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New Zealand

New Zealand is a country of two large islands and many much smaller islands in the south-western Pacific Ocean. Population about 4.2 million people, 40 million sheep (not to mention hundreds of unique-to-NZ species of birds, such as the kiwi, and animals, such as the tuatara).

Home of: "Lord of the Rings" movie trilogy, America's Cup 1995-2003 (and the skippers who then won it and then held it for the Swiss), "Horseman of the Century" Mark Todd, the women's 2000 and 2003 world squash champion, the Men's Softball and Women's Rugby world champion teams, and golfer Michael Campbell (winner of the Heineken Classic in 1999 and 2000, European Open in 2002, U.S Open in 2005);
birthplace of Everest-conqueror Sir Ed Hillary, Pulitzer-prizewinner Peter Arnett, opera singer [[Kiri te Kanawa]], Oscar-winner Russell Crowe, Lucy Lawless ("Xena"), and several Nobel Prize winners, including atom-splitter Ernest Rutherford;
first country to have registered nurses and give women the vote; and
location of the world's steepest suburban street

Elizabeth II is the Queen of New Zealand and is represented in the country by a non-political Governor-General. Political power is held by the Prime Minister who is leader of the Government in the democratically elected Parliament of New Zealand. The monarch's Realm of New Zealand also includes the Cook Islands and Niue, which are entirely self-governing; Tokelau, which is moving towards self-government; and New Zealand's "claim" in Antarctica.

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One of our special days

ANZAC Day

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old.

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning

We will remember them.