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possibilities
endless possibilities
dance before mind’s eye

dreams
so many dreams
shapes forms sizes dissimilar

latent possibilities
real within vision mind
so easy to achieve

with concentration
with focused effort
with drive determination

if acted upon
realized brought
forth into fruition

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poem by Terence George Craddock
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That was the big effect Lord of the Rings had on me. It was discovering New Zealand. And even more precious were the people - not at all like the Australians.

quote by Ian McKellen
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Well of course New Zealand isn't anti-American.

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I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.

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God Defend New Zealand

God of Nations at Thy feet,
In the bonds of love we meet,
Hear our voices, we entreat,
God defend our free land.
Guard Pacific's triple star
From the shafts of strife and war,
Make her praises heard afar,
God defend New Zealand.

Men of every creed and race,
Gather here before Thy face,
Asking Thee to bless this place,
God defend our free land.
From dissension, envy, hate,
And corruption guard our State,
Make our country good and great,
God defend New Zealand.

Peace, not war, shall be our boast,
But, should foes assail our coast,

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poem by Thomas Bracken
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New Zealand's Daniel Vettori is a very good bowler.

quote by Sachin Tendulkar
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New Zealand is not a small country but a large village.

quote by Peter Jackson
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Pangram

NZH
quickly judge
BMW X SPORT
fav

Pangram 27 Letters in the phrase
7 words in 4 lines
All 26 Letters of the alphabet used
NZH- NZH New Zealand Herald (New Zealand newspaper)
fav- noun (slang)
noun: fav
a favorite person or thing

poem by Marius Alexandru (1 December 2020)
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Green New Zealand

I've seen great sights of beauty in my travels
The gold and grey landscapes, the brown and green
But south Pacific Islands of New Zealand
Are beautiful as anywhere I've seen.

I've seen the hills of Sherbrooke east of Melbourne
Where tall mountain ash reach upwards towards the sky
And cool rainforests of northern New South Wales and Queensland
Are memories I can recall and enjoy.

I've seen the high hills of Britain and Ireland
Of such green beauty famous bards have wrote
But I would write a song for green New Zealand
Had I been blessed with gift of rhyming poet.

I've seen the wild brown outback of Australia
It's rugged beauty man could never tame
A different sort of beauty to New Zealand
And no two sorts of beauty seem the same.

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poem by Francis Duggan
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Maoris now own over half the commercial fishing industry in New Zealand.

quote by Malcolm Fraser
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New Zealand’s Great Alpine Fault

earth mobile surface divided into tectonic plates
Alpine fault cross hair connects two subduction margins
New Zealand continent sits on plate boundaries

where ocean floor descends into Earth's mantle
at this point surfaces of two plates making up
South Island alpine fault fatally pressure meets

Pacific Plate on easterly area of New Zealand
is moving westwards Australian Plate on opposing
western side of New Zealand moves eastwards

plates sliding at a relative rate about 45mm per year

plate boundaries mobile move at relative rates as plates
move against each other enormous pressure builds
up must be released through earth movement the result

major quake along New Zealand’s Great Alpine Fault

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poem by Terence George Craddock
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Mick Cashman

In the Cork County Senior Football Championship Final of 1957 I still recall the day
The last time I see Mick Cashman for his home club Millstreet Play
At the Cork Athletic grounds that day the Duhallow men were beat
The City Club St Finbarrs proved too good for Millstreet.

The Barrs fans celebrated the victory was sweet
But Mick Cashman played a great game he was gallant in defeat
In the biggest day in Cork County for the game of Gaelic Football
And though Millstreet lost to go that far they did well overall.

Mick Cashman was ordained a priest and for New Zealand he was bound
Far from Millstreet in Duhallow and Tullig his home ground
In the green and gold of Millstreet he was never seen again
But what was a loss to Ireland was surely New Zealand's gain.

Mick Cashman was a gentleman and of him 'twould be fair to say
That to help out other people he went out of his way
A Parish Priest in New Zealand where he was known far and wide
And his success in his adopted Country to Millstreet a sense of pride.

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poem by Francis Duggan
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It's a great challenge to come from little New Zealand and beat the odds in Hollywood.

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Cultural Heritage Nurtured

quality not quantity
wisdom not trivia

take time
break
new ground

for planting

to plant
acorns
wisdom

budding
enlightenment

thriving into
generations
forthcoming

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poem by Terence George Craddock
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God bless America. God save the Queen. God defend New Zealand and thank Christ for Australia.

quote by Russell Crowe
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New Zealand's taken some very significant decisions in relation to defence in the last two years.

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We prepared to go ashore to publish for the first time in New Zealand the glad tidings of the gospel.

quote by Samuel Marsden
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One Week On: News Coverage

Questions
of respect
perspective
videos news

coverage
was straight away
on television

in New Zealand
not even covered
bodies are shown

in Indonesian
straight into morgue
in your face detail
in full graphic horror

in New Zealand
one week on

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poem by Terence George Craddock
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New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three million of whom think they are human.

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New Zealand is the only country I know well enough to write about. It can sometimes lead to complications.

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