Word: zealander
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...Arab might be viewed as insufficiently impartial, given the turmoil in the Middle East. Other possible candidates are former Malaysian Deputy P.M. Anwar Ibrahim and two contenders to be the first female Secretary-General: Singaporean Ambassador to Washington Chan Heng Chee--said to be a U.S. favorite--and New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark...
...person permitted to see the film, have no wiggle room: if you're not that age, you're not allowed to see it. In France and Germany, those ages are 12, 16 and 18; in Britain, 12, 15 and 18; in Japan, 15 and 18; in New Zealand, 13, 15, 16 and 18; in Switzerland, seven, 12, 16 and 18. Once you've reached 18, you're on your...
...been compared to a 1961 Bordeaux, but if that sounds like a hyperbolic description of New Zealand's 2005 Waiheke vintage, its proponents can be excused. After all, there aren't too many fledgling wine districts with products comparable to the legendary French vintage in terms of balance, intensity and depth - not after a history of just 23 years of grape growing. Then again, few[an error occurred while processing this directive] places have a terroir and microclimate like Waiheke. An island 35-minutes from Auckland by ferry, Waiheke is home to vineyards situated on clay soil mixed with volcanic...
...Palestinian security sources close to the negotiators told TIME that the two Fox Newsmen - reporter Steve Centanni, 60, from Washington, D.C., and New Zealand cameraman Olaf Wiig, 36 - were kidnapped from Gaza to embarrass Haniyeh's government. The militants, who earlier identified themselves as members of the previously unknown Holy Jihad Brigades, were enraged with fellow Hamas militants because they too had joined in the daring capture on June 25th of Corp. Shalit, in which Palestinian gunmen tunneled under a wall and attacked an Israeli army post. But according to these security sources, the militant groups fell out after Hamas...
...DIED. Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu, 75, charismatic Queen of New Zealand's indigenous Maori, a royal position established in 1858 in response to Britain's colonization of the South Pacific archipelago; in Ngaruawahia, New Zealand. Though her post was ceremonial, Te Ata, the sixth Maori ruler, worked to raise the profile of Maori abroad, attending the coronations of foreign sovereigns and meeting with world leaders like President Clinton, Queen Elizabeth II and Nelson Mandela...