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Ngamatea
Ngamahanga is a rural community, in the northeastern part of Rangitikei District, in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand's North Island. The rest of the Rangitikei District is located in the Manawatū-Whanganui region. Ngamahanga has been farmed by Europeans since the 1870s. It is one of the most vast and remote areas of New Zealand, far away from many of the comforts of modern civilisation. The area includes Ngamatea Station, a 70,000 hectare high country sheep and beef station, with areas for free-range sika deer hunting and trout fishing. Geography Ngamahanga corresponds with the Statistics New Zealand statistical area of Ngamatea, which covers an area of 611.55 km², 13.64% of the total area of Rangitikei. At the 2018 census, only 24 people or 0.2% of the district's population lived in the area. The Ngamatea statistical area is bordered by Taharua (Taupō District, Hawke's Bay) to the north, Puketitiri-Tutira (Hastings District, Hawke's Bay) to the northeast and east ...
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Hawke's Bay Regional Council
Hawke's Bay () is a region on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island. The region is named for Hawke Bay, which was named in honour of Edward Hawke. The region's main centres are the cities of Napier and Hastings, while the more rural parts of the region are served by the towns of Waipukurau, Waipawa, and Wairoa. Name Hawke's Bay is named for the bay to its east, Hawke Bay, which was named in honour of Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke by Captain James Cook during one of his voyages along the coasts of New Zealand. The Māori language name for Hawke's Bay is ''Te Matau-a-Māui'' ( the fishhook belonging to Māui). This name comes from a traditional story in which Maui lifted the islands of New Zealand from the waters. The story says that Hawke's Bay is the fishhook that Māui used, with Portland Island and Cape Kidnappers being the northern and southern barbs of the hook, respectively. Hawke's Bay is one of only two places in New Zealand with a possessive apostrop ...
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List Of Sovereign States
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 205 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 member states of the United Nations, UN member states, two United Nations General Assembly observers#Current non-member observers, UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and ten other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and one UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (15 states, of which there are six UN member states, one UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and eight de facto states), and states having a political status of the Cook Islands and Niue, special political status (two states, both in associated state, free association with New ...
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Taharua
Taharua is a rural community in the Taupō District and Hawke's Bay Region of New Zealand's North Island, located around the Ōamaru and Taharua Rivers, which are tributaries of the Mohaka River. Demographics Taharua statistical area covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Taharua had a population of 81 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 24 people (42.1%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 24 people (42.1%) since the 2013 census. There were 42 males and 42 females in 36 dwellings. The median age was 31.7 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 15 people (18.5%) aged under 15 years, 21 (25.9%) aged 15 to 29, 39 (48.1%) aged 30 to 64, and 3 (3.7%) aged 65 or older. People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 51.9% European (Pākehā), 37.0% Māori, 3.7% Pasifika, 25.9% Asian, and 7.4% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". Eng ...
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Taihape
Taihape is in the Rangitikei District of the North Island of New Zealand. It serves a large rural community. New Zealand State Highway 1, State Highway 1, which runs North to South through the centre of the North Island, passes through the town. History and culture Early history The Taihape region was originally inhabited by Māori people, Māori. These iwi (tribes) still live in the area. The first record of a European to the region is William Colenso's visit in 1845. In 1884, the surveyor's party for the North Island Main Trunk, Main Trunk railway line cut a rough track through the district. The town was founded in 1894, when European settlers arrived from Canterbury, New Zealand, Canterbury in the South Island. The site of the town was a small natural clearing in dense native bush, which the first settlers set about clearing. Many of the original families have descendants still living in the area. The settlement was first called Hautapu River, Hautapu after the local rive ...
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Ministry For Culture And Heritage
The Ministry for Culture and Heritage (MCH; ) is the department of the New Zealand Government responsible for supporting the Creative New Zealand, arts, Culture of New Zealand, culture, New Zealand Historic Places Trust, built heritage, Sport New Zealand, sport and recreation, and Public broadcasting in New Zealand, broadcasting sectors in New Zealand and advising government on such. History The Ministry of Cultural Affairs had been created in 1991; prior to this, the Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) had provided oversight and support for arts and culture functions. MCH was founded in 1999 with the merger of the former Ministry of Cultural Affairs and the history and heritage functions of the DIA, as well as some functions from the Department of Conservation (New Zealand), Department of Conservation and Ministry of Commerce (New Zealand), Ministry of Commerce. The purpose of the merger of functions and departments was to create a ...
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Te Ara - Encyclopedia Of New Zealand
''Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand'' is an online encyclopedia established in 2001 by the New Zealand Government's Ministry for Culture and Heritage. The web-based content was developed in stages over the next several years; the first sections were published in 2005, and the last in 2014 marking its completion. ''Te Ara'' means "the pathway" in the Māori language, and contains over three million words in articles from over 450 authors. Over 30,000 images and video clips are included from thousands of contributors. History New Zealand's first recognisable encyclopedia was ''The Cyclopedia of New Zealand'', a commercial venture compiled and published between 1897 and 1908 in which businesses or people usually paid to be covered. In 1966 the New Zealand Government published ''An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand'', its first official encyclopedia, in three volumes. Although now superseded by ''Te Ara'', its historical importance led to its inclusion as a separate digital reso ...
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Reed Publishing
Reed Publishing (NZ) Ltd (formerly A. H. Reed Ltd and A. H. and A. W. Reed Ltd) was one of the leading publishers in New Zealand. It was founded by Alfred Hamish Reed and his wife Isabel in 1907. Reed's nephew Alexander Wyclif Reed joined the firm in 1925. It was a New Zealand literature specialist and general titles publisher, releasing over 100 titles a year including a number of significant New Zealand authors such as Barry Crump, Janet Frame and Witi Ihimaera. History The Reed firm was founded in Dunedin, New Zealand, in 1907 by Alfred Hamish Reed and his wife Isabel as a mail-order Sunday school supply business that became called Sunday School Supply Stores. In 1925, Reed's nephew Alexander Wyclif (Clif) Reed joined the firm. In 1932, Clif opened a branch in Wellington. Also in 1932 the firm expanded into publishing, an activity that grew quickly, taking advantage of the shortage of imported books during World War II. In 1934 the firm, called A. H. Reed, adopted the im ...
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APN New Zealand
New Zealand Media and Entertainment (abbreviated NZME) is a New Zealand newspaper, radio and digital media business. It was launched in 2014 as the merger of APN New Zealand (a division of APN News & Media), the Radio Network (formerly part of the Australian Radio Network) and GrabOne, one of New Zealand's biggest ecommerce websites. NZME brands include flagship national newspaper ''The New Zealand Herald'', and regional newspapers ''Bay of Plenty Times'', ''Rotorua Daily Post'', ''Hawke's Bay Today'', ''Northern Advocate'' and ''Gisborne Herald''. Its radio division operates multiple networks, including the country's largest commercial station Newstalk ZB, The Hits, ZM, Radio Hauraki, Flava, Coast, and Gold. The company owns the New Zealand rights to the iHeartRadio service. It also owns the Tauranga-based SunMedia company. History Formation NZME was formed in September 2014 through the merger of the New Zealand division of APN News & Media, APN New Zealand, The Radio Networ ...
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Hawke's Bay Today
''Hawke's Bay Today'' is a daily compact newspaper published in Hastings, New Zealand and serving Hastings, Napier and the Hawke's Bay region. It is owned by NZME. The ''Hawke's Bay Today'' is New Zealand's youngest newspaper, founded on 3 May 1999. History ''Hawke's Bay Today'' was launched on 3 May 1999, a merger of the dailies the '' Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune'' in Hastings and ''Napier's Daily Telegraph ''The Daily Telegraph'' was a newspaper serving Napier and the Hawke's Bay region district of New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island ( ...''. Its earliest incarnation was "a Saturday morning weekly named the ''Hawke's Bay Herald and Ahuriri Advocate'', which first rolled off the presses in Napier on 24 September 1857," according to the company website. The Saturday evening ''Hawke's Bay Today'' was discontinued in 2002 to make way for the new weekend edition pu ...
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Auckland University Press
Auckland University Press is a New Zealand publisher that produces creative and scholarly work for a general audience. Founded in 1966 and formally recognised as Auckland University Press in 1972, it is a publisher based within the University of Auckland, located in Auckland, New Zealand. The Press currently publishes around 20 new books a year in history and politics, art and architecture, literature and poetry, Māori, Pacific and Asian Studies, science, business and health. It published its 500th book in 2005 of which 22 were prize winning publications. Awards Auckland University Press won the ''Most Beautiful Books Australia & New Zealand Award'' (2013) and its authors have won a number of national prizes. Imprints 1966–1970: Published for the University of Auckland by the Oxford University Press 1970–1986: Auckland University Press/Oxford University Press 1986–: Auckland University Press 1995–1998: a small number of books carried the imprint Auckland Universi ...
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Mangaweka
} Mangaweka is a township on New Zealand State Highway 1, State Highway One (SH1) in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located between Taihape to the north and Hunterville to the south, has a population of just under 200. The Rangitīkei River, adjacent to the township, is popular for rafting, kayaking, fishing and swimming. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "weka stream" for ''Mangaweka''. History Development at Mangaweka began with clearance of the forest for the North Island Main Trunk, North Island Main Trunk Railway. A shelter called Three Log Whare was built. From 1894 it had a mail link 3 times a week with Ohingaiti railway station, Ohingaiti. Attractions State Highway 1 was re-located in the early 1980s, leaving the former main street as a historic precinct. As a result, the settlement has become a tourist attraction. The township is of interest not only for its historic main street, but ...
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