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To-day New Zealand is not only manufacturing many kinds of munitions for her own defence but is making a valuable contribution to the defence of the other areas in the Pacific..." New Zealand, with a population of 1.7 million, including 99,000 Māori, was highly mobilised during the war. [162]
A korao no New Zealand; or, the New Zealander's first book was written by Anglican missionary Thomas Kendall in 1815, and is the first book written in the Māori language. [1] The full title is A korao no New Zealand, or, The New Zealander's first book : being an attempt to compose some lessons for the instruction of the natives. The word korao ...
8 September: Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch in New Zealand's history, dies aged 96, after a reign of 70 years. 25 October: Women make up 50% of MPs in the New Zealand Parliament for the first time. 12 November: The Black Ferns win the Women's Rugby World Cup for the sixth time. 2023
Thomas Kendall has the first book printed in Māori, A korao no New Zealand; or, the New Zealander's first book; being an attempt to compose some lessons for the instruction of the natives, published in Sydney. [13] (see also 1820) Sealers from the Governor Bligh under captain John Grono are the first Europeans to land in Canterbury at Banks ...
It is distinct from a similar collection of digitized older New Zealand publications, viz. the New Zealand Electronic Text Collection from Victoria University of Wellington. [5] It does not include the rarest early New Zealand book A History of the Birds of New Zealand by ornithologist Walter Buller and plates by the artist JG Keulemans. [6]
The New Oxford History of New Zealand. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-558471-4. King, Michael (2003). The Penguin History of New Zealand. Auckland: Penguin Group (NZ). ISBN 978-1-7422-8826-0. Mein Smith, Philippa (2012). A Concise History of New Zealand (Second ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781139196574.
The total gross expenditure on research and development (R&D) as a proportion of GDP rose to 1.37% in 2018, up from 1.23% in 2015. New Zealand ranks 21st in the OECD for its gross R&D spending as a percentage of GDP. [305] New Zealand was ranked 25th in the Global Innovation Index in 2024. [306]
An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand is an official encyclopaedia about New Zealand, published in three volumes by the New Zealand Government in 1966. Edited by Alexander Hare McLintock, the parliamentary historian, assisted by two others, the encyclopaedia included over 1,800 articles and 900 biographies, written by 359 contributing authors. [1]