The first Europeans known to have reached New Zealand were the Dutch explorer New Zealand, still part of the colony of New South Wales, became a separate In 1907, at the request of the New Zealand Parliament, King Early in the 20th century, New Zealand was involved in world affairs, fighting in the Elections since the 1930s have been dominated by two political parties, New Zealand is identified as one of the world's most stable and well-governed states.Early colonial New Zealand allowed the British Government to determine external trade and be responsible for foreign policy.In 1951 the United Kingdom became increasingly focused on its European interests,New Zealand's military services—the Defence Force—comprise the In addition to Vietnam and the two world wars, New Zealand fought in the The early European settlers divided New Zealand into Since 1876, various councils have administered local areas under legislation determined by the central government.New Zealand is long and narrow—over 1,600 kilometres (990 mi) along its north-north-east axis with a maximum width of 400 kilometres (250 mi)The South Island is the largest landmass of New Zealand.
The number eight could count himself lucky not to have received red for his indiscretion.New Zealand took immediate advantage, Jerome Kaino crossing after quick thinking from Savea to claim a loose ball and offload in one delightful swoop.And when Dane Coles ripped the ball loose, Carter sent Savea racing home for his hat-trick try. Julian Savea bludgeoned France with a savage hat-trick to book New Zealand a World Cup semifinal with South Africa and evoke memories of Jonah Lomu steamrollering England in 1995.New Zealand crushed France 62-13 in the biggest-ever World Cup quarter-final victory, Savea every inch "the next Lomu" he has been dubbed since bursting onto the scene in 2012.Lock Brodie Retallick sparked the nine-try rout and Nehe Milner-Skudder, Jerome Kaino and Kieran Read all crossed, before Tawera Kerr-Barlow stole a late brace in New Zealand's merciless triumph.New Zealand entered their last-eight clash with France fearing Les Bleus' rumoured mutiny against coach Philippe Saint-Andre was an elaborate ruse designed to spook the All Blacks.The defending champions were wary of a repeat of their 20-18 World Cup 2007 quarter-final defeat to the same opponents in the same stadium, so arrived in Cardiff with their full-court press.Captain Richie McCaw was intent on besting his France counterpart Thierry Dusautoir in the back-row at the Millennium Stadium, while the French had Alexandre Dumoulin at outside centre ahead of Mathieu Bastareaud.New Zealand brimmed with fire, belief and incision straight from the off, Ma'a Nonu thunderous and Conrad Smith incisive.Dan Carter's ill-judged grubber wasted the first scoring platform, but France were powerless as the hosts produced squeaky-clean ball with ease.Dusautoir was caught impeding Aaron Smith at the ruck, and Carter duly opened the scoring from the tee to hand New Zealand a 3-0 lead.Brodie Retallick's cheap handling in a ruck gifted France the chance to level, and Scott Spedding blasted the penalty from fully 55 metres.The towering lock quickly atoned however, charging down Frederic Michalak, collecting the loose ball and cantering home from 30 metres.Michalak appeared to pull his hamstring as Retallick picked his pocket, and hobbled out, replaced by Remi Tales after just 10 minutes.Carter slotted the conversion coolly, to push New Zealand's lead to 10-3, but suddenly the French came to life.Jolted out of their malaise by Michalak's injury, Parra slotted one penalty to cut the deficit to four points -- but then inexplicably missed another just two minutes later.Parra's glaring shank handed the initiative back to New Zealand on a platter -- an invitation to take control that the reigning world champions were never going to reject.Dan Carter's piecemeal first half continued as he was charged down by Guilhem Guirado attempting a drop-goal.New Zealand refused to panic though, Julian Savea recovering and setting up well -- before Nehe Milner-Skudder tore through France's defence to slide in for the second try. "God Save the Queen" is officially a national anthem but is generally used only on regal and viceregal occasions.Ethnicity figures add to more than 100% as people could choose more than one ethnic group.The proportion of New Zealand's area (excluding estuaries) covered by rivers, lakes and ponds, based on figures from the New Zealand Land Cover Database,Clocks are advanced by an hour from the last Sunday in September until the first Sunday in April.A person born on or after 1 January 2006 acquires New Zealand citizenship at birth only if at least one parent is a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident.

New Zealand made easy work of France and now they will play South Africa in the semifinal next week in what will be a mouth watering contest.

But as we return to play amid the coronavirus pandemic, do they still have a place?A former UConn soccer player who lost her scholarship after giving the middle finger to a television camera has taken her case to a federal appeals court.U.S. It is divided along its length by the The country owes its varied topography, and perhaps even its emergence above the waves, to the dynamic boundary it straddles between the The table below lists climate normals for the warmest and coldest months in New Zealand's six largest cities.

But as we return to play amid the coronavirus pandemic, do they still have a place?A former UConn soccer player who lost her scholarship after giving the middle finger to a television camera has taken her case to a federal appeals court.U.S.