61. New Zealand: Map, History And Much More From Answers.com 1991); GW Rice, ed., Oxford history of New Zealand (2d ed. 1992). Today NewZealand has 12 regional councils for the administration of environmental and http://www.answers.com/topic/new-zealand

showHide_TellMeAbout2('false'); Business Entertainment Games Government ... More... On this page: Dictionary Encyclopedia Map Local Time Geography Dialing Code Currency Stats Anthem Recipes WordNet Wikipedia Translations Best of Web Mentioned In Or search: - The Web - Images - News - Blogs - Shopping New Zealand Dictionary (Click to enlarge) New Zealand (Mapping Specialists, Ltd.) New Zealand An island country in the southern Pacific Ocean southeast of Australia. Maori groups probably migrated to New Zealand from Polynesia beginning before A.D. 1400. Discovered by Abel Tasman in 1642, the islands were visited and explored by Capt. James Cook four times between 1769 and 1777. The British established their first permanent settlement in 1840 and claimed the region as a crown colony. New Zealand received dominion status in 1907, and became fully independent in 1931. Wellington is the capital and Auckland the largest city. Population: 3,990,000 . New Zea land·er n. var tcdacmd="cc=edu;dt"; Encyclopedia New Zealand zē lənd ) , island country (1996 pop. 3,618,302), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is

62. History And Current Status Of Systematic Research With Araceae history and Current Status of Systematic Research with Araceae Many otherfloristic studies, both regional and general, throughout many years have http://www.aroid.org/literature/croat/history/regional_studies.html

History and Current Status of Systematic Research with Araceae Thomas B. Croat Missouri Botanical Garden P. O. Box 299 St. Louis, MO 63166 USA This is the second edition of an article that first appeared in Aroideana, Volume 21, 1998. This document is also available as a PDF file here Regional Studies with Araceae Asia Among the earliest who described and often illustrated Araceae in Asia were the Dutchmen, H. A. van Rheede tot Drakestein (1688, 1692), who did massive studies of the Malabar coast of India; P. Hermann (1689), who produced the Paradisus Batavus ; and G. E. Rumphius (1747), who studied the flora of the island of Amboina [one of the Mollucas Islands, now Maluku in Indonesia]. Another Dutch botanist, N. L. Burmann (1768), published Araceae in his Flora Indica

63. History Of Norfolk - Encyclopedia Article About History Of Norfolk. Information about history of Norfolk in Free online English dictionary andencyclopedia. What does history of history of Nigeria history of niue http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/History of Norfolk

Domain='thefreedictionary.com' word='History of Norfolk' Your help is needed: American Red Cross The Salvation Army join mailing list webmaster tools Word (phrase): Word Starts with Ends with Definition subscription: Dictionary/ thesaurus Computing dictionary Medical dictionary Legal dictionary Financial dictionary Acronyms Columbia encyclopedia Wikipedia encyclopedia Hutchinson encyclopedia History of Norfolk 0.01 sec. Page tools Printer friendly Cite / link Email Feedback Norfolk History Pre History Prehistoric sites in the county are Grimes Graves Grimes Graves is a large Neolithic flint mining complex near Brandon in England close to the border between Norfolk and Suffolk. It was worked between around 2300 BC and 1800 BC, when the growing prevalence of bronze tools rendered its products obsolete. It extends over an area of more than 20 ha (0. Click the link for more information. near Lynford in the south of the county, a neolithic flint mine. Other sites are a number of iron age hill forts, and henges around the county. Roman Era In Roman times much of the county was farmed by Romanised locals and immigrants to the area. A number of Roman roads cross the county.

64. History Of Northern Ireland - Encyclopedia Article About History Of Northern Ire What does history of Northern Ireland mean? What is history of Northern Ireland? history of Nigeria history of niue history of Norfolk http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/History of Northern Ireland

Domain='thefreedictionary.com' word='History of Northern Ireland' Your help is needed: American Red Cross The Salvation Army join mailing list webmaster tools Word (phrase): Word Starts with Ends with Definition subscription: Dictionary/ thesaurus Computing dictionary Medical dictionary Legal dictionary Financial dictionary Acronyms Columbia encyclopedia Wikipedia encyclopedia Hutchinson encyclopedia History of Northern Ireland 0.02 sec. Page tools Printer friendly Cite / link Email Feedback The area now known as Northern Ireland Northern Ireland is one of four constituent parts of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Ireland, where it shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland, the only part of the United Kingdom with an international land border. It was created by the Government of Ireland Act, 1920. Click the link for more information. has had a diverse history. From being the bedrock of Irish resistance in the era of the plantations of Queen Elizabeth Elizabeth I The Virgin Queen Gloriana , or Good Queen Bess , Elizabeth I was the fifth and final monarch of the Tudor dynasty, having succeeded her half-sister, Mary I. She reigned during a period of great religious turmoil in English history.

65. Fiji History Fiji history overview of historic events. World66 the travel guide While Fijihas taken a less active role in regional affairs since the 1987 coups http://www.world66.com/australiaandpacific/fiji/history

Fiji History - overview of historic events the travel guide you write Recent Changes Home Destinations Mapsonomy ... Fiji Sections Fiji Map History Practical Information ... [Add Section] Map View Enlargement History [edit this] [Upload image] This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License . For more information read our and our World66 is created and maintained by Oberon Medialab online bureau voor online marketing en internet marketing Amsterdam partner sites: Adventure Travel Cruises Virtual Tours Vacation Rentals ... Hotels

66. The History Of Radio New Zealand International If RNZI were to fold, the only major regional international broadcast would An examination of the station s history is essential in evaluating whether http://radiodx.com/spdxr/RNZI2.htm

The Radio Heritage Collection The History Of Radio New Zealand International RNZI's home 'Broadcasting House'. (Photo credit: David Ricquish) International broadcasting using the shortwave band has been in full force since 1927 when Britain, the Soviet Union and the United States began broadcasting overseas using high powered transmitters. Several years later the Soviet Union began a new trend when it began to broadcast programs in different languages. (Wood, 1994, p. 36) When World War II broke out, New Zealand, like other countries around the world, began to consider the need for an international broadcasting service. This service would be used to let the world know how New Zealand stood ideologically, and as a means for New Zealanders living abroad to maintain some limited contact with their country. Another determining factor was the issue of regional dominance. The major international broadcasters like the BBC, Voice of America, and Radio Australia had strong signals in the region and failure to establish a shortwave service may have been seen as handing the Pacific region over to Australia. New Zealand had strong ties with many Pacific Islands, and this service would be a way of strengthening those ties. Bryan Clark of the New Zealand Radio DX League says the original transmission consisted of a daily 2 hour broadcast of specially prepared programs. These included "Pacific Playground" a tourism show produced in conjunction with the tourism board and detailing New Zealand's appeal as a tourist destination; a weekly "Mailbox" session in which listener queries about New Zealand were answered; as well as specialist programs on Maori music and folklore, New Zealand musicians, sporting results, achievements, etc. (1985)

67. Encyclopedia: History Of Solomon Islands Early history. The Islands first inhabitants likely arrived about 30000 BC; known as the regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI) and http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/History-of-Solomon-Islands

Supporter Benefits Signup Login Sources ... Pies Related Articles People who viewed "History of Solomon Islands" also viewed: History of the Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Tulagi Economy of the Solomon Islands ... Spanish Civil War What's new? Our next offering Latest newsletter Student area Lesson plans Recent Updates Zwan Yoon_jin Kim Yeomanry Yeeouch ... More Recent Articles Top Graphs Richest Most Murderous Most Taxed Most Populous ... More Stats Encyclopedia: History of Solomon Islands Updated 226 days 8 hours 9 minutes ago. Other descriptions of History of Solomon Islands Contents 1 Early history 2 World War II 3 Towards independence 4 Cyclones ... 5 Civil war Early history The Islands' first inhabitants likely arrived about 30,000 B.C.; later about 4,000 B.C. other Polynesian settlers brought agriculture, sailing, and other technolgoies. The Spanish explorer Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa (He was "Master of the Route.") discovered the islands in Alvaro de Mendaña de Neyra accompanied Sarmiento on this voyage. He wanted to take credit for the discovery and threw Sarmiento's maps and notes overboard. Spain lost its interest in the islands late in the 16th century, when one of Alvaro's ships was lost on a second visit to the area. Later, Dutch, French and British navigators visited the islands; their reception was often hostile. Missionary activity started at the mid 19th century and European colonial ambitions led to the establishment of a German Protectorate over the Northern Solomons, following an Anglo-German Treaty of

68. Culture Gallery history presented both Fiji and New Caledonia with a new source of social The Cook Islands and niue are selfgoverning in free association with New http://www.pacificislandtravel.com/culture_gallery/introduction.asp

About us Send me a Brochure Tripbuilder (Shopping Cart) Send me a Quotation ... Pacific News member of Culture Gallery Introduction ANGLONESIA Anglonesia is a neologism used here to refer to Australia New Zealand and the United States in the Pacific (ANZUS). The progress from colonialism to independence in the Pacific Islands region (both north and south of the equator) has not brought an end to the influence of the former colonial powers. Presently, there are ten territories or dependencies linked directly to an extraregional government, and five others are constrained in their foreign policies by the terms of their free associaton compacts. Like these territories, the independent states are also affected by the political, security and economic policies of the extraregional powers. There continues to be an overlap of interests between outsiders and islanders, which is likely to persist even as more island stated begin to exert their influence more and more within the region as well as globally. On our website you find more cultural info on Anglonesia at: Australian (Culture) Aboriginal Culture Aussie Slang (dictionary) Aussie Songbook ... MELANESIA As diverse internally as they are different from each other, the islands of Melanesia - those in

69. SPC DMR Staff Travel Archive niue To conduct the final community surveys plus follow up on different Fiji regional Training Workshop in Tilapia on Freshwater shrimp aquaculture http://www.spc.int/mrd/travel_archive_2004.htm

SPC Marine Resources Division Duty Travel History 2004 (For previous years' travel archives see link at foot of page) Sokimi, William, Fisheries Development Officer 14 Aug-2 Nov Tuvalu: To provide technical assistance to upgrade their two longline vessels with fishing equipment in Fiji and to train Tuvalu fishermen in tuna longline fishing Nandlal, Satya, Aquaculture Officer 4-8 Oct. Vanuatu, Santo: Site assessment of Freshwater Prawn Macrobrachium Llr growth trials Beverly, Steve, Fisheries Development Officer 2-10 Oct FSM, Kosrae: To provide technical assistance in construction a deployment of two FADs in Kosrae Po wer Mary Principal Fisheries Scientist (RFO Coordinator) 7-19 Sept Australia, Brisbane: Coastal Zone Asia Pacific Conference French Polynesia: SPREP meeting Kronen, Mecki, Social Scientist 11-18 Sept SPC Suva: Moderation of HoAFS Kiribati, Abemama, Abaiang and Kurio: SE survey PROCFish/C Gaudechoux, Jean-Paul, Fisheries Information Adviser

70. Radio Australia - Radio Guide - Schedule - Niue niue Schedule for Wednesday. Overnight Programs A roundup of this week sregional current affairs 2335Verbatim. history http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/guide/niue.htm

document.write(""); ABC Home Radio Television News ... Contact Us Schedule listen live now in regional languages: select a player: Hourly News Listen to news on the hour. Plan your listening with our full daily listing of programs, tailored to your time zone. Any changes to our schedules will be posted here.   Afghanistan   American Samoa   Australia   Bangladesh ... Sunday Niue - Schedule for Monday Overnight Programs The National Interest [ Social Issues ] The major issues of the week. Late Night Live [ Social Issues ] Talk radio with a difference. Asia Pacific [ News and Current Affairs ] Regional current affairs. Innovations [ Science ] A showcase of Australian design, discovery, invention, engineering and research skills. Sport [ Sports ] Regional sports news. PM [ News and Current Affairs ] A comprehensive current affairs round-up. Sunrise Programs Asia Pacific [ News and Current Affairs ] Regional current affairs. The Health Report [ Health ] Making medicine understandable. Australia Talks Back [ Social Issues ] A daily national talkback programme. Innovations [ Science ] A showcase of Australian design, discovery, invention, engineering and research skills.

71. Index_html — Gcap New Zealand Aotearoa, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, niue, Norfolk Island Asia Pacific Civil Society Statement to the regional Ministerial Meeting on http://www.whiteband.org/

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72. History history of the Cox Center. opportunities to mass media professionals fromremote niue Island in the South Pacific and to journalists in Albania. http://www.grady.uga.edu/coxcenter/history.htm

History of the Cox Center The James M. Cox Jr. Center for International Mass Communication Training and Research began operations in 1985, with the approval of Dr. Fred Davison, President of the University of Georgia. In 1990, the Center was named for the late James M. Cox, Jr., chairman of the board of Cox Enterprises and a major figure in the communications industry in the United States in the twentieth century. Since 1990, the Cox Center has been supported by annual contributions of the Jim Cox Jr. Foundation of Atlanta as a living memorial to James M. Cox, Jr. The Cox Center is a unit of the Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia . The Grady College is one of the oldest and most respected journalism schools in the United States and is fully accredited. The University of Georgia is the country's oldest land-grant institution, chartered in 1785. Since its inception, the Center has conducted more than 125 training programs involving countries all over the world, published more than 15 research and technical reports, and conducted research on a variety of topics related to the practice of journalism around the world.

73. Institute Of Commonwealth Studies - Conference And Room Hire countries in free association with New Zealand, the Cook Islands and niue.It covers history since about 1850, politics and international relations, http://www.sas.ac.uk/commonwealthstudies/rg_pac.htm

LIBRARY Regional guide to holdings The Pacific The Institute's Pacific collection includes material on all Commonwealth countries in the region (Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Western Samoa), the New Zealand Territory of Tokelau, and the two self-governing countries in free association with New Zealand , the Cook Islands and Niue. It covers history since about 1850, politics and international relations, economic development and other issues such as women, agriculture, education and the environment. The Library specialises in collecting ‘difficult’ material which few other libraries manage to obtain. More than 70% of the stock comes direct from the region. Books Periodicals Official publications Bibliographies ... BACK TO THE WORLD MAP Books The Library contains a wide variety of monograph literature on and from the Pacific. In addition to commercially published titles, there are substantial quantities of ‘grey’ literature, including discussion papers and conference proceedings from a wide variety of university and other research institutions concerned with development or international affairs (such as the Institute of Pacific Studies in Fiji, the East-West Center in Hawaii, and the Institute of National Affairs in Papua New Guinea). All of this material is catalogued on the ULRLS Catalogue Periodicals

74. Niue - EMaxia.com 87% niue Tourism Rock of Polynesia Explore a calendar of upcoming events and an 80% South Pacific regional Environment Programme The South Pacific http://www.emaxia.com/searchaction_directory_country.cfm?Country=Niue

75. APDIP Regional Information Technology Conference (ITC) — The APDIP regional Conference on Information Technologies in the New Millennium niue, Mr. Richard Hipa, Managing Director, niue Post and Telecom http://www.apdip.net/projects/seminars/itc/

Skip to content. Search You are here: Home Projects Other Seminars APDIP Regional Information Technology Conference (ITC) APDIP Regional Information Technology Conference (ITC) Document Actions The APDIP Regional Conference on Information Technologies in the New Millennium targeted key Government decision-makers from 27 Asia-Pacific countries and NGO/CSO partners who manifested a strong interest in how IT can be implemented in their countries and organisations, to foster sustainable human development. Hotel Vistana, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 24-27 March 1999 Introduction The Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme (APDIP) held its Regional Conference on Information Technologies in the New Millennium, from the 24th to the 27th of March 1999. The purpose of the Conference was to: Give participants an opportunity to discuss and review existing experiences and lessons learnt from the Asia-Pacific region. Provide a forum to plan UNDP-assisted IT initiatives in each country and at the regional level, and ensure their contribution to new and existing development activities; Enable APDIP Focal Points in each country office to familiarise themselves with IT-related issues in the region, as they will play an active role in supporting their national counterparts in developing future IT initiatives; and

76. History Of The Northern California Contest Club Club history. How the JUG Got Its Name. How the NCCC Won the 1981 CQWW This regional cooperation extended to the two meter spotting net, where, http://www.nccc.cc/history.html

Club History How the JUG Got Its Name ... How the NCCC Won the 1981 CQWW SS "Training" Tapes (MP3 audio files) Club History By Jim Neiger, N6TJ The concept of a contest-oriented cub in the SF Bay Area was "kicked around" by myself and Rick – "The Locust" – Hilding, K6VVA around the 1965-1968 period. Rick and I were very active in DX contests as members of the Northern California DX Club and could often be found slugging it out, mano a mano from K6ERV, K6OHJ, K6DXM, WA6GFY, or any other stations crazy enough to host us. I guess Rick and I were among the early "hired guns." Rick acquired his nickname ("The Locust") during these operations, not necessarily for his prowess on the DX bands which was considerable (I still consider him to be the FINEST DX operator, phone or cw, EVER, and certainly of his generation), but rather for his in-contest reputation for cleaning out the host’s refrigerator! Anyway, back to the point: We were frustrated that the members of the NCDXC did not share our interests in launching major club efforts in the contests. The NCDXC-SCDXC rivalry in the ARRL DX contests was HUGE during the 1960’s and although the NCDXC members liked the sweet smell of victory when the winner was announced at Fresno (it would be many years yet before Visalia was to be discovered), Rick and I felt that we, and a few others like W6CUF (now W6CF), W6WX, K6ERV, K6AHV (now W6RJ), K6OHJ, W6WB, were "carrying" the NCDXC…and that this club really wasn’t interested in contesting per se.

77. Ethiopian Wildlife And Natural History Society Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural history Society (EWNHS) is the BirdLife Partner Undertook an educational and awareness raising regional workshop on the http://www.birdlife.org/worldwide/national/ethiopia/

@import url(../../../styles.css); Tips Home Home BirdLife Worldwide ... World Birdwatch Subscribe to BirdLife's award-winning magazine featuring articles about the world's rarest and most spectacular birds. Home Overview National Partners Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society Ethiopia Threatened Species: more info IBAs: more info EBAs: more info Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society (EWNHS) Ethiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society (EWNHS) is the BirdLife Partner Founded in: Members: Staff: Address: P O Box 13303, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Email: ewnhs.ble@telecom.net.et Mission of the organisation Under the theme "Conservation for Survival", the overall goal of the Society is Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Ethiopian Resources; Specific Objectives are: Conduct and support research concerning Ethiopia’s fauna and flora Disseminate information and create awareness of the need for the conservation and wise use of Ethiopia’s natural resources and the environment Key Activities Indoor/Outdoor activities Serves the non-formal environmental education component Produces opportunity for members and non-members to learn about Ethiopia’s environment and national and historical heritage (lectures, Seminars, Workshops, Panel discussions, field trips etc,)

78. Bombay Natural History Society Bombay Natural history Society (BNHS) is the BirdLife Partner Designate. Seven regional IBA workshops were held to introduce the IBA concept and a list http://www.birdlife.org/worldwide/national/india/

@import url(../../../styles.css); Tips Home Home BirdLife Worldwide ... BirdLife News Alerts Sign up to receive free email alerts about the latest news on the BirdLife web site. Or change your current News Alerts settings. Home Overview National Partners Bombay Natural History Society India Threatened Species: more info IBAs: more info EBAs: more info Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) is the BirdLife Partner Designate Founded in: Members: Staff: Address: Hornbill House, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Road, Mumbai, 400 023, India Email: bnhs@bom4.vsnl.net.in Web: http://www.bnhs.org Mission of the organisation The Conservation of nature and biological diversity through action based on research, education and public awareness. Key Activities Membership; Field research; Nature education; Environment impact assessment; Conservation activity; Publication; University department; Research and collection of specimens. Recent Achievements Officially launched the IBA programme in India and established the Indian Bird Conservation Network to involve other interested parties in the process. Seven regional IBA workshops were held to introduce the IBA concept and a list of 1,000 potential sites was prepared. Continued to run a variety of conservation projects. These included an ecological and behavioural study of the critically endangered Forest Owlet funded by the Smithsonian Institute, a study of the sudden and dramatic loss of vulture populations in India, and other projects on birds of prey, Siberian Cranes, a bird banders training programme and a conservation education campaign for the Great Indian Bustard.

79. Other Links A Hundred Harvests the history of Asian Studies at Berkeley. A Hundred Harveststhe history of Contains the Sculpture Tour with a regional index. http://library.kcc.hawaii.edu/external/asdp/links.html

About Index Search Other Links ... Comments/Submissions Other Links Search for: As a phrase All these words Any these words Asia General Central Asia East Asia North Asia ... Australasia Asia General AsiaSociety.org Special Reports Announcing a new site area in which we'll be featuring timely and newsworthy content. In our inaugural report we celebrate Asia Pacific American Heritage Month with: the online publication of 'Bridges with Asia: Asian Americans in the United States'; information on our upcoming "What's Asia Got to do with the United States" national initiative; and a new collection of hundreds of links to Asian American Resources. Stay tuned throughout the month as we continue to add more information and resources. Country Studies/Area Handbooks Online A continuing series of books prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program sponsored by the Department of the Army. Most books in the series deal with a particular foreign country, describing and analyzing its political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions, and examining the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors. Each study is written by a multidisciplinary team of social scientists. Asian Society ANU Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library Australian National University (ANU) Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library is a global collaborative project which provides access in bibliographic and in hypertext terms to networked scholarly documents, resources and information systems concerned with a given field of expertise. All links are inspected and evaluated before being added to this Virtual Library.

80. 35TH PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM, APIA In January, we all extended our sympathies to niue as it started the huge The regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands has been a regional http://www.forumsec.org.fj/news/2004/August/Aug_05.htm

PRESS STATEMENT 52-04 35TH PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM, APIA SPEECH BY RT HON HELEN CLARK, PRIME MINISTER OF NEW ZEALAND OUTGOING CHAIR OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM The Honourable Prime Minister of Samoa Honourable Heads of Government and Delegations Ladies and Gentlemen Warm Pacific greetings to you all It is my honour to address you today as the outgoing Chair of the 34th Pacific Islands Forum. It's been a busy and challenging year for the Forum, but also a very productive one. At the annual Leaders' Summit in Auckland last August, we anticipated meeting a year from then in Niue. That was not to be. In January, we all extended our sympathies to Niue as it started the huge task of reconstruction after Cyclone Heta. On behalf of Forum leaders, I thank the Government of Samoa for its generous offer to host this Forum at relatively short notice. Samoa's willingness to step forward was much appreciated by us all. Niue wasn't the only member nation to experience a natural disaster this year. Cyclones and/or flooding also affected Vanuatu, Fiji, and even New Zealand. Our climate seems to be becoming more extreme, erratic and unpredictable than in the past. There are new faces at this Forum, resulting from changes of government and from new relationships the Forum is developing in the region. It is a proud day for French Polynesia to take its place here as an observer.

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