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Many of New Zealand's cities and towns are known by various aliases, slogans, sobriquets, and other nicknames to the general population at either the local, regional, national or international level, often due to marketing campaigns and widespread usage in the media.
With public transport declining heavily during the second half of the 20th century (a trend mirrored in most Western countries, such as the US), [164] and increased spending on roads and cars, New Zealand (and specifically Auckland) now has the second-highest vehicle ownership rate in the world, with around 578 vehicles per 1000 people. [165]
Ninja Kiwi, previously known as Kaiparasoft Ltd, is a mobile and online video game developer founded in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2006 by brothers Chris and Stephen Harris. [1] Ninja Kiwi's first game was a browser based game called Cash Sprint , developed on the Adobe Flash Platform . [ 2 ]
Mytona was founded in 2012 by brothers Alexey and Afanasey Ushnitsky in Yakutsk, Russia and has offices in Singapore, Thailand, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Georgia and Serbia. [2] [3] The brothers said to have started developed casual PC games in 2004 and by 2020, they stated to have 1,000 employees, mostly in Yakutsk.
In response, Thomson gave prosaic Northumbrian names to them, often simply in the form of a Northumbrian dialectic name for an animal. [6] The Maniototo region around the town of Ranfurly is rife with such names as Kyeburn, Gimmerburn, Hoggetburn, and Wedderburn as a result. Ranfurly itself was originally called "Eweburn".
Auckland City was the most populous local authority in the country, with a population of 450,300 at 30 June 2010. [2] In 2010 it was made up of 188 ethnic groups, making it New Zealand's most diverse city, and slightly more diverse than in 2007, when 185 ethnic groups had been counted.
The culture of Auckland encompasses the city's artistic, culinary, literary, musical, political and social elements, and is well-known throughout the world. As New Zealand's largest city and one of the most important in the Southern Hemisphere, Auckland has a rich and dynamic cultural life and a long, multicultural history .
It was established in 1987 and operates under the Gambling Act 2003. Its oldest and most popular game is Lotto, which boasts a top prize pool of NZ$1 million. Other games include the four-draws-daily Keno, the daily Bullseye, and a variety of scratchcards and online games known as Instant Kiwi. Instant Kiwi may only be played by persons 18 ...