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The following notable companies are based in New Zealand. For further information on the types of business entities in this country and their abbreviations, see "Business entities in New Zealand". New Zealand is a wealthy country, with a relatively high GDP per capita and a relatively low rate of poverty.
Leather-covered sandbag, wood blocks and tools , used in wood engraving Wood engraving is a printmaking technique, in which an artist works an image into a block of wood. Functionally a variety of woodcut , it uses relief printing , where the artist applies ink to the face of the block and prints using relatively low pressure.
Mitre 10 is a New Zealand chain of home improvement stores established in June 1974. The company sells a range of household hardware, building supplies, heaters, air conditioners, garden products, barbecues and camping gear. [1] There are 84 Mitre 10 member stores around New Zealand, including 19 in Auckland.
The Four Horsemen c. 1496–98 by Albrecht Dürer, depicting the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Woodcut is a relief printing technique in printmaking.An artist carves an image into the surface of a block of wood—typically with gouges—leaving the printing parts level with the surface while removing the non-printing parts.
Toll New Zealand (rolling stock and inter-island ferries) Ontrack (track and infrastructure) Formerly New Zealand Rail (1990–1995), Tranz Rail (1995–2002), Toll New Zealand (2002–2008) Kordia: 1 July 1989 Subsidiary of Television New Zealand: Formerly Broadcast Communications Limited or BCL, renamed 2006. Landcorp: 1 April 1987
Local hiring is a goal or requirement to hire people who live close to the place of work. This aim is often more specifically structured as a requirement for contractors awarded certain types of publicly funded projects to recruit a certain proportion of the people working on the project from a particular area.
Other tools such as mezzotint rockers, roulettes (a tool with a fine-toothed wheel) and burnishers (a tool used for making an object smooth or shiny by rubbing) are used for texturing effects. To make a print, the engraved plate is inked all over, then the ink is wiped off the surface, leaving ink only in the engraved lines.
However, as of 2017, the New Zealand Government still provides state investment in infrastructure which supports agriculture. [5] Pastoral farming is the major land use, but a significant amount of land is also devoted to horticulture. New Zealand is a member of the Cairns Group, which is seeking to have free trade in agricultural goods. [6]