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Independent Timber Merchants or the Independent Timber Merchants Society (usually shortened as ITM) is a New Zealand co-operative of independent building supplies and hardware retailers. Its stores sell a range of products to both tradespeople and consumers, including building supplies , power tools , kitchens and paint .
The monarch of New Zealand, personally represented by the governor-general of New Zealand, is the head of state throughout the Realm of New Zealand.The New Zealand monarchy is unitary throughout all jurisdictions in the realm with the headship of state being a part of all equally. [6]
Don Brash, formerly leader of the National Party and then of ACT, said in 2017 that Māori were preceded in New Zealand by the Moriori, whom they slaughtered. [42] [43] [44] An earlier proponent of the racist theory of a pre-Polynesian European settlement of New Zealand was white supremacist and Holocaust denier Kerry Bolton.
New Zealand (Māori: Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island (Te Ika-a-Māui) and the South Island (Te Waipounamu)—and over 600 smaller islands.
The Royal Charter of November 1840 [2] stated that the islands of New Zealand were "designated and known respectively" as: [3] New Ulster (the North Island) New Munster (the South Island) New Leinster (Stewart Island / Rakiura) These names were of geographic significance only. [4] New Zealand became a separate Crown Colony from New South Wales ...
New Zealand is often mistakenly omitted from world maps due to the country's physical geographic isolation, relatively small size (compared to Australia), and its positioning on the extreme bottom-right in many map projections such as the Mercator. [120] [121] The phenomenon has been popularly referenced and has a dedicated Reddit community ...
Government House is where the governor-general confers with the leader of the New Zealand Government, hosts foreign dignitaries, and performs the functions of New Zealand's head of state, as the representative of the monarch of New Zealand. The residence is also open to the public, running free tours of the state rooms throughout the year. [9]
Large portions of New Zealand have been placed under protection for conservation purposes. 82% of the ecoregion's land area is in protected areas. [4] Westland Tai Poutini National Park covers approximately 20,000 acres or about 81 square kilometers, about 25% of which is glaciers and snowfields. [ 6 ]