A culture that evolves and changes through time is a healthy culture indeed. From the early pagan warriors to the artisans of the Renaissance, the European world dramatically reformed. After 16 years in Malaysia and 2 years in this country, I love my adopted country more than the one of my birth. Be...

To many people what is an Anzac? Is it simply a word we use to name food or people or is it more. My name is sgt smith from the 53 sqn cadets and today I am here to speak to the cadets of the Air Force Cadets about the Anzac and the legend that lives on. Many people back in Australia will know an...

Gallipoli (Feb 19 1915 – Jan 9 1916) was an Allied campaign to capture the Turkish capital Constantinople and wrest control of the strategically invaluable Dardanelles straits, thus allowing supply lines to run through the the cut-off Russians. The first planned attack was a British/Frenc...

The move to federation was not an easy one; there was lots of debating and disagreement, as Alfred Deakin wrote in 1900 "its accomplishment must always appear to have been secured by a series of miracles". It was not until the late 1880s that a movement towards federation re...

There are numerous reasons why full participation is in the Census 2000 is important to the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. The estimated undercount of the Asian Pacific Islander community in 1990 was 2.3%. Because census data is the basis for almost all demographic information u...

FISHING FOR THE FUTURE If New Zealand had no restrictions or control over the fishing industry, then fish might start appearing as a rare species on cute-endangered-animal posters. By government control of fisheries, we can help to ensure the future biodiversity of our waters. Biodiver...

How did institutions and individuals in the United States react to the arrival of immigrants? Institutions took advantage of the immigration wave due to the fact that labor was cheaper and now there were people willing to do the dirty work of canal and railroad building, mining, domestic and fact...

GEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF NEW ZEALAND The New Zealand landmass, (which includes the north island, the south island, and the other outer lying islands) is part of a larger submerged micro-continent that was initially formed on the eastern boundary of the Gondwanaland super-continent. New Zealand ...

Ageing population is a worldwide pattern. The population is getting older this has social, political and economic impact on all societies. New Zealand's ageing population is a consequence of many factors. It raises many issues with the policies of New Zealand. The factors that contribute to New...

I. Introduction It's called the land of the long white cloud and scientists say that this beautiful place was created millions of years ago by a huge, nearly unimaginable earthquake caused by the movement of large plates of the Earth's crust. The Maoris, who represent the original inhab...

Society must accept responsibility to control anti-social behaviour among adolescents, in order to limit youth violence. Four theories of child anti-social behaviour are neoclassical, biological, psychological, and the economic/ sociological theory (Hoge & Andrews, 1996). Individuals need to recog...

From 1945 to 1985, New Zealand (NZ) was involved militarily in Asia, and the primary reason was the Canberra pact of 1944. The main conflicts NZ was involved in were Korea (1950-1953), Malaysia (1960-1966), and Vietnam (1965-1972). One of the reasons NZ was involved in Asia was the Canberra Pact ...

In 1940 Great Britain was having many troubles with its economy. Because the industrial and Agricultural revolutions brought into use many machines that would do the work of labourers much faster and cheaper thus many people lost their jobs to these machines. So many people from the country gave up ...