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| This issue comprises a sheetlet of 26 fifty cent stamps celebrating New
Zealand icons and traditions. The stamps were sold individually at some
New Zealand Post outlets. A is for Aotearoa: the most widely known and accepted Māori name for New Zealand. B is for Beehive: the common name for the Executive Wing of the New Zealand Parliament Buildings. C is for Cook: James Cook was an English explorer, navigator and cartographer who recorded the first circumnavigation of New Zealand. D is for Dog: the working sheep-dog from Murray Ball's Footrot Flats cartoon strip. E is for Edmonds: The Edmonds Cookbook is the quintessential guide to traditional New Zealand cuisine which is now recognised as a Kiwi icon. F is for Fantail: highly active and agile birds which undertake highly aerobatic and intricate looping flights. G is for Goodnight Kiwi: a character in an animated short film which played to signal the end of nightly broadcasts on Television New Zealand. H is for Haka: For over 100 years the All Blacks have had a tradition of performing a haka before games I is for Interislander: A ferry service across Cook Strait between the North Island and South Island. J is for Jelly Tip: Very popular icecream first produced in the 1950s. K is for Kia Ora: a Māori language greeting which has entered New Zealand vocabulary - it means "be well/healthy" and is often used as an informal "hi" L is for Log o' Wood: The Ranfurly Shield is the most prestigious trophy in New Zealand's domestic rugby union competition. M is for Mudpools: synonymous with the Geothermal regions of the North Island, particularly around Rotorua. N is for Nuclear Free: In 1987 a law was passed to "establish a Nuclear Free Zone in New Zealand to promote and encourage an active and effective contribution to the essential process of disarmament and international arms control." O is for O.E.: an extended overseas working holiday - sometimes referred to as "The big OE" - typically at least one year and often far longer. P is for Pinetree: Colin Meads nickname - a former New Zealand rugby union footballer who played 55 test matches as an All Black from 1957 to 1971 - named Player of the Century in 1999. Q is for Quake: New Zealand is on the Pacific Ring of Fire - an area of frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions that is home to over 75% of the world's volcanoes. R is for Rutherford: New Zealand physicist who became known as the father of nuclear physics. S is for Southern Cross: the constellation appears on New Zealand's flag. T is for Tiki: incorrectly named Māori neck pendants - a tourist staple. U is for Upham: Captain Charles Upham was a New Zealand soldier who was the only person to earn the Victoria Cross for extreme bravery twice during the Second World War: V is for Vote: New Zealand was the first major nation to grant universal suffrage to women (however, women were not eligible to stand for parliament until 1919). W is for Weta: among the largest and heaviest insects in the world. Weta Workshops created many of the special effects for Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings movies. X is for x-treme sports: a variety of extreme sports such as bungy jumping are available in New Zealand. Y is for Yarn: Māori traditional textiles were woven from a number of plants, including harakeke, wharariki, pingao, kiekie and toetoe. Z is for Zeeland: The islands of Aotearoa were named Nieuw Zeeland by Dutch navigator Abel Tasman. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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