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Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour. An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters. Honours are listed first in descending order of precedence, followed by degrees and memberships of learned societies in ascending order.
There were 72,612 people identifying as being part of the Filipino ethnic group at the 2018 New Zealand census, making up 1.5% of New Zealand's population.This is an increase of 32,262 people (80.0%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 55,674 people (328.7%) since the 2006 census.
The present name of the Philippines was bestowed by the Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos [1] [2] or one of his captains Bernardo de la Torre [3] [4] in 1543, during an expedition intended to establish greater Spanish control at the western end of the division of the world established between Spain and Portugal by the treaties of Tordesillas and Zaragoza.
Many of New Zealand's cities and towns are known by various aliases, slogans, sobriquets, and other nicknames to the general population at either the local, regional, national or international level, often due to marketing campaigns and widespread usage in the media.
A Kiwi holding a kiwi "Kiwi" (/ ˈ k iː w i / KEE-wee) [1] is a common self-reference used by New Zealanders, though it is also used internationally. [2] The label is generally viewed as a symbol of pride and affection for most people of New Zealand, [3] however there are New Zealanders, particularly some with Māori heritage, that find the appellation jarring and prefer not to identify with it.
New Zealand: 108,297 ... the people of the Philippines were called Filipinos when they were ... [144]: 539 (The most populous province and former name of ...
Aotearoa (Māori: [aɔˈtɛaɾɔa]) [1] is the Māori-language name for New Zealand.The name was originally used by Māori in reference only to the North Island, with the whole country being referred to as Aotearoa me Te Waipounamu – where Te Ika-a-Māui means North Island, and Te Waipounamu means South Island. [2]
Only orders and decorations unique to New Zealand are listed, although a number of 'British' honours are still part of the New Zealand Honours System, notably those that are in the personal gift of the Sovereign, i.e., the Order of the Garter, Order of the Thistle, Royal Victorian Order, and the Order of Merit. In addition, many living New ...