Drowning is a big problem around the world and is the second most common cause of accidental death. New Zealand also has a very high rate of drowning with only road accidents and falls causing more deaths by accident. From 2003-2007 an average of 114

发表于:2018-12-05 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Today, New Zealanders celebrated Waitangi Day in many places but the main events were held at the Treaty grounds in Waitangi. This is in Northland, about 3 hours drive north of Auckland. The day before, on Tuesday 5th February, leaders held a meeting

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美日韩外长会晤商讨如何应对朝鲜核试验 On September 18, the Foreign Minister of Japan, Fumio Kishida, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, and the Republic of Korea's Foreign Minister Yun Byung-Se held a meeting in New York on the side

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(87) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2016年(十月)

Speaking to the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, Iraqs foreign minister says his country is headed in the right direction. 伊拉克外交部长霍希亚尔.兹巴里在纽约向外交关系委员会成员演讲时表示,伊拉克在向正确

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An inquest is a court which tries to find out the cause of death after an accident or violent death. A coroner is the judge in this court. Yesterday, the chief coroner held an inquest in Greymouth to find out the cause of death in the Pike River Mine

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Whitebait is the name we give to four different kinds of very small native fish. The most common whitebait is called inanga in Maori. It is only about 5 or 6 cm long so you need quite a lot to make a meal. However, it is hard to catch and expensive t

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Mothers and babies have been in the news this last week. First, Statistics New Zealand announced a slight increase in the birth rate and secondly the Capital and Coast District Health Board (which has hospitals in the Wellington area) is worried abou

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On December 2nd last year, 91 war medals were stolen from the Army Museum in Waiouru (just south of Lake Taupo). On Friday, they were handed to the police. The war medals were won by soldiers during several wars, for brave actions. The most famous me

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The hunt for the murder suspect, Nai Yin Xue, has come to an end when he was found in a small town in Georgia in the south of the United States. Two New Zealand police officers will probably bring him back to this country to stand trial for the murde

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Helen Clarks position as Head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) was announced yesterday. This position is number three in the United Nations. Helen Clark was one of 10 people on a short list. She was chosen because of her excellent q

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Christmas is just over two weeks away. New Zealand is a busy place at this time of year. School is nearly finished for the year. Most senior high school students have already finished their NCEA exams. Other high school students finish today or tomor

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Creative New Zealand wants to make changes. At the moment, Creative New Zealand has four organisations: the Arts Council, the Arts Board, Te Waka Toi, and the Pacific Arts Committee. Together these organisations have 55 staff including 28 directors.

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

The foreign ministers of Britain and France are heading to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda to try to stave off a further humanitarian crisis in eastern Congo where tens of thousands are fleeing advancing rebel forces, despite a cease-fire

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With tensions increasing in the disputed Kashmir region, the foreign ministers of India and Pakistan met in the Sri Lankan capital for a closed-door discussion on the sidelines of a regional summit. 随着有争议的克什米尔地区紧张局势迅速

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A High Court decision this week means that only supermarkets and bottle stores can sell alcohol. Supermarkets have been allowed to sell beer and wine since 2000. In 2001, some small convenience stores applied to the Liquor Licensing Authority (LLA) f

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The government will probably make some big changes to our alcohol laws very soon. On Monday, the Law Commission gave a report to the government. The report recommended 153 changes to the laws on alcohol. The government will probably change some of th

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School starts again this week for most students. This is the start of the new school year. Children who turned five during the holidays will start school for the first time. Children starting a new school often feel nervous if they dont know anyone.

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(103) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语

Yesterday, the power went off in parts of eastern Auckland and Newmarket around 1.10pm. There was a fault in the transformer at the Penrose sub-station. This sub-station usually has three transformers but one was not working because it was being main

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On September 18th, all New Zealand bread was going to have folic acid added to it. However, now the government has decided to wait three years. New Zealand and Australia have an agreement about food standards. Australia is going to add folic acid to

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For the last month we have heard news of problems between the actors union and the people who are making the movie of The Hobbit. The book, written by Tolkien, came before The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Sir Peter Jackson made those three movies and i

发表于:2019-03-13 / 阅读(206) / 评论(0) 分类 新西兰英语