for the first time in 1865. In 1893 the country became the first nation in the world to grant women the right to vote.

 

20th century

In 1907 New Zealand became a Dominion within the British Empire, and an independent Commonwealth realm in 1947 when the Statute of Westminster was adopted, although in practice Britain had long since ceased to play a significant role in governing New Zealand. As New Zealand became more politically independent it became more dependent economically; in the 1890s, refrigerated shipping allowed New Zealand to base its economy on the export of meat and dairy products to Britain

New Zealand was an enthusiastic member of the British Empire, fighting in the Boer War, World War I and World War II, especially in the Battle of Britain, and supporting Britain in the Suez Crisis. The country was very much a part of the world economy and suffered as others did in the Great Depression of the 1930s. The depression led to the election of the first Labour government, which established a comprehensive welfare state and a protectionist economy.

New Zealand experienced increasing prosperity following World War II. However, some social problems were developing; Māori had begun to leave traditional rural life and move to the cities in search of work. A Māori protest movement eventually developed, which criticised Eurocentrism and worked for more recognition of Māori culture and the Treaty of Waitangi, which they felt had not been fully honoured.

In 1975 a Waitangi Tribunal was set up to investigate alleged breaches of the Treaty, and it was enabled to investigate historic grievances in 1985. In common with other developed countries, social developments accelerated in the 1970s and social and political mores changed.

Britain's membership of the European Economic Community in 1973 drastically reduced access for New Zealand exporters to their previous largest market. This and the oil shocks of the 1970s led to significant economic and social changes during the 1980s under the 4th Labour government largely led by Finance Minister Roger Douglas, whose policies are commonly referred to as "Rogernomics."

 

Geography

New Zealand comprises two main islands, the North and South Islands, Te Ika a Maui and Te Wai Pounamu respectively in Māori, and a number of smaller islands, located near the centre of the water hemisphere. Cook Strait, 20 kilometres wide at its narrowest point, separates the North and South Islands. The total land area, 268,021 square kilometres (103,483 sq mi), is a little less than that of Italy or Japan, and a little more than the United Kingdom. The country extends more than 1600 km (1000 mi) along its main, north-north-east axis, with approximately 15,134 km (9,404 mi) of coastline. The most significant of the smaller inhabited islands include Stewart Island/Rakiura; Waiheke Island, in Auckland's Hauraki Gulf; Great Barrier Island, east of the Hauraki Gulf; and the Chatham Islands, named Rēkohu by Moriori. The country has extensive marine resources, with the seventh-largest Exclusive Economic Zone in the world, covering over four million square kilometres (1.5 million square miles), more than 15 times its land area.

The South Island is the largest land mass of New Zealand, and is divided along its length by the Southern Alps, the highest peak of which is Aoraki/Mount Cook at 3754 metres (12,320 ft). There are 18 peaks over 3000 metres (9843 ft) in the South Island. The North Island is less mountainous but is marked by volcanism. The highest North Island mountain, Mount Ruapehu (2797 m, 9177 ft), is an active cone volcano. The dramatic and varied landscape of New Zealand has made it a popular location for the production of television programmes and films, including the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the The Last Samurai.

The country owes its varied topography, and perhaps even its emergence above the waves, to the dynamic boundary it straddles between the Pacific and Indo-Australian Plates. New Zealand is part of Zealandia, a continent nearly half the size of Australia that is otherwise almost completely submerged. About 25 million years ago, a shift in plate tectonic movements began to pull Zealandia apart forcefully, with this now being most evident along the Alpine Fault and in the highly active Taupo volcanic zone. The tectonic boundary continues as subduction zones east of the North Island along the Hikurangi Trench to continue north of New Zealand along the Kermadec Trench and the Tonga Trench which is mirrored in the south by the Puysegur Trench.

New Zealand is culturally and linguistically part of Polynesia, and is the south-western anchor of the Polynesian Triangle.

The latitude of New Zealand, from approximately 34 to 47° S, corresponds closely to that of Italy in the Northern Hemisphere. However, its isolation from continental influences and exposure to cold southerly winds and ocean currents give the climate a much milder character. The climate throughout the country is mild and temperate, mainly maritime, with temperatures rarely falling below 0 °C (32 °F) or rising above 30 °C (86 °F) in populated areas. Historical maxima and minima are 42.4 °C (108.3 °F) in Rangiora, Canterbury and −21.6 °C (−6.9 °F) in Ophir, Otago. Conditions vary sharply across regions from extremely wet on the West Coast of the South Island to semi-arid (Köppen BSh) in the Mackenzie Basin of inland Canterbury and subtropical in Northland. Of the main cities, Christchurch is the driest, receiving only 640 mm (25 in) of rain per year; Auckland, the wettest, receives almost twice that amount. Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch all receive a yearly average in excess of 2000 hours of sunshine. The southern and south-western parts of South Island have a cooler and cloudier climate, with around 1400–1600 hours; the northern and north-eastern parts of the South Island are the sunniest areas of the country and receive approximately 2400–2500 hours.

 

Other Info

 

Oficial name:

Aotearoa

New Zealand

 

Independence:

Dominion 26 September 1907

- Statute of Westminster 1931

- Full Independence 1947

 

Area:

270.534 km2

 

Inhabitants:

4.500.000

 

Languages:

Reo Māori

English [eng] 3,213,000 in New Zealand (1987). Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English

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Maori [mri] 50,000 to 70,000 (1991 Fishman, p. 231). 100,000 who understand it, but do not speak it (1995 Maori Language Commission). Ethnic population: 530,000 (2002 Honolulu Advertiser). Far north, east coast, North Island. Alternate names: New Zealand Maori. Dialects: North Auckland, South Island, Taranaki, Wanganui, Bay of Plenty, Rotorua-Taupo, Moriori. Formerly fragmented into a number of regional dialects, some of which diverged quite radically from what has become the standard dialect. Lexical similarity 71% with Hawaiian, 57% with Samoan. Classification: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Remote Oceanic, Central Pacific, East Fijian-Polynesian, Polynesian, Nuclear, East, Central, Tahitic

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New Zealand Sign Language [nzs] Classification: Deaf sign language

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Pitcairn-Norfolk [pih] Alternate names: Pitcairn English. Classification: Cant, English-Tahitian

 

Capital city:

Wellington

 

Meaning country name:

After the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands, which means "Sealand" in reference to the large number of islands it contains. Abel Tasman referred to New Zealand as Staten Landt, but subsequent Dutch cartographers used Nova Zeelandia in Latin, followed by Nieuw Zeeland in Dutch, which Captain James Cook subsequently anglicised as New Zealand.

Aotearoa has become the most common name for the country in the indigenous

Maori language, supplanting the loan-phrase Niu Tireni. Aotearoa conventionally means "land of the long white cloud".

Nua Shealtainn in both Irish and Scottish Gaelic, meaning New Shetland (Sealtainn), itself from a metathesised form of Scots Shetland. Gaelic speakers seem to have folk-etymologised Zeeland when translating New Zealand's name from English. or

There is no known pre-contact Māori name for New Zealand, although Māori referred to the North Island as Te Ika-a-Māui (the fish of Māui) and the South Island as Te Wai Pounamu (the waters of jade) or Te Waka-a-Māui (the canoe of Māui). Until the early twentieth century, the North Island was also referred to as Aotearoa (often glossed as 'land of the long white cloud'); in modern Māori usage, this is the name for the whole country.

The first European name for New Zealand was Staten Landt, the name given to it by Abel Tasman upon his discovery of the islands in 1642. Tasman assumed it was part of a southern continent connected with land discovered in 1615 off the southern tip of South America by Isaac Le Maire. The name New Zealand originated with Dutch cartographers, who called the islands Nova Zeelandia, after the Dutch province of Zeeland. No-one is certain exactly who first coined the term, but it first appeared in 1645 and may have been the choice of cartographer Johan Blaeu. British explorer James Cook subsequently anglicised the name to New Zealand.

 

Description Flag:

The Flag of New Zealand is a defaced blue ensign with the Union Flag in the canton, and four red stars with white borders to the right. The stars represent the constellation of Crux, the Southern Cross, as seen from New Zealand.

The flag proportion is 1:2 and the colours are Red (Pantone 186), Blue (Pantone 280) and White. Proportion and colours are identical to the Union Flag.

 

Coat of arms:

The Coat of Arms of New Zealand is the official symbol of New Zealand. The initial coat of arms was granted King George V on the 26 August 1911, and the current version was granted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1956.

Until 1911, New Zealand used the same national coat of arms as the United Kingdom. When New Zealand became a Dominion in 1907, it was decided that a new Coat of Arms was required, and a design competition was held. Since being granted its own arms in 1911, New Zealand's arms have remained similar to the current design, with minor changes in 1956.

Since 1911, the central shield has remained unaltered: a quartered shield containing in the first quarter four stars representing the Southern Cross constellation, as depicted on the national flag, but with the stars in different proportions; in the second quarter, a golden fleece representing the farming industry; in the third, a wheat sheaf representing agriculture; and in the fourth, two hammers representing mining and industry. Over all this is a pale, a broad vertical strip, with three ships representing the importance of sea trade, and the immigrant nature of all New Zealanders.

The old–style coat of arms.Before 1956, the shield was identical, but the surrounding features were different. The crest was a demi-lion (the upper half of a rampant lion) holding the British Union Flag, and the scroll at the shield's base featured the then motto of the country, "Onward". Early renditions of the Coat of Arms are often featured with more stylised scrolling rather than fern leaves.

The original supporters were also slightly different. The woman had reddish-brown hair, and both figures faced forward rather than towards the shield. Though there is no direct documentary evidence, it is likely that the original model for the woman was Wellington socialite Alice Spragg. The model for the Māori warrior is unknown.

New Zealand Coat of Arms ExplainedThe shield is now supported by two figures, a blonde Pākehā (European) woman holding the New Zealand flag, and a Māori warrior holding a taiaha (Māori staff). The shield is topped with the St Edward's Crown, and beneath the shield are two silver fern leaves and a scroll bearing the words "New Zealand".

 

Motto:

"Onward"

 

Unofficial National Song: Pokarekare Ana

 

Maori

 

Pōkarekare ana, ngā wai o Waiapu

Whiti atu koe hine, marino ana e

E hine e, hoki mai ra, ka mate ahau i te aroha e.

Tuhituhi taku reta, tuku atu taku rīni

Kia kite tō iwi, raruraru ana e.

E hine e, hoki mai ra, ka mate ahau i te aroha e.

Whatiwhati taku pene, kua pau aku pepa

Ko taku aroha, mau tonu ana e.

E hine e, hoki mai ra, ka mate ahau i te aroha e.

E kore te aroha, e maroke i te rā

Mākūkū tonu i aku roimata e.

E hine e, hoki mai ra, ka mate ahau i te aroha e.

 

English

 

The waves are breaking, against the shores of Waiapu,

My heart is aching, for your return my love.

Oh my beloved, come back to me, my heart is breaking for of love for you.

I have written you a letter, and enclosed with it my ring,

If your people should see it, then the trouble will begin.

Oh girl, come back to me, my heart is breaking for of love for you.

My poor pen is broken, my paper is spent,

But my love for you endures, and remains forever more.

Oh my beloved, come back to me, my heart is breaking for of love for you.

The sun's hot sheen, won't scorch my love,

Being kept evergreen, by the falling of my tears.

Oh girl, Come back to me, I could die of love for you.

  

National Anthem: God Defend New Zealand

 

Maori

 

E Ihowa Atua

E Ihowā Atua

O ngā iwi mātou rā

Āta whakarongona

Me aroha noa

Kia hua ko te pai

Kia tau tō atawhai

Manaakitia mai

Aotearoa

 

Ōna mano tāngata

Kiri whero, kiri mā

Iwi Māori Pākehā

Rūpeke katoa

Nei ka tono ko ngā hē

Māu e whakaahu kē

Kia ora mārire

Aotearoa

 

Tōna mana kia tū

Tōna kaha kia ū

Tōna rongo hei pakū

Ki te ao katoa

Aua rawa ngā whawhai

Ngā tutū a tata mai

Kia tupu nui ai

Aotearoa

 

Waiho tona takiwā

Ko te ao mārama

Kia whiti tōna rā

Taiāwhio noa

Ko te hae me te ngangau

Meinga kia kore kau

Waiho i te rongo mau

Aotearoa

 

Tōna pai me toitū

Tika rawa, pono pū

Tōna noho, tana tū

Iwi nō Ihowā

Kaua mōna whakamā

Kia hau te ingoa

Kia tū hei tauira

Aotearoa

 

English

 

God of Nations at Thy feet

In the bonds of love we meet

Hear our voices, we entreat

God defend our free land

Guard Pacific's triple star

From the shafts of strife and war

Make her praises heard

God defend New Zealand

 

Men of ev'ry creed and race

Gather here before Thy face

Asking Thee to bless this place

God defend our free land

From dissension, envy, hate

And corruption guard our State

Make our country good and great

God defend New Zealand

 

Peace, not war, shall be our boast

But should our foes assail our coast

Make us then a mighty host

God defend our free land

Lord of battles, in Thy might

Put our enemies to flight

Let our cause be just and right

God defend New Zealand

 

Let our love for Thee increase

May Thy blessings never cease

Give us plenty, give us peace

God defend our free land

From dishonour and from shame

Guard our country's spotless name

Crown her with immortal fame

God defend New Zealand

 

May our mountains ever be Tōna

Freedom's ramparts on the sea

Make us faithful unto Thee

God defend our free land

Guide her in the nations'

Preaching love and truth to man

Working out Thy Glorious plan

God defend New Zealand

 

Internet Page: www.newzealand.govt.nz

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www.natlib.govt.nz

 

New Zeland in diferent languages

 

eng | dan | hau | mlt | nor | swa: New Zealand

cat | cos | roh-gri | roh-srs: Nova Zelanda

bis | tpi: Niusilan

ces | slk: Nový Zéland

dsb | hsb: Nowoseelandska

kin | run: Nuvele Zelande

roh-enb | roh-eno: Nouva Zelanda

afr: Nieu-Seeland

arg: Nueba Zelanda

ast: Nueva Zelanda

aze: Yeni Zelandiya / Јени Зеландија

bam: Nuwɛli-Zelandi

bos: Novi Zeland / Нови Зеланд

bre: Zeland-Nevez

cor: Mordir Nowydh; Selond Nowydh

crh: Yañı Zelandiya / Янъы Зеландия

cym: Seland Newydd

deu: Neuseeland / Neuſeeland

epo: Nov-Zelando

est: Uus-Meremaa

eus: Zeelanda Berria

fao: Ný Sæland

fij: Niu Siladi

fin: Uusi-Seelanti

fra: Nouvelle-Zélande

frp: Novèla-Zèlande

fry: Nij-Seelân

fur: Gnove Zelande

gla: Sealainn Nuadh

gle: An Nua-Shéalainn / An Nua-Ṡéalainn

glg: Nova Celandia

glv: Yn Teelan Noa

hat: Nouvèl Zeland

haw: Nukīlani

hrv: Novi Zeland

hun: Új-Zéland

ibo: Niuziland

ina: Nove Zelanda

ind: Selandia Baru / سيلنديا بارو

isl: Nýja-Sjáland

ita: Nuova Zelanda

jav: Selandia Baru

jnf: Nouvelle Zélande

kaa: Janʻa Zelandiya / Жаңа Зеландия

kmr: Zêlandîya Teze / Зеландийа Т’әзә / زێلاندیا تەزە

kur: Zêlanda Nû / زێلاندا نوو

lat: Nova Zelandia; Nova Selandia

lav: Jaunzēlande

lim: Nui-Zieland

lin: Nova Zelandi

lit: Naujoji Zelandija

lld-bad: Zelanda Nöia

lld-grd: Nueva Zelanda

ltz: Neiséiland / Neiſéiland

mlg: Zelandy-Vaovao

mol: Noua Zeelandă / Ноуа Зееландэ

mri: Aotearoa; Niu Tireni

msa: New Zealand / ڽوزيلند

nds: Niegseeland / Niegſeeland

nld: Nieuw-Zeeland

nrm: Nouvelle-Zélaunde

oci: Nòva Zelanda

pol: Nowa Zelandia

por: Nova Zelândia

que: Musuq Silanda

rmy: Nevi Zeyelanda / नेवी ज़ेयेलान्दा

ron: Noua Zeelandă

rup: Nao Zelandã

scn: Nova Zilanda; Nova Zilanna

slo: Novju Zelandia / Новйу Зеландиа

slv: Nova Zelandija

sme: Ođđa Selánda

smg: Naujuojė Zelandėjė

smo: Niu Sila

som: Neyuusilaand

spa: Nueva Zelanda; Nueva Zelandia

sqi: Zelanda e Re

srd: Noa Zelanda

swe: Nya Zeeland

tah: Niutirani

tet: Zelándia Foun

tgl: Nuweba Selanda

tkl: Niuhila

ton: Nuʻusila

tuk: Täze Zelandiýa / Тәзе Зеландия

tur: Yeni Zelanda

uzb: Yangi Zelandiya / Янги Зеландия

vie: Tân Tây Lan; Niu Di-lân

vol: Nula-Seleän

vor: Vahtsõnõ Meremaa

wln: Nouve Zelande

wol: Selaand-gu-Bees

zul: iNyuzilandi

zza: Zelanda Newiye

abq: Нова Зеландия (Nova Zełandija)

alt: Јаҥы Зеландия (Ďaṅy Zelandija)

bak: Яңы Зеландия / Yaņı Zelandiya

bel: Новая Зеландыя / Novaja Ziełandyja; Новая Зэляндыя / Novaja Zelandyja

bul: Нова Зеландия (Nova Zelandija)

che: Нови Зеланди (Novi Zelandi)

chm: У Зеландий (U Zelandij)

kaz: Жаңа Зеландия / Jaña Zelandïya / جاڭا زەلانديا

kbd: Новэ Зеландие (Novă Zelandie)

kir: Жаңы Зеландия (Ǧaṅy Zelandija)

kjh: Наа Зеландия (Naa Zelandija)

kom: Новӧй Зеландия (Novöj Zelandija)

krc: Джангы Зеландия (Džangy Zelandija)

kum: Янгы Зеландия (Jangy Zelandija)

mkd: Нов Зеланд (Nov Zeland)

mon: Шинэ Зеланд (Šinä Zeland)

oss: Ног Зеланди (Nog Zelandi)

rus: Новая Зеландия (Novaja Zelandija)

srp: Нови Зеланд / Novi Zeland

tab: ЦӀийи Зеландия (C̣iji Zelandija)

tat: Яңа Зеландия / Yaña Zelandiä

tgk: Зеландияи Нав / زلندیۀ نو / Zelandijai Nav

tyv: Чаа Зеландия (Čaa Zelandija)

ukr: Нова Зеландія (Nova Zelandija)

ara: نيوزيلندا (Niyūzīlandā); نيوزيلندة (Niyūzīlandâ); زيلندا الجديدة (Zīlandā l-Ǧadīdâ)

fas: زلاند نو / Zelânde Now; زلاند جدید / Zelânde Jadid

prs: زیلند جدید (Zīland-e Jadīd)

pus: نوۍ زيلنډ (Nawəy Zīlənḋ); نوۍ زيلېنډ (Nawəy Zīlenḋ); نيوزيلنډ (Nyūzīlənḋ)

uig: يېڭى زېلاندىيە / Yéngi Zélandiye / Йеңи Зеландия

urd: نیو زیلینڈ / نیو زیلینڈ / نیوزیلینڈ (Niyū Zīlænḋ)

div: ނިއުޒިލޭންޑް (Ni'użilēnḋ)

syr: ܢܝܘ ܙܝܠܢܕ (Nyū Zīland)

heb: ניו-זילנד (Nyû-Zîlend / Nyû-Zîland); ניו-זילאנד (Nyû-Zîlând)

lad: מואיב'ה זילאנדיה / Mueva Zelandia

yid: נײַ זײלאַנד (Nay Zeyland)

amh: ኒው ዚላንድ (Niw Ziland)

ell: Νέα Ζηλανδία (Néa Zīlandía)

hye: Նոր Զելանդիա (Nor Zelandia)

kat: ახალი ზელანდია (Aĥali Zelandia)

hin: न्यूज़ीलैंड (Nyūzīlæṁḍ)

nep: न्यू जिलैंड (Nyū Dziləiṁḍ)

ben: নিউ জিল্যাণ্ড (Niu Jilæṇḍ); নিউজিল্যান্ড (Niujilænḍ)

pan: ਨਿਊਜ਼ੀਲੈਂਡ (Niūzīlæ̃ḍ)

kan: ನ್ಯೂ ಜೀಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ (Nyū Jīlæṁḍ)

mal: ന്യൂസിലാന്റ് (Nyūsilānṟ); ന്യൂസിലാന്ഡ് (Nyūsilānḍ)

tam: நியூசிலாந்து (Niyūčilāntu); நியூஜிலாந்து (Niyūjilāntu)

tel: న్యూజిలాండ్ (Nyūjilāṁḍ)

zho: 新西蘭/新西兰 (Xīn Xīlán)

yue: 新西蘭/新西兰 (Sān Sàilàahn)

jpn: ニュー・ジーランド (Nyū Jīrando); ニュージーランド (Nyūjīrando)

kor: 뉴질랜드 (Nyu Jillaendeu)

dzo: ནིའུ་ཛི་ལེནཌ་ (Ni'u.dzi.lenḍ.)

mya: နယူးဇီလန္ (Náyù Zilã)

tha: นิวซีแลนด์ (Niw Sīlǣn[d])

lao: ນູແວນເຊລັງ (Nūvǣn Ṣēlâṅ)

khm: នូវែលហ្សេឡង់ (Nūvæl Hseḷăṅ); ញូវសេឡែន (Ñūvseḷæn)

 

99 Luftballons auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont

 

Ich weiss nicht ob es 99 sind aber es sind viele und sie gehen sicher auch ihrem Weg zum Horizont ..

 

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View On Black

no .. this is not a picture from AmsterS@m .. straight from the sky no puddle involved

 

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and a swift look on amsterdam fads and fashion summer 2009

 

animation and info @ www.itsfestivalamsterdam.com/

 

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