Word: zealander
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...from $5 to $15 a night, if they can afford it. The local projects are supported by local fund drives, and all the money collected goes directly to the houses; McDonald's pays all administrative costs of the program, which extends to Canada, France, Germany, Holland, Australia and New Zealand...
Despite these advances in knowledge, both the incidence and severity of asthma appear to be growing worldwide. Epidemics have been reported in Britain, Australia and New Zealand. In the U.S., the number of asthma cases rose 70% from 1980 to 1989. Even more alarming, the death rate, which had been declining steadily during most of the 1970s, began inexplicably increasing, and is now rising 8% a year. Asthma accounts for $5 billion in medical costs each year...
...journey that began, at least symbolically, on a gloomy Sunday in Christchurch, New Zealand. Cooped up in a hotel room so dreary that he drank the contents of the mini-bar, Paul Theroux was continents away from his London home, newly separated from his wife, afraid that he might have cancer (not so, it turned out) and depressed by the prospect of war in the Persian Gulf. "Get me out of here," he said to himself and headed for the wilderness -- because, he wrote, "as long as there is wilderness there is hope...
...addition, Rowe, who was born in New Zealand and raised in Australia, says he would like to establish a program in physical planning which would focus on the economic, social and legal management of cities and towns...
...America's Cup defender, with veteran Dennis Conner's Stars & Stripes well astern and out of the competition, seven races to four. This Saturday the Americans will face Il Moro, the Italian entry, skippered by canny Paul Cayard, which won the challenger's match over New Zealand...