New Zealand's first Arbor Day planting was in Greytown in the Wairarapa on 3 July 1890.

The arctic fox is classed as a " prohibited new organism " under New Zealand's Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 preventing it from being imported into the country.

There is a particularly strong tradition of them in southern New Zealand's main city Dunedin, of which Burns ' nephew Thomas Burns was a founding father.

Both the terms coast and coastal are often used to describe a geographic location or region ; for example, New Zealand's West Coast, or the East and West Coasts of the United States.

Regarding relations with New Zealand, Cuban ambassador Jose Luis Robaina Garcia said his country had " admiration for New Zealand's independent foreign policy ".

The measure resulted in ten percent of New Zealand's active blood donors at the time to become ineligible to donate blood.

However, there were several well-documented cultures that engaged in regular eating of the dead, such as New Zealand's Māori.

Māori warriors fighting the New Zealand government in Titokowaru's War in New Zealand's North Island in 1868 – 69 revived ancient rites of cannibalism as part of the radical Hauhau movement of the Pai Marire religion.

* Hager, Nicky ; Secret Power, New Zealand's Role in the International Spy Network ; Craig Potton Publishing, Nelson, NZ ; ISBN 0-908802-35-8 ; 1996

For instance, New Zealand's landmark reform in 1989, during which schools were granted substantial autonomy, funding was devolved to schools, and parents were given a free choice of which school their children would attend, led to moderate improvements in most schools.

Meanwhile, New Zealand's Prime Minister Helen Clark announced that New Zealand would double its annual aid to Fiji, from NZ $ 4 million to NZ $ 8 million.

New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters ( who replaced Goff in late 2005 ) flew into Fiji on 8 February 2006 for three days of talks with Fijian government officials.

New Zealand's Foreign Minister Murray McCully said that " Diplomatic relations with Fiji are roughly the same they have been for the last couple of years unfortunately " and that " we have had our ups and downs and unfortunately today they are down ".

The event marked the third time that New Zealand's top diplomat in Fiji has been expelled since the 2006 coup.

* 1909 – New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.

* 1960 – New Zealand's first official television broadcast commences at 7. 30 pm from Auckland.

* 1987 – New Zealand's Labour government establishes a national nuclear-free zone under the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987

* 1931 – Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight ( from Australia to New Zealand ) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast.

A top official of the New Frontier who kept a record of his first weeks on the job here gives this report of his experiences:

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a great newspaper, the New York Times, on the occasion of a major change in its top executive command.

Lincoln finished eighth out of 13 candidates ( the top four were elected ), though he received 277 of the 300 votes cast in the New Salem precinct.

However, when observing the native bees in the Canterbury province in the South Island, the scientists were astonished to see the bees biting the top off the buds, then pushing with their legs, occasionally popping open the buds to allow the bees to harvest the nectar and pollen, and therefore aid in the pollination of the mistletoe which is in decline in New Zealand.

Between 1958 and 1959, the English language edition spent 26 weeks at the top of The New York Times bestseller list.

The current world rankings show England in top place for association croquet, followed by Australia and New Zealand sharing second place, with the United States in fourth position ; the same four countries appear in the top six of the golf croquet league table, below Egypt in top position, and with South Africa at number five.

The world's top 10 association croquet players as of May 2012 are Reg Bamford ( South Africa ), Robert Fulford ( England ), Robert Fletcher ( Australia ), David Maugham ( England ), Toby Garrison ( New Zealand ), Aaron Westerby ( New Zealand ), Paddy Chapman ( New Zealand ), Jamie Burch ( England ), Greg Bryant ( New Zealand ) and Ben Rothman ( USA ).

The follow-up to " Don't Dream it's Over ", " Something So Strong ", was not as successful as its predecessor but reached the top ten in New Zealand, America and Canada.

The first single " Better Be Home Soon " peaked at number two on both Australian and New Zealand singles charts and reached top 50 In the US, though the following four singles were less successful.

The song peaked at number seven in New Zealand and reached the top 20 in Australia.

The album reached number one in New Zealand, number two in Australia, number six in the UK and made the top 20 in several European countries.

The album reached the top 5 in Australia and New Zealand.

In a partnership with Microsoft, Steele connected 28 of the top Independent Art Houses in the United States including many Landmark Theaters, The Angelikas in New York and Houston, The Charles in Baltimore and many others.

As well as TU / e and Delft University of Technology, the top 10 also includes two universities in Japan ( Tokyo Institute of Technology and Keio University in Tokyo ), two in Sweden ( University of Gothenburg and KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm ), and one each in Denmark ( DTU Technical University of Denmark in Lyngby ), Finland ( University of Helsinki ), Norway ( Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim ) and the USA ( Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York ).

Despite the recognition and success they enjoyed in the States, they were still largely ignored in the United Kingdom until their sixth album, the platinum selling A New World Record, hit the top ten there in 1976.

Riding the coattails of Dino De Laurentiis ' big-budget King Kong remake, The poster art showed Godzilla and Megalon battling on top of the World Trade Center, despite the fact that no scenes were set in New York City.

New Democracy came out on top in a stronger position with 129 seats, compared to 108 in the May election.

Baseball writer Bill James, in The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract, ranked Robinson as the 32nd greatest player of all time strictly on the basis of his performance on the field, noting that he was one of the top players in the league throughout his career.

the attitudes of a U.N. delegate who experiences difficulty in finding adequate housing in New York City, or of a foreign diplomat in similar circumstances in our Capital, can easily be directed against the United States and all that it stands for.

Guest was born in New York City, the son of Peter Haden-Guest, a British United Nations diplomat who later became The 4th Baron Haden-Guest, and his second wife, Jean Pauline Hindes, a former vice president of casting at CBS.

Hughes was a professor in the 1890s, a staunch supporter of Britain's New Liberalism, an important leader of the progressive movement of the 20th century, a leading diplomat and New York lawyer in the days of Harding and Coolidge, and was known for being a swing voter when dealing with cases related to the New Deal in the 1930s.

In 1845, he sent diplomat John Slidell to Mexico to purchase California and New Mexico for $ 24 – 30 million.

* Frank Corner, ( MA, Honorary Doctor of Laws ) New Zealand diplomat, public servant

* Sir George Laking, ( LLB ) New Zealand diplomat, public servant

* Sir Guy Powles, ( LLB ) New Zealand diplomat, first Ombudsman

The founding director of CBS News, Paul White, for whom the top award given by the broadcast news directors organization Radio Television Digital News Association ( RTDNA ) is named, Kent Cooper, who later became the longtime GM of rival Associated Press, early ABC News president Elmer Lower, Raymond Clapper, originator of the term " smoked-filled room ", Merriman Smith, Helen Thomas, Marie Colvin, Martha Gellhorn, Kate Webb, Henry Tilton Gorrell, Seymour Hersh, Lucien Carr, Neil Sheehan, Brit Hume, Keith Olbermann, New York Times columnists Thomas Friedman and Gail Collins, Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen, sportswriter and Untouchables co-author Oscar Fraley, author H. Allen Smith, military author Joe Galloway, Saigon evacuation photographer Hubert van Es, photographer Stan Stearns, 1970s White House photographer David Hume Kennerly, White House spokesmen George Reedy, Ron Nessen and Larry Speakes, longtime Las Vegas bureau manager Myram Borders, onetime CIA Director Richard Helms, who interviewed Adolf Hitler for United Press during the 1936 Olympics, diplomat Edward M. Korry, former UP correspondent to Moscow Eugene Lyons, C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb, ex-Dow Jones CEO Les Hinton, 1980's-90's Singapore President Wee Kim Wee and novelists Allen Drury, Tony Hillerman and Daniel Silva.

A week before the U. S. invasion, a cable from an American diplomat to Washington described Noriega as a " master of survival " and, according to the New York Times, the diplomat did not have an inkling of the coming invasion one week later.

* Willard Dickerman Straight, banker, diplomat, co-founder of The New Republic magazine

* Foss Shanahan ( 1910-1964 ), New Zealand diplomat

Hall, with the help of Sax ( who had open communist sympathies ) together visited New York, where Hall, after some searching, arranged a meeting with a Soviet diplomat.

The committee was composed of an " A list " of powerful U. S. citizens including former ambassador and first NCFE chairman Joseph Grew ; Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) director Allen Dulles ; Reader's Digest owner Dewitt Wallace ; former diplomat and the co-founder of Public Opinion Quarterly Dewitt Clinton Poole ; and prominent New York investment banker Frank Altschul.

Robert R ( obert ) Livingston ( November 27, 1746 – February 26, 1813 ) was an American lawyer, politician, diplomat from New York, and a Founding Father of the United States.

Halsey was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, on October 30, 1882, the son of US Navy Captain William F. Halsey, Sr .. His father was a descendant of Senator Rufus King, who was an American lawyer, politician, diplomat, and Federalist candidate for both Vice President ( 1804, 1808 ) and President of the United States ( 1816 ).

* Willard Dickerman Straight, banker, diplomat, co-founder of The New Republic magazine

In 1937 News-Week merged with the weekly journal Today, which had been founded in 1932 by future New York Governor and diplomat W. Averell Harriman, and Vincent Astor of the prominent Astor family.

* Tia Barrett ( 1947 – 2009 ), New Zealand diplomat

The campaign drew an angry reaction from lawmaker Colette Avital, a former diplomat who served as Israel's consul-general in New York City in the 1990s.

* Albert Gallatin ( 1761-1849 ), Swiss-American ethnologist, linguist, politician, founder of New York University, diplomat, and United States Secretary of the Treasury