New Zealand
New Zealand (Māori: Aotearoa [aɔˈtɛaɾɔa]) 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 more than 700 smaller islands, covering a total area of 268,021 square kilometres (103,500 sq mi). New Zealand is about 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and 1,000 kilometres (600 mi) south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps, owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city …
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IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 9 January 2025 English
This assessment presents the economic valuation of the new phase of the successful "Freetown the Treetown" initiative that aims to plant, digitally track, and grow millions of trees to address …
volcanic cone of Ōwairaka (Mt Albert) in Auckland, New Zealand. In the water, clumps of sticks and the occasional …
PIAC: Public Interest Advocacy Centre · 30 December 2024 English
In the end, the court, based on the facts and arguments of the usual use of the zipline and the plaintiff’s conduct, dismissed the case. [...] When the moderator squarely …
Union, the United Kingdom, South Africa and New Zealand. There is no evidence that consumers in other … jurisdictions, including the U.K., Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States and “civil … www.SupportAdventure.co.nz 15 See June 2010, New Zealand Department of Labour, Review of Risk Management … of a socialized insurance scheme based on the New Zealand scheme (see below), and costs of such; and finally … Scottish Act, subsection (7) of section 4 of the New Zealand Act, and subsection (3) of section 2 of the Uniform …
Fraser Institute · 17 December 2024 English
per cent live in the bottom 25 per cent. The freest place on Earth is Switzerland, followed by New Zealand; Denmark; Luxembourg; Ireland; Finland; Australia, Iceland and Sweden (tied at 7); and Estonia …
top 10 places, in order, were Switzerland, New Zealand, Denmark, Luxembourg, Ireland, Finland, Australia … Nigeria5 1 0 Switzerland 9.65 8.43 9.14 ▲ 0.12 2 0 New Zealand 9.58 8.39 9.08 ▲ 0.19 3 0 Denmark 9.77 8.02 9 … Human Freedom Index for 2022 are Switzerland, New Zealand, Denmark, Luxembourg, and Ireland. The bottom … 6.90 83 Netherlands 9.33 13 7.74 18 8.66 15 New Zealand 9.58 5 8.39 4 9.08 2 Nicaragua 4.44 154 6.42 … REGIONAL RANKING44 New Zealand Australia Fiji Papua New Guinea 1. 2. 3. 4. New Zealand Fiji Papua New Guinea …
Fraser Institute · 17 December 2024 English
per cent live in the bottom 25 per cent. The freest place on Earth is Switzerland, followed by New Zealand; Denmark; Luxembourg; Ireland; Finland; Australia, Iceland and Sweden (tied at 7); and Estonia …
is once again the freest country, followed by New Zealand, Denmark, Luxembourg and Ireland. The five least-free … jurisdictions 1. Switzerland 2. New Zealand 3. Denmark 4. Luxembourg 5 …
CARDUS: Centre for Cultural Renewal · 16 December 2024 English
ISSUEThe Government of Canada is conducting a consultation on advance requests for medical assistance in dying (MAiD). An advance euthanasia request 1 1 For clarity and to avoid confusion with …
in Spain: A Comparison with the Canadian and New Zealand Experiences,” Medici- na Clínica (English Edition) …
C.D. Howe Institute · 13 December 2024 English
However, they comprised 13 percent of the Similarly, Picot and Hou (2019) found that only workforce in accommodation and food services and a fraction of immigrants with a degree in …
United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand often meet these criteria for medicine and nursing …
CSLS: Centre for the Study of Living Standards · 13 December 2024 English
Stiglitz, 2023) and point to much larger, The discussion on climate change and potentially devastating, impacts on growth productivity is further complicated as and productivity (Dietz and Stern, 2015; labour …
anonymous referees, and participants at seminars at New Zealand Treasury and The Productivity Institute (Pilat …
Fraser Institute · 13 December 2024 English
This study examines the retirement income systems of the developed and newly industrializing countries that belong to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).Tax-and-transfer, pay-as-you-go, government plans are the …
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, … Seven OECD member states—Colombia, Lithuania, New Zealand, Slovakia, Türkiye, the United Kingdom, and the … phasing out Netherlands aResidence- based New Zealand aResidence- based 15.1% Norway a Closed, residence- … 1.94 Mexico n/a n/a Netherlands* 18.0% 0.62 New Zealand n/a n/a Norway** 21.0% None Poland** 19.5% 2 … plans. The exceptions are Australia, Chile, and New Zealand. Australia funds its Age Pension through general …
CSLS: Centre for the Study of Living Standards · 13 December 2024 English
Stiglitz, 2023) and point to much larger, The discussion on climate change and potentially devastating, impacts on growth productivity is further complicated as and productivity (Dietz and Stern, 2015; labour …
anonymous referees, and participants at seminars at New Zealand Treasury and The Productivity Institute (Pilat …
Canadian Chamber of Commerce · 11 December 2024 English
Background Prior to the issuance of the Report of the Royal Commission on Taxation more commonly referred to as the Carter Commission in 1966, the unit of taxation in Canada …
commercial lending. The global average is 2.9%; in New Zealand, it’s 14.1%. Capital intensity is one of the …
