| Eskimo Pie Eskimo Pie is a brand name for a chocolate-covered vanilla ice cream bar wrapped in foil, the first such dessert sold in the United States. It is now marketed by Nestlé, owners of Dreyer's of the Western United States, and Edy's of the Eastern United States. The product was introduced to New Zealand in 1955, and are produced by Tip Top who are now a subsidiary of Fonterra, the country's largest multinational company. Eskimo_Pie
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| Jeanette Fitzsimons Jeanette Mary Fitzsimons (born 17 January 1945) is a New Zealand politician and environmentalist. She was the co-leader of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand for 14 years. Jeanette_Fitzsimons
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| Wahine disaster Wahine disaster occurred on 10 April 1968 when the TEV Wahine, a New Zealand inter-island ferry of the Union Company, foundered on Barrett Reef at the entrance to Wellington Harbour and capsized near Steeple Rock. Of the 610 passengers and 123 crew on board, 53 people lost their lives.The wrecking of the Wahine is one of the better known maritime disasters in New Zealand's history, although there have been worse with far greater loss of life. Wahine_disaster
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| Line of succession to the Danish throne Denmark used a system of Male-preference primogeniture until 2009. The male preference was changed in favour of an Equal primogeniture (eldest child, regardless of gender). The law was passed by two Parliaments in succession, and later approved by a referendum. Line_of_succession_to_the_Danish_throne
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| Daniel Vettori Daniel Luca Vettori (born 27 January 1979, Auckland, New Zealand) is a cricketer who is the current captain of the New Zealand cricket team. Though he was born in Auckland, he was brought up in Hamilton, attending Marian School and later St. Paul's Collegiate School. Daniel_Vettori
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| Graham Capill Graham Capill (born 1959) is a former New Zealand Christian leader and politician. He served as the first leader of the now-defunct Christian Heritage Party, stepping down in 2003. In 2005 he was convicted of multiple sexual offences against girls under 12 years of age, and is currently serving a nine year prison sentence. Graham_Capill
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| Mark Price William Mark Price (born February 15, 1964 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma) is a retired American basketball player who played for 12 seasons in the NBA, from 1986 to 1998. Spending the majority of his career with the Cleveland Cavaliers, his last three years were consisted of one season each with the Washington Bullets, Golden State Warriors, and Orlando Magic. Mark_Price
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| Trevor Mallard Trevor Colin Mallard (born 17 June 1954) is a New Zealand politician. He was a Cabinet Minister in the Fifth Labour Government of New Zealand holding portfolios including Environment, Labour, Broadcasting, State Owned Enterprises, Rugby World Cup and Education. Trevor_Mallard
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| Bibliography for Ayn Rand and Objectivism Talk:Bibliography_for_Ayn_Rand_and_Objectivism
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| Laurie Foell Laurie Foell (born February 10, 1968 in Argentina) is an Australian actress. She is best known for her portrayal of both Angela "Angie" Russell and her cousin Josie, on the successful Australian television soap opera Home and Away. Foell also starred as Dr. Laurie_Foell
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| Sherry Stringfield Sherry Lea Stringfield (born June 24, 1967) is an American actress. She is best known for playing the role of Dr. Susan Lewis on the hit medical television drama ER; a role for which she has received three Emmy Award nominations. Stringfield was one of ER's original cast, but she quit the show during its third season, despite being contractually tied to appear in five. She reprised the role in 2001, but quit once again in 2005. Sherry_Stringfield
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| Katherine Rich (MP) Katherine Rich (born 1967) served as a New Zealand Member of Parliament from 1999 to 2008. She reached high rank as member of the National Party, then in opposition. On 1 December 2006, the newly-selected National Party parliamentary leader John Key made her the party's spokesperson on education. Katherine_Rich_(MP)
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| Auckland Harbour Bridge The Auckland Harbour Bridge is an eight-lane box truss motorway bridge over the Waitemata Harbour, joining St Marys Bay in Auckland with Northcote in North Shore City, New Zealand. The bridge is part of State Highway 1 and the Auckland Northern Motorway. It is the second-longest road bridge in New Zealand, and the longest in the North Island.The bridge has a length of 1,020 m (3,348 ft), with a main span of 243.8 m, rising 43.27 m above high water allowing ships access to the deepwater wharf at the Chelsea Sugar Refinery west of it (one of the few wharves needing such access west of the bridge, a proposed Te Atatu port having never been realised). Auckland_Harbour_Bridge
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| Meadow Fresh Meadow Fresh NZ Ltd formed as the result of a brand swap in September 2005 between New Zealand Dairy Foods Ltd and New Zealand Milk (a now defunct Fonterra subsidiary) .The two companies that emerged from the swap were Fonterra Brands New Zealand Limited (formerly known as New Zealand Milk), wholly owned by Fonterra. Mainland Products Limited (MPL), (which became Meadow Fresh NZ Ltd., from 31 October 2005) owned by Graeme Hart. Meadow_Fresh
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| Queen's Official Birthday "The Queen" in this article means the monarch of the Commonwealth Realms Queen's Official Birthday (sometimes known as "the Queen's Birthday") is celebrated as a public holiday in several Commonwealth countries—usually Commonwealth Realms, although it is also celebrated in Fiji, now a republic. Queen's_Official_Birthday
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| Sarah Ulmer Sarah Ulmer (born March 14, 1976 in Auckland) is a New Zealand cyclist who won a Gold medal and set new world records at the 2004 Summer Olympics at Athens, the first New Zealander to win an Olympic cycling gold medal.When she left Athens at the end of the games, Ulmer held the Olympic title, the Olympic and world records, the Commonwealth Games title and the Commonwealth Games record for the 3000m individual pursuit. Sarah_Ulmer
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| One Tree Hill, New Zealand One Tree Hill (or Maungakiekie in Māori) is a 182 metre volcanic peak located in Auckland, New Zealand. It is an important memorial place for both Māori and other New Zealanders. The suburb around the base of the hill is also called One Tree Hill; it is surrounded by the suburbs of Royal Oak to the west, and clockwise, Epsom, Greenlane, Oranga, and Onehunga. One_Tree_Hill,_New_Zealand
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| Destiny New Zealand Destiny New Zealand was a Christian political party in New Zealand centred on the charismatic/pentecostal Destiny Church. The party described itself as "centre-right". It placed a strong focus on traditional family values and argues that the breakdown in this area is a primary cause of many of New Zealand's problems. It announced its de-registration as a political party on 18 September, 2007, and was removed from the register a month later. It did not hold any seats in Parliament. Destiny_New_Zealand
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| Monarchy of New Zealand New Zealand is a constitutional monarchy and a Commonwealth Realm, with Queen Elizabeth II as its reigning monarch since February 6, 1952. As such she is the de jure head of state, though she does hold several powers that are hers alone, while the Governor-General is sometimes referred to as the de facto head of state.In New Zealand, the Queen's official title isElizabeth the Second, By the Grace of God Queen of New Zealand and Her Other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith. Monarchy_of_New_Zealand
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| Votes for deletion/Katalyst Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion/Katalyst
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| Anders Frisk Anders Frisk (born 18 February 1963 in Gothenburg, Sweden) is an insurance agent by trade and a former football referee. Frisk was forced into early retirement from refereeing due to pressure from death threats made against him and his family. These death threats were made by Chelsea fans because Frisk sent off Didier Drogba in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League against FC Barcelona. Anders_Frisk
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| Tana Umaga Jonathan Falefasa "Tana" Umaga, ONZM (, ; born 27 May 1973 in Lower Hutt, New Zealand), is a New Zealand rugby union footballer and former captain of the national team, the All Blacks. He has played for the Hurricanes since the Super 12's inception in 1996 and took over the captaincy in 2003. Tana_Umaga
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| Māori seats In New Zealand politics, the Māori Seats, a special category of electorate, give reserved positions to representatives of Māori in the New Zealand Parliament. That parliament first set up Māori Seats in 1867, after Britain established Westminster-style parliamentary government in New Zealand in 1852. Māori_seats
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| Wales national rugby union team The Wales national rugby union team represent Wales in international rugby union tournaments. They compete annually in the Six Nations Championship with England, France, Ireland, Italy and Scotland. Wales have won the Six Nations and its predecessors 24 times outright, second only to England with 25 wins. Wales_national_rugby_union_team
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| Anna Stanley Anna Stanley, (née Rowberry; born March 31, 1976 in Christchurch, New Zealand) is a New Zealand netballer, who captained the national team (the Silver Ferns), to win the 2003 Netball World Championships in Jamaica.She led the Silver Ferns to a drought-breaking series win over Australia (the first since 1989) in the winter of 2004, and played for the Auckland Diamonds in the National Bank Cup national league in 2004 and 2005. Anna_Stanley
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| Kyle Chapman Kyle Chapman (born April 27, 1971) is a former national director of the New Zealand National Front (NZNF). He was also a candidate for Mayor of Christchurch, first for the National Front, and then for the National Democrats Party. Kyle_Chapman
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| Wellington High School (New Zealand) Wellington High School is a co-educational (since 1905) secondary school in downtown Wellington, New Zealand. In 2005 the roll was approximately 1100 students. It was founded, as Wellington College of Design, in the 1880s with the intention of providing a more appropriate education for the Dominion than the narrow academic training provided by the existing schools. It is the first co-educational secondary in New Zealand. Wellington_High_School_(New_Zealand)
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| John Tamihere John Henry Tamihere (born 1959) is a New Zealand media personality and former politician. He served as a Cabinet minister in the governing Labour Party from August 2002 to 3 November 2004. John_Tamihere
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| New Zealand Rugby Union The New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) (formerly the New Zealand Rugby Football Union (NZRFU) is the governing body of rugby union in New Zealand. It is affiliated to the International Rugby Board the sport's world governing body.The union celebrated its Centenary with the All Blacks playing against an invitational World XV team in 1992. New_Zealand_Rugby_Union
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| South Pacific Television South_Pacific_Television
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| ONE News ONE News is the news division of New Zealand television network, TVNZ. The service is live broadcast, from TVNZ Centre in Auckland. The flagship news bulletin is the nightly 6pm news hour, but ONE News also has midday, afternoon and late night news bulletins, as well as current affairs shows such as Breakfast and Close Up. The 6pm programme is New Zealand's most-watched news programme. As of July 2008, it has a market share of 44% (651,400+ each night). ONE_News
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| List of doping cases in sport The following is an incomplete list of sportspeople who have been involved in doping offences. It contains those who have been found, or have admitted to, having taken illegal performance-enhancing drugs, prohibited recreational drugs or have been suspended by a sporting body for failure to submit to mandatory drug testing. For a list of all sportspeople disqualified for drug use from the Olympic Games, see doping at the Olympic Games. List_of_doping_cases_in_sport
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| Lasith Malinga Separamadu Lasith Malinga (born August 28, 1983 in Galle, Sri Lanka) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a specialist fast bowler with a rare round-arm action, sometimes referred to as a sling action, which leads to his nickname, "Malinga the Slinga". He is known for his very sharp bouncers which are often hard to recognise because of his round-arm action, and he has a very dangerous in-swinging yorker which has been known to smash batsmen's feet if they do not see it come out of his hand. Lasith_Malinga
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| Whaling in Japan Japan has a long history of whaling. Due to a moratorium on commercial whaling by the International Whaling Commission, Japanese whaling is currently restricted to research hunts conducted by the Institute of Cetacean Research. Nevertheless it is a source of political dispute between pro- and anti-whaling countries and organizations, since environmental groups regard the Japanese research programme as a cover for commercial whaling. Whaling_in_Japan
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| Victor Noir Victor Noir, (27 July 1848 in Attigny — 10 January 1870 in Paris), was a French journalist who is famous for the manner of his death and its political consequences. His tomb in Paris later became a fertility symbol. Victor_Noir
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| History of Iraqi insurgency This is a history of the Iraqi insurgency, compose of the history of the clandestine groups that compose the Iraqi insurgency.Ba'athists are the supporters of Saddam Hussein's former regime including army or intelligence officers. Generally the platform for individuals with Pan-Arab theories, as is visible from traditional Ba'athist sympathy for Palestinians as well as its tendency to maintain warm relations with other Arab states. History_of_Iraqi_insurgency
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| New Zealand general election, 2005 The 2005 New Zealand general election took place on 17 September 2005 and determined the composition of the 48th New Zealand Parliament. No single party or recognised bloc won a majority in the unicameral House of Representatives, but the Labour Party of Prime Minister Helen Clark secured two more seats than its closest rival, the National Party of Dr Don Brash. New_Zealand_general_election,_2005
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| Goodnight Kiwi The Goodnight Kiwi, later also called TV Kiwi, is a character in an animated short which has been used to signal the end of nightly broadcasts on Television New Zealand channels. The animation was originally played out before closedown on Television One and Television Two between 1981 with its last screening on October 19, 1994, before TV2 began 24-hour broadcasting. This animation returned on 6 September, 2007 for use on TVNZ 6 when the channel ends transmission at midnight. Goodnight_Kiwi
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| Beatrice Faumuina Beatrice Roini Liua Faumuina, ONZM (born October 23, 1974 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand discus thrower, a gold medallist at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics. She has represented New Zealand in three Summer Olympics. After winning the discus event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester she was featured on a stamp from Samoa .At the 2004 Summer Olympics she placed 7th in the discus with a throw of 64.45 metres. Beatrice_Faumuina
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| New Zealand Idol New_Zealand_Idol
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| New Zealand Sign Language New Zealand Sign Language or NZSL is the main language of the Deaf community in New Zealand. It became an official language of New Zealand in April 2006, alongside Māori and English.New Zealand Sign Language has its roots in British Sign Language (BSL), and may be technically considered a dialect of British, Australian and New Zealand Sign Language (BANZSL). There are 62.5% similarities found in British Sign Language and NZSL, compared with 33% of NZSL signs found in American Sign Language. New_Zealand_Sign_Language
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| Destiny Church, New Zealand For unaffiliated churches which share the same name, see Destiny Church.Destiny Church is a controversial, politically active, pentecostal, fundamentalist Christian movement, headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand. It was founded as Lake City Church in Rotorua by Pastor Brian Tamaki, an outspoken, charismatic orator. Destiny_Church,_New_Zealand
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| Guy Fawkes Night Guy Fawkes Night (also known as Bonfire Night, Cracker Night, Fireworks Night, Bonny Night) is an annual celebration on the evening of the 5th of November. It celebrates the foiling of the Gunpowder Plot of the 5 November, 1605, in which a number of Catholic conspirators, including Guy Fawkes, were alleged to be attempting to blow up the Houses of Parliament, in London, England.It is primarily marked in the United Kingdom where it was compulsory, by fiat, until 1859, to celebrate the deliverance of the King of England; but, it is also celebrated in former British colonies including New Zealand, Newfoundland, and parts of the British Caribbean. Guy_Fawkes_Night
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| Pepero Pepero (빼빼로) is a cookie stick, dipped in chocolate syrup, manufactured by Lotte in South Korea since 1983. It was inspired by the Japanese product Pocky. Pepero
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| Genocides in history Genocide is the mass killing of a group of people. It is defined in Article 2 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (CPPCG) as "any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such Because of the insistence of Joseph Stalin, this definition of genocide under international law does not include political or economic groups. Genocides_in_history
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| Ahmed Zaoui Ahmed Zaoui () is an Algerian member of the Islamic Salvation Front . He arrived in New Zealand on 4 December 2002 where he sought refugee status. Objections from the Security Intelligence Service were withdrawn in September 2007, allowing him to remain in New Zealand. Ahmed_Zaoui
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| New Zealand National Front Talk:New_Zealand_National_Front
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| Veronica Mars Veronica Mars is an American television series created by Rob Thomas. The series premiered on September 22, 2004, during UPN's last two years, and ended on May 22, 2007, after a season on UPN's successor, The CW Television Network. Set in the fictional town of Neptune, the series stars Kristen Bell as the title character, a student who progressed from high school to college during the series while moonlighting as a private investigator under the tutelage of her detective father. Veronica_Mars
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