#zealand

In terms of having views and being prepared to express them, yes, I think New Zealand's had a leadership role in a lot of things. ↗

— Helen Clark

#being prepared #express #had #having #i

Unlike New Zealand, which has nothing especially predatory, Australia is full of spiders and crocodiles and all kinds of animals that will eat you and sting you. ↗

— Brian Cox

#crocodiles #eat #especially #full #kinds

Maoris now own over half the commercial fishing industry in New Zealand. ↗

— Malcolm Fraser

#fishing #half #industry #new #new zealand

I moved from New Zealand to Melbourne when I was 17. I'd planned to go to university to study French, but I was offered a contract to write and record an album that was too good to pass up. Looking back now I think that was pretty young but, at the time, I was ready to have an adventure. ↗

— Kimbra

#album #back #contract #french #go

It feels like it's just starting in America and the UK. It's great to have a loyal fanbase in Australia and New Zealand. People in America say how polished our band are, but that didn't happen overnight; that came from doing all this touring back home. ↗

— Kimbra

#australia #back #band #came #doing

By and large, women in New Zealand are fortunate compared with some other countries, including many in our own region. But there is still progress to be made. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

#countries #fortunate #including #large #made

New Zealand's taken some very significant decisions in relation to defence in the last two years. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

#defence #last #new #relation #significant

On many occasions New Zealand has spoken about the need to ensure that women's concerns are fully integrated into all aspects of the United Nations' activities and structures, not marginalised in one part of the Secretariat. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

#activities #aspects #concerns #ensure #fully

It's a great challenge to come from little New Zealand and beat the odds in Hollywood. ↗

— Martin Henderson

#challenge #come #great #hollywood #little

New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three million of whom think they are human. ↗

— Barry Humphries

#human #million #new #new zealand #sheep