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Cambridge, New Zealand

Cambridge (Māori: Kemureti) is a town in the Waipa District of the Waikato Region of the North Island of New Zealand. Situated 24 kilometres southeast of Hamilton, on the banks of the Waikato River, Cambridge is known as "The Town of Trees & Champions". The town has a population of 19,200, making it the largest town in the Waipa District, and third largest urban area in the Waikato (after Hamilton and Taupo).

History

Prior to the arrival of Europeans there were a number of in the vicinity of what would become Cambridge. In the 1850s missionaries and farmers from Britain settled in the area and introduced modern farming practices to local Māori, helping them set up two flour mills and importing grinding wheels from England and France. During the 1850s wheat was a profitable cash crop but when merchants in Auckland began purchasing cheaper grain from Australia the market went into decline.

The European town of Cambridge was established when the 3rd Regiment of the Waikato Militia were settled there in 1864 following the Invasion of the Waikato. The town was named after Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, the Commander-in-Chief of the British Army at the time.

New Zealand

New Zealand (/njˈzlənd/ new-ZEE-lənd, Māori: Aotearoa [aɔˈtɛaɾɔa]) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The country geographically comprises two main landmasses – that of the North Island, or Te Ika-a-Māui, and the South Island, or Te Waipounamu – and numerous smaller islands. New Zealand is situated some 1,500 kilometres (900 mi) east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and roughly 1,000 kilometres (600 mi) south of the Pacific island areas of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. Because of its remoteness, it was one of the last lands to be settled by humans. During its long isolation, New Zealand developed a distinctive biodiversity of animal, fungal and plant life. The country's varied topography and its sharp mountain peaks, such as the Southern Alps, owe much to the tectonic uplift of land and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, while its most populous city is Auckland.

Somewhere between 1250 and 1300 CE, Polynesians settled in the islands that were to become New Zealand, and developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, Abel Tasman, a Dutch explorer, became the first European to sight New Zealand. In 1840, representatives of the British Crown and Māori Chiefs signed the Treaty of Waitangi, making New Zealand a British colony. Today, the majority of New Zealand's population of 4.5 million is of European descent; the indigenous Māori are the largest minority, followed by Asians and Pacific Islanders. Reflecting this, New Zealand's culture is mainly derived from Māori and early British settlers, with recent broadening arising from increased immigration. The official languages are English, Māori and New Zealand Sign Language, with English predominant.

1926 in New Zealand

Population

A census was held in March 1926.

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

  • Head of state - George V
  • Governor-General - General Sir Charles Fergusson Bt GCMG KCB DSO MVO
  • Government

    The 22nd New Zealand Parliament continued with the Reform Party governing.

  • Speaker of the House - Charles Statham (Reform Party)
  • Prime Minister - Gordon Coates.
  • Minister of Finance - William Nosworthy, succeeded by William Downie Stewart
  • Minister of Foreign Affairs - William Nosworthy (Reform)
  • Parliamentary opposition

  • Leader of the Opposition - Vacant until 26 June, then Harry Holland (Labour Party)
  • Main centre leaders

  • Mayor of Auckland - George Baildon
  • Mayor of Hamilton - John Robert Fow
  • Mayor of Wellington - Charles Norwood
  • Mayor of Christchurch - John Archer
  • Mayor of Dunedin - Harold Livingstone Tapley
  • Events

  • Writer and adventurer Zane Grey first visited New Zealand, helping to popularise big-game fishing
  • Department of Scientific and Industrial Research established
  • Pavlova reportedly created by a Wellington hotel chef in honour of the visit of Anna Pavlova
  • 2011 Rugby World Cup

    The 2011 Rugby World Cup was the seventh Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. The International Rugby Board (IRB) selected New Zealand as the host country in preference to Japan and South Africa at a meeting in Dublin on 17 November 2005. The tournament was won by New Zealand, who defeated France 8–7 in the final. The defending champions, South Africa, were eliminated by Australia 11–9 in the quarter-finals. The result marked the third time that the tournament was won by the country that hosted the event (following New Zealand in 1987 and South Africa in 1995).

    It was the largest sporting event ever held in New Zealand, eclipsing the 1987 Rugby World Cup, 1990 Commonwealth Games, 1992 Cricket World Cup and the 2003 America's Cup. Overseas visitors to New Zealand for the event totalled 133,000, more than the 95,000 that the organisers expected. However, there was a drop in non-event visitors, meaning the net increase in visitors over the previous year was less than 80,000.

    Cambridge, Massachusetts

    Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Boston metropolitan area. Situated directly north of the city of Boston, across the Charles River, it was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent universities, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Cambridge has also been home to Radcliffe College, once one of the leading colleges for women in the United States before it merged with Harvard. According to the 2010 Census, the city's population was 105,162.As of July 2014, it was the fifth most populous city in the state, behind Boston, Worcester, Springfield, and Lowell. Cambridge was one of the two seats of Middlesex County prior to the abolition of county government in 1997; Lowell was the other.

    History

    Cambridge (cigarette)

    Cambridge is a brand of cigarettes made by Philip Morris USA.

    USA Varieties

  • Cambridge (Full Flavor) 100's - Soft
  • Cambridge Gold Pack (Lights) Kings - Soft
  • Cambridge Gold Pack (Lights) 100's - Soft
  • Cambridge Menthol (Lights) 100's - Soft
  • Cambridge Blue Pack (Ultra Lights) 100's - Soft
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    Cambridge (electoral district)

    Cambridge is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979.

    Geography

    The district consists of the city of Cambridge, Ontario and the Township of North Dumfries, Ontario.

    History

    The federal electoral district was created in 1976 and consisted of the city of Cambridge and the Township of North Dumfries. In 1987, part of the city of Kitchener was added to the district. In 1996, the boundaries were redrawn again to include a slightly different section of Kitchener. The current boundaries, which are the same as the original definition and contain no parts of Kitchener, were defined in 2003.

    This riding lost territory to Kitchener South—Hespeler and gained some territory from Brant during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

    Members of Parliament

    Election results

    Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election. John Gots' vote as a CHP candidate is compared to his vote in 2000 as an unaffiliated candidate.

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    New Zealand

    by: French Films

    When they say
    We were never old enough to care
    It's like first of November
    And when they say
    We were never good enough to love
    They've been washed in the holy waters
    So I wanna die
    With my eyes full life
    All the years I survived I knew nothing about
    Nothing about
    So I wanna die
    With my head full life
    All the years I survived I knew nothing about
    Nothing about so much
    Hope we got far
    'Cause here it's the same as for a bear
    To be stuck inside a bird cage
    And if we swim
    To see New Zealand with our friends
    Oh would you please bury me there
    And sing
    Together for the new start
    I'm sailing
    Through the mighty coast lines
    As a ghost on a holiday
    So I wanna die
    With my eyes full life
    All the years I survived I knew nothing about
    Nothing about
    So I wanna die
    With my head full life
    All the years I survived I knew nothing about




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