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The Tears on Greenstone or Roimata Pounamu [6] is a large wall made of greenstone. It serves as a memorial for the 30,000 plus service men and women who have sacrificed their lives for their country. It serves as a memorial for the 30,000 plus service men and women who have sacrificed their lives for their country.
The Māori word pounamu is derived from namu, an archaic word that describes blue-green (or 'grue') cognate with Tahitian ninamu. [2] Pounamu, also used in New Zealand English, in itself refers to two main types of green stone valued for carving: nephrite jade, classified by Māori as kawakawa, kahurangi, īnanga, and other names depending on colour; and translucent bowenite, a type of ...
YouTube TV is an American Internet Protocol television service operated by YouTube, a subsidiary of Google.Announced on February 28, 2017, [2] the virtual multichannel video programming distributor offers a selection of live linear channel feeds and on-demand content from more than 100 television networks (including affiliates of the Big Three broadcast networks (such as ABC, NBC and CBS), Fox ...
Historically, Māori visited the Wānaka area to hunt and fish in summer, or on their way to seek pounamu (greenstone) on the West Coast. Ngāi Tahu abandoned their seasonal camps after a raid by a North Island war party in 1836. The current town was founded as Pembroke during the gold rush of the 19th century, and renamed to Wanaka in 1940. [3]
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The restoration in the 1990s had brought it up to 50 per cent of the 1991 Building Act standard, but those standards were revised following the 2010–2011 Christchurch earthquakes. [11] The report was reviewed, and the building reassessed at perhaps 28 per cent of the NBS, but still short of the minimum standard of 34 per cent. [ 7 ]
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Comedy shows that looks at the best TV clips from the past week. Border Patrol: 2005 TVNZ 1: Reality show, narrated by Tim Balme. Coast: 2018 TVNZ 1: Documentary series where the story of coastal locations around New Zealand is told. Coastwatch: 2005 TVNZ 1: Similar to Border Patrol. Narrated by Jason Hoyte. Descent From Disaster: 2019 TVNZ 1