Birds of New Zealand

other alcoholic drinks annually. As sugar production increased, export markets were in the sights of the industry’s leaders. The door to overseas trade opened in 1923 when the first shipment of 2,500 tonnes of Bundaberg sugar was despatched to New Zealand, but it was a miserly amount in comparison to the more than 3.5 million tonnes that are now exported annual. It was brains as well as brawn that led to the success of the sugar industry, for it was local engineers with vision and determination…

Rudraksh Kapil Topic Area: Biodiversity Loss of biodiversity: what are the causes and what can we do? Biodiversity is the variety of all forms of life on Earth - plants, animals and microorganisms. Biodiversity refers to: Species; Variations within species; and interdependence of species. It is interesting to note that only about 1.2 million worldwide species have been identified and catalogued out of a towering total of about 8.7 million, as of August 2011[1]. A range of factors and…

people were shocked when the film Lady Bird didn’t receive any awards. One of the nominations received was for Best Director, with Greta Gerwig only being the 5th woman ever nominated. For an award show that’s been around for 90 years, one would think this is surprising. However, the representation of female directors in Hollywood is known to be scarce but rarely touched upon. After all, without a director, there is no movie. Coming of age stories like Lady Bird are usually not Oscar nominated,…

period of time. In Ernest Callenbach's Ecotopia, Callenbach writes about a sustainable community in the United States of America called Ecotopia. The states of Northern California, Oregon, and Washington have all succeeded from the USA to form this new vision of the future. After twenty years since its independence of the United States, Willam Weston, who is a journalist, has been chosen by the Times-Post to travel to Ecotopia and write about the way of life of the Ecotopians that amazes the…

Hydrurga leptonyx, also known as leopard seals, are incredible creatures that possess traits of survival and adaptability. Their widespread residency throughout the Antarctic and some parts north of that combined with their diversified eating habits places them highly in marine mammals as a potential species to survive environmental changes. This essay connects an understanding of the population and foraging ecology of Hydrurga leptonyx with their future existence in relation to climate change.…

others popular destinations. On the other hand, the famous tourist attractions for low risk adventurous tourism are Khao Yai National Park which is first national park in Thailand for wildlife viewing and botanical study and waters off Australia, New Zealand, Chesapeake Bay, Ogasawama Islands of Japan and Chichyima Island for whale watching and other famous tourist attractions. Lastly, adventure tourism is one of the best tourism that giving the excitement and relaxation simultaneously for…

2014. Web. 6 Oct 2015. Watson, J. D., & Crick, F. H. C. (2003). A structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid. 1953. Nature, 421(6921), 397 Watson, J. D. (1968). The double helix; a personal account of the discovery of the structure of DNA (1st ed.). New York: Atheneum. Watson J. D. and Crick F. H. C. 1953a Molecular structure of nucleic acids. A structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid. Nature 171, 737–738 Watson J. D. and Crick F. H. C. 1953b Genetical implications of the structure of…

time of glowworms living in a cave in New Zealand. In this case the glowworms exist in their larval form where their luminescence attracts other insects towards them so that they can feed. This process continues until the larva have grown enough to become adults, at which point they reproduce and then die. This cycle is one that lacks meaning, as it never amounts to anything. This same cycle of meaninglessness can be seen in other life forms, such as fish and birds. Taylor goes on to say that…

the same table that he was sitting on those three years ago. Indirectly forcing me to sit where I was sitting that day. From here, I could see the scribbles I had etched into the wood that day, trying to relieve the stress bestowed upon me by the birds that had been flapping their wings as if they were still learning to fly, only now the scribbles were darker than and not as fresh as before. I had a similar view as before, but now a tuck-shop had opened beside the ice cream shop and you could…

that commentators go off–topic when covering female sport events (Jones 1999). The language used to describe female athletes often trivialise them – over half of female participants are referred as ‘lady’ or using informal nicknames, for example babe, bird, broad, chick or dame (Koivula 1999). Along with that, commentators use such phrases as “The slender 6-foot 5-inch center with the modeling contract in her purse”, which is an example of stereotyping and focusing on contestant’s beauty, or…