It also has a little country, England, in the northern hemisphere and a little country, New Zealand, in the Southern.
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Travagli, who played for Bath in 2006, has not featured for his country since the Test against New Zealand in 2004.
The 32-year-old England captain could miss the remainder of the Premiership season and may also miss his country's tour to New Zealand in June.
France is now the 14th country to legalise gay marriage after New Zealand last week.
The proportion of infested farms is lower in New Zealand, a country that has a huge population of sheep, but even there it is rising at a worrying rate.
As a measure of India's priorities, consider that the world's second-most-populous country has no more diplomats than tiny New Zealand.
According to a survey conducted last month by the country's largest newspaper, the New Zealand Herald, opposition to same-sex marriage has increased to 48%.
Recreational cycling was already on a roll, when in 2009 a 50 million New Zealand dollar government fund was established to create a continuous touring route running the length of the country, supported at a grass roots level by an additional 50 million New Zealand dollars offered up by councils and local organisations.
Here I present some of the analysis for New Zealand, the fourth highest country in economic freedom.
Trade relations took a knock earlier this month when China temporarily blocked millions of dollars of New Zealand meat from entering the country, as it bolstered scrutiny of imports after a spate of mainly homegrown food-safety scandals.
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In a bill passed earlier today, the Government of New Zealand announced that software in the country will no longer be patentable.
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It was first brought to New Zealand in the 1900s but the country came up with its own version, which has its own distinctive taste.
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The win means that England will continue the defense of their trophy against France in Paris next Saturday, after the host country pulled off an equally unexpected triumph over favorites New Zealand in Cardiff.
Lawmakers in New Zealand last week made it the first country in the Asia Pacific region to legalize same-sex marriage.
The couple had been in New Zealand for two weeks and "loved the country", the friend said.
But now, if he seizes his opportunity in New Zealand, he could soon play against the country where he has lived almost his entire life.
Just a couple weeks ago, my friend and fellow blogger Jayson Bryant visited the U.K., and filed this dispatch about how many cheap, one-off brands of New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc line store shelves in that country.
The top three nations in the six-team group represent North and Central America and the Caribbean at next year's tournament in Brazil, and the No. 4 country advances to a playoff for another berth, likely against New Zealand.
But 70% of New Zealand lamb for this year is already in the country.
New Zealand Post is on the shortlist to run the country's post, this time in partnership with Britain's Royal Mail.
The 30-year-old has had the honour of captaining his country and starring for the British and Irish Lions on tour to New Zealand.
In June Biosecurity New Zealand, the government agency charged with protecting the country's crops from such threats, announced that this new bacterium had also been detected in potato crops.
This tiny South American country that lies within the golden 30 to 35 parallels along with viticulture giants Argentina and Chile -- as well as South Africa, New Zealand and Australia -- is an emerging wine country that as well as producing exciting new blends is home to a budding wine route comprised of 15 small wineries.
But New Zealand and Australia have become increasingly valuable trade partners for the country.
The bird, the New Zealand storm petrel, was spotted a short distance off the country's North Island in November.
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His record is impeccable: as New Zealand's trade minister in the 1980s he transformed his country into the most committed of free traders.
Hoggard was dropped by England after the first Test in New Zealand in March 2008, and has not played for his country since then.
With the country gripped by World Cup fever, eager for a victory that will propel New Zealand towards football's top table, the ex players now behind New Zealand's push for the finals hope that a place in the finals will cement the game's revival.
"The critics will be out straightaway saying, 'Yeah, New Zealand won it but they can never win outside of their own country', " he said.
Last weekend's Air New Zealand Cup final between Canterbury and Wellington, the climax of the country's top domestic rugby union competition, saw just 12, 000 fans turn up at the 40, 000 capacity AMI Arena in Christchurch.
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