Islands of New Zealand

1. a) Three types of firms are: • Oligopoly- small groups/firms/businesses that manage a particular market. In this type of firm, usually 2 firms or more controls the market e.g. Banks and WASA. Characteristics of oligopoly are 1) run by smaller firms that is usually small but not smaller than the market. 2) Not easy to enter in that there are certain things to be done before you can enter 3) These firms have a tendency to sell the same or different products/services 4) Use a…

and economic status shows males have higher rates than females and over years of survey the pattern has remained fairly consistent (AIHW, Drinking patterns in Australia, 2001-2007, 2010). Higher rates of violence in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island communities can be attributed to alcohol and illicit drug use. The disadvantaged groups in a community are the major sufferers of alcohol related harmful…

Keith Lionel Urban was born October 26, 1967 in Whangarei, North Island, New Zealand. Urban is the son of Bob and Marienne Urban who together ran a self-owned convenience store. On Urban’s father’s side, his grandfather was a piano teacher and his father played the drums. When Urban was young his family moved from New Zealand to Australia, and this is where Urban’s uncle gave him his first instrument, a ukulele. Both of Urban’s parents loved country music and this is where he developed his taste…

There’s nothing like meeting an international student for the first time. Their experiences in a new country become new experiences for yourself as well, even though your environment does not change. You remember how it is to interact/communicate with them for the first time and as time goes on you get to see a first hand account of the progress that is being made throughout the year(s). I had an amazing opportunity that opened my eyes to diversity and perseverance that began my freshman year of…

date days, when nature and all untamed life were avidly sitting tight for the occurrence to man. By then man arrived from the east, and the relationship amidst nature and man throve.This whale rider gives sticks a part as sustaining things to the islands, yet one spear he tosses 1000 years into what's to come. The middle developments to a horde of whales. The whale mothers look over their young while the single pioneer whale—the bull whale—recollects about his own particular adolescence such…

She had just come over from the islands and had no records with her. It was interesting to see how information was gathered and how we had to try paint a picture. We did the normal booking visit and gathered her history, during this time we were able to tailor our communication to her to…

acts and U.S will eventually offer this wonderful privilege. By doing so, it would prove the importance of a paid leave in the U.S along with the great benefits that come along with it. The 1993 FMLA, signed by President Bill Clinton, is a way for new parents, both men and women whom are eligible, to have access to a job-protected leave for a wide range of caregiving purposes such as: care for newborns, newly adopted child, family member, or one’s own self. Eligibility includes employees who…

In the book A History of the World in Six Glasses, the author Tom Standage, travels through time along the history of six different beverages. He devotes each section to a specific drink and provides its background and origin, revealing how most all of them were first used for medicinal purposes before they were used recreationally. Along with this, Standage describes significant historic events of civilization, oppression, intellect, imperialism, and globalization, and boldly states that the…

Overview Same-sex marriage is a highly controversial topic of discussion spreading from communities to parliaments and governments, and has become increasingly recognised all around the world over the past few years. Since 2001, many countries have passed bills to legalise same sex unions and provide them with equal rights, and then years later have fully legalised gay marriage, the first being The Netherlands (2001), however Australia is not one of those countries. Gay marriage and obtaining…

Public Health Problem Severe acute respiratory syndrome also known as SARS was caused by an unfamiliar animal coronavirus that highly took advantage of the “wet markets” in southern China to adapt and succeed as an infectious virus between humans. Hospitals and international travel were the main pathways that led to a local outbreak and eventually to a global scale. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) between November 2002 and July 2003, the outbreak of SARS caused 8,096 cases and…