New Zealand is a country of two large islands and many much smaller islands in the south-western Pacific Ocean. Population about 4.3 million people, 30 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 Cup1995-2003 (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, occasionally the Men's Softball and Women's
Rugby world champion teams, the 2008 World Rugby League champions, the only unbeaten team in the Football World Cup 2010, and golfers Bob Charles and Michael Campbell
(winner of the Heineken Classic in 1999 and 2000,
European Open in 2002, U.S Open and Masters 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 to give women the
vote; and
location of the world's steepest suburban street
Blueskin Bay Community Directory — Blueskin Bay is in coastal Otago, about 25km north of Dunedin. The Blueskin Bay district includes the bay itself, the northern slopes of Mount Cargill, the southern slopes of the Kilmog, and the townships of Doctors Point, Waitati, Evansdale, Warrington, and Seacliff.
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