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Queenstown (Māori: Tāhuna) [3] is a resort town in Otago in the south-west of New Zealand's South Island.It is the seat and largest town in the Queenstown-Lakes District.. The town located on the northwestern edge of Lake Wakatipu, a long, thin, Z-shaped lake formed by glacial processes, and has views of nearby mountains such as The Remarkables, Cecil Peak, Walter Peak and just above the ...
Snares Islands The Snares Islands seen from the northeast, with Broughton Island on the left and Daption Rocks on the right Map of the Snares Islands Snares Islands Location of the Snares Islands in the Pacific Ocean Geography Coordinates 48°01′S 166°32′E / 48.017°S 166.533°E / -48.017; 166.533 Area 3.4 km 2 (1.3 sq mi) Highest elevation 130 m (430 ft) Administration New ...
New Zealand is divided into sixteen regions for local government purposes. ... North 4,941 1,908 1,798,300 363.95 942.6 NZ-AUK: 3 Waikato: Waikato Regional Council: 14
In 1841 the Diocese of New Zealand was established, based in Auckland, however no letters patent were ever issued. The Diocese of New Zealand was split in 1856 with the southern part becoming the Diocese of Christchurch. Christchurch was subsequently issued letters patent by Queen Victoria and became the "City of Christchurch". [10]
[5] [6] Mining employed 19.8% of the north Queensland population in 1868, and 50% by 1876, before dropping to 15% in 1911. [7] Although gold mining attracted people to north Queensland, alluvial finds of gold usually led to temporary townships, whereas underground reef mining held the promise of more stable and permanent settlements. [1]
In the year to 31 March 2023, the gross domestic product (GDP) of the Queenstown Lakes District was $3,960m, representing 1% of New Zealand's total GDP. Based on ANZSIC categories, the industry sector with the largest contribution to the Queenstown Lakes District GDP was accommodation and food services, at 14.1%.
Google Maps' location tracking is regarded by some as a threat to users' privacy, with Dylan Tweney of VentureBeat writing in August 2014 that "Google is probably logging your location, step by step, via Google Maps", and linked users to Google's location history map, which "lets you see the path you've traced for any given day that your ...
Cairns (/ ˈ k ɛər n z / ⓘ; Yidiny: Gimuy) is a city in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia, [2] on the tropical north east coast of Far North Queensland.In the 2021 census, Cairns had a population of 153,181 people.