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New Zealand is divided into sixteen regions (Māori: ngā rohe) for local government purposes. Eleven are administered by regional councils (the top tier of local government), and five are administered by unitary authorities, which are territorial authorities (otherwise the second tier of local government) that also perform the functions of regional councils.
Sikhism is the fastest growing religion in New Zealand with the Sikh population in New Zealand having quadrupled since 2006 [6] Sikhs have a strong presence in Auckland, and especially in South Auckland and Manukau, with the National Party's former Member of Parliament for Manukau Kanwal Singh Bakshi being a Sikh. [9]
Wellington [b] is the capital city of New Zealand.It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range.Wellington is the third-largest city in New Zealand, [c] and is the administrative centre of the Wellington Region.
Lugton railway station was a railway station serving the hamlet of Lugton, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway . History [ edit ]
The Duniflat Burn joins the Lugton Water from the East Ayrshire side close to the North Biggart bridge near where the Bells Burn from Bells Bog on the East Renfrewshire side also has its confluence. The Bungle Burn, an outflow of the Blae Loch, joins the Lugton Water near the Bungleburn Bridge outside the village of Burnhouse.
The station opened on 1 May 1903 and was simply known as Lugton. [1] It closed between 1 January 1917 and 2 March 1919 due to wartime economy , [ 1 ] and upon the grouping of the L&AR into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923, it was renamed Lugton High on 2 June 1924. [ 1 ]
New Zealand consists of a large number of islands, estimated around 600. [6] The islands give it 15,134 km (9,404 mi) of coastline and extensive marine resources. New Zealand claims the ninth largest exclusive economic zone in the world, covering 4,083,744 km 2 (1,576,742 sq mi), more than 15 times its land area. [7]
The following is a list of gangs, criminal enterprises, and crime syndicates in New Zealand. Māori and Polynesian gangs. New Zealand Nomads [1]