And they may pioneer new ideas which can later be taken up multilaterally: the Australia-New Zealand free-trade agreement, for example, deals with competition policy, which the World Trade Organisation has not yet touched.
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The 30-year-old New Zealand-born front-rower has a reputation for powerful scrummaging courtesy of his hefty 19st 9lb, 6ft 1in frame.
The 33-year-old New Zealand-born model had cited "irreconcilable differences" as the cause of her split with rock star Stewart, 58.
Despite most of their first-choice players being on international duty, Munster raced into that early lead thanks to the kicking of 21-year-old New Zealand-born Manning.
Flutey, who has played for New Zealand under-19s and under-21s as well as New Zealand Maori, recently qualified for England on the three-year residency rule.
Geraghty will also be vying for a place in the England side with his former London Irish team-mate, New Zealand-born Riki Flutey.
The gulf in class in 50-over cricket between New Zealand - rated third in the world - and England (seventh) had been cruelly exposed.
Amla duly went to his third Test century - all scored against New Zealand - before being caught in the cover ring on 103.
Having failed to break the line in the opening 19-12 defeat to New Zealand - no great disgrace really - Warren Gatland's side could then summon only one against Samoa as they held off the South Sea Islanders 17-13.
Some of those men fought for other countries - Australia, Canada and New Zealand - but each will have left loved ones and ancestors behind in Aberdeenshire who will never forget them.
Carter slotted the difficult conversion - radar ominously fixed - and New Zealand led 20-12 with 26 minutes remaining.
The New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands consist of five island groups (the Snares, Bounty Islands, Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands and Campbell Island) in the Southern Ocean south-east of New Zealand.
The 68 year-old spoke to a group of New Zealand-based journalists.
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Coming off the back of a 2-0 series defeat by Australia, New Zealand - who unveiled Moles as their new coach in November - were keen to prove themselves.
The sides were locked at 10-10 at the break, ex-New Zealand centre Laulala going over for the Blues while full-back Burns crossed for the Cherry and Whites.
The country's President Thabo Mbeki wants there to be more than two black players in the Springboks' line-up by the time of the 2011 tournament in New Zealand - wingers Bryan Habana and JP Pietersen were the only non-whites to regularly feature in White's side in France.
Lock Bakkies Botha was banned for nine weeks for headbutting New Zealand half-back Jimmy Cowan in South Africa's opening match 32-12 loss, while Jean de Villiers was banned for two weeks for a dangerous tackle on Rene Ranger in the first half of his side's 31-17 defeat by New Zealand on 17 July.
MOA-2007-BLG-192Lb was found with the new MOA-II telescope at New Zealand's Mount John Observatory.
For small markets--New Zealand, Indonesia and most of Latin America and Eastern Europe--White does not make industry distinctions at all.
Defeat in Christchurch on Saturday - second only to a 64-22 loss on that 1998 trip among English defeats by New Zealand - followed the 37-20 loss in the first Test in Auckland.
The 29-year-old has now qualified as English through residency and, like New Zealand-born centre Riki Flutey, can now play for Martin Johnson's side.
In the other semi-final, New Zealand prevailed 29-12 over Fiji.
The committee was told there were 37, 000 registered bee keepers in England and Wales - but as there was no compulsory registration, unlike in France and New Zealand - that was only a rough estimate of how many people actually kept bees.
Also nominated are Scotland scrum-half Mike Blair, New Zealand fly-half and 2005 player of the year Dan Carter, plus Italy captain Sergio Parisse.
The case prompted an apology from Prime Minister John Key to Mr Dotcom - a German national with New Zealand residency - last year.
In the rugby sevens competition, England and Wales lost out in the quarter-finals to Australia and New Zealand respectively - and it was the All Blacks who would eventually claim the first rugby sevens gold medal.
But the impact of another ex-New Zealand international, Filo Tiatia also had a telling effect, particularly on his Ospreys team-mate, Scotland wing Nikki Walker.
Pakistan will play three one-day internationals and two Twenty20 games against New Zealand in the United Arab Emirates, before travelling to New Zealand for a three-Test series.
Leeds, without new signing Danny Buderus and New Zealand full-back Brent Webb, scored the first points of Super League XIV when Smith crossed over after excellent work from Keith Senior and Jamie Jones-Buchanan.
They had finished top of their pool on Saturday ahead of Scotland, who went out 31-5 to New Zealand in the quarter-finals.
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