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I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast. -- Queen Elizabeth II
New Zealand is a place where you can get well. -- James Nesbitt
New Zealand is not a small country but a large village. -- Peter Jackson
There is no place in the world like Australia. Not even its beautiful neighbor New Zealand. -- Henry Rollins
New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three million of whom think they are human. -- Barry Humphries
Living in New Zealand, it's like a different world - it is a different world. It's very, very cool. -- Luke Evans
I'm a Kiwi. I'm from a beach suburb called Takapuna, which is on the north shore of Auckland in New Zealand. -- Lorde
If the people of New Zealand want to be part of our world, I believe they should hop off their islands, and push 'em closer. -- Lewis Black
I'm an officer in her Majesty's Royal New Zealand Navy. I'm a public relations officer in the Royal New Zealand Navy. Sounds good, doesn't it? -- Mark Hadlow
I think for the most part people are proud of the bicultural foundation New Zealand is built on and the fact that we are a multicultural society. -- John Key
This is the difficulty about talking about it without sounding big-headed, but you cannot speak of New Zealand now without my involvement in what it has become. -- David Lange
In 'The Hobbit,' there were British, Irish, Australian and New Zealand actors, and Peter Jackson was adamant that we would all sound like we were from Britain somewhere. -- Aidan Turner
That was the big effect Lord of the Rings had on me. It was discovering New Zealand. And even more precious were the people- not at all like the Australians. -- Ian Mckellen
One place I haven't made it to - mainly because it's so far away - is Australia, so I'd love to go there. I've heard great things about Australia and New Zealand. -- Stephen Pagliuca
I'm from Canada, and New Zealand feels like you took all the best bits of Canada and squished them onto a tiny island like Hawaii. I was absolutely blown away by the beauty of the South Island. -- Evangeline Lilly
I want to leave New Zealand in better shape than I found it. I know the job of prime minister is not forever and I'm going to do the best I can every day to make that difference. -- John Key
The fact is Qatar, Etihad, Emirates, Singapore, Garuda, all of the three Chinese airlines, Air New Zealand - the fact is that international aviation relies very much upon agreements between nation-states, and it is not an area in which you have free market operations. -- Anthony Albanese
My favorite parts about 'The Battle of Five Armies' were the moments where you could clearly see that we were looking at New Zealand. That it wasn't done in post, it wasn't CGI, it was the beautiful, incredible creation of Mother Nature in all of her splendor. -- Evangeline Lilly
I always like to look for adventure when I go away. I have gone on several horse adventures with my wife - from Guangxi we went up to the High Tibetan region. We also went along the Hurunui River on horseback in the South Island of New Zealand. -- Antony Gormley
We do not wish to have nuclear weapons on New Zealand soil or in our harbors. We do not ask, we do not expect, the United States to come to New Zealand's assistance with nuclear weapons or to present American nuclear capability as a deterrent to an attacker. -- David Lange
The reality is: By the time swine flu got on the radar screen of global public health, it had already spread. It was already in the States, it was in Mexico, it was in New Zealand. By the time it reaches that point, you've lost the ability to contain it. -- Nathan Wolfe
Well of course New Zealand isn't anti-American. -- Helen Clark
New Zealand looks like the future to me -- Paula Scher
New Zealand is my favorite country to visit. -- Tom Curren
And with alphabetical irony Nigeria follows New Zealand -- David Coleman
I'm still always a country girl from New Zealand. -- Ladyhawke
New Zealand's Daniel Vettori is a very good bowler. -- Sachin Tendulkar
I definitely miss New Zealand. Mainly friends and family. -- Bret McKenzie
New Zealand has incredible global recognition for grass-fed livestock. -- Joel Salatin
Trust me: I don't wish I was a New Zealander. -- James Spithill
New Zealand has a great reputation in America for golf. -- Hale Irwin
Maoris now own over half the commercial fishing industry in New Zealand. -- Malcolm Fraser
My poor little New Zealand: exporting frozen meat in peace, live meat in war. -- Big James Henderson
New Zealand was colonised initially by those Australians who had the initiative to escape. -- Robert Muldoon
I would have thought there's no greater country to watch rugby than New Zealand. -- Jamie Bamber
I was born in New Zealand, so I have a lot of family there. -- Grant Bowler
I am not very happy the way things are going out there in New Zealand, -- Sanath Jayasuriya
I know that people from New Zealand don't ever wanna be confused with being Australians. -- Sydney Sierota
People in New Zealand go out of their way to not be impressed by things. -- Melanie Lynskey
Definitely, I'd love to do more in New Zealand if it was the right time. -- Martin Henderson
There's not much of a follow-your-dreams kind of vibe in New Zealand or my family. -- Melanie Lynskey
One thing I loved about New Zealand was the indoor/outdoor lifestyle of the place. -- Gabriel Mann
New Zealand's taken some very significant decisions in relation to defence in the last two years. -- Jenny Shipley
God bless America. God save the Queen. God defend New Zealand and thank Christ for Australia. -- Russell Crowe
I feel like New Zealand's a bit of an unchartered territory for me in a way. -- Flume
There is a lot of 'Halo' movie material no one has ever seen in New Zealand. -- Peter Jackson
I love working in New Zealand. It's just the most beautiful country I've ever been to. -- Grant Bowler
It's a great challenge to come from little New Zealand and beat the odds in Hollywood. -- Martin Henderson
Connan Mockasin from New Zealand. I met him a little while ago, I love his music. -- Mac DeMarco
I still had the same affection for New Zealand as I've always had. Didn't change at all. -- Edmund Hillary
Try and fit in in a New Zealand playground with an Armagh accent - it doesn't work. -- Sam Neill
The accents are really really funny. I think I could convince somebody I was from New Zealand. -- Carter Jenkins
New Zealand totally rejects Japan's proposals to double the number of whales slaughtered in the Southern Ocean -- Chris Carter
If Northern Ireland had better weather, it would be like New Zealand. It's an immensely beautiful country. -- Ian Beattie
The truth is, I'm just a rough old New Zealander who has enjoyed many challenges in his life. -- Edmund Hillary
New Zealand is a pretty no-nonsense place to work, like Australia. I mean it doesn't falter to anyone. -- Dustin Clare
I have heard that in the New Zealand native tradition, the soul, when it dies, becomes a star. -- Eleanor Catton
New Zealand as a whole needs to save more, spend less and reduce our reliance on foreign debt. -- John Key
The fans out in New Zealand are amazing. They're genuinely excited and appreciative that you're playing their country. -- Beau Bokan
I think the main message is that world rugby needs New Zealand and New Zealand needs world rugby. -- Mike Miller
I think that generally New Zealand is respected for the positions it takes because it thinks them through. -- Helen Clark
New Zealand is the only country I know well enough to write about. It can sometimes lead to complications. -- Margaret Mahy
I've always had the dream of going to New Zealand and meeting a lovely New Zealander in a bar. -- Jack Barakat
If it would not look too much like showing off, I would tell the reader where New Zealand is. -- Mark Twain
My father is an expatriate American; he fell in love with New Zealand in his youth and never went home. -- Eleanor Catton
New Zealand and SA should take this dimension into account, the skills South Africans are presently contributing to New Zealand. -- Helen Clark
I really wanted to write an adventure story, a murder-mystery that was set during the gold-rush years in New Zealand. -- Eleanor Catton
I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there. -- Madeleine Albright
New Zealand, by the way, where I was ambassador, has had two women prime ministers - one from either party. -- Carol Moseley Braun
We prepared to go ashore to publish for the first time in New Zealand the glad tidings of the gospel. -- Samuel Marsden
I really want to come back! I definitely want to come back. Some of my fondest memories are in New Zealand. -- Tom Odell
I know more Australian people than I know New Zealand persons. I feel like there's a real gap in my education. -- Cameron Esposito
In the winter, I'm always in Europe. July and September are New Zealand and Chile camps. I'm always on the road. -- Lindsey Vonn
I remember the snow in Canada and the lovely weather in New Zealand. And I slightly remember going to school there. -- Robin Trower
You don't necessarily have to go a long way in New Zealand to be in some pretty dense and scary bush. -- Sam Neill
Everybody recommends New Zealand. I really want to learn this haka, the traditional dance - I love it; it's so cool. -- Luka Sulic
I can't believe I'm in New Zealand, I can't wait to play. It's just so beautiful out here and so awesome. -- The Rocket Summer
I grew up in the New Zealand countryside. We didn't have television until I was 14, so sing-alongs were our only entertainment. -- Kiri Te Kanawa
I want to be in New Zealand SO BADLY. I've dreamt about coming to New Zealand ever since I was a kid. -- Alana Haim
New Zealand was one of the most beautiful countries to drive through for the scenery and the vast scale of the place. -- Louise Nurding
Pete Bethune is a hero in New Zealand. He's a hero worldwide to people who want to see the end of whaling. -- Paul Watson
I want to get down to the nuts and bolts of what is actually going to change to lift New Zealand's economic performance. -- David Cunliffe
In the end, there will always be a fundamental difference of perspective between New Zealand and Australia on defense, whoever is in government. -- Helen Clark
New Zealand's been pretty quiet on human rights issues, which we will be taking rather more interest in, and in international labor issues. -- Helen Clark
I want to get down to the nuts and bolts of what is actually going to change to lift New Zealands economic performance. -- David Cunliffe
New Zealand are the best team in the world - the execution and accuracy of their skills were a lesson in modern rugby. -- Josh Lewsey
We have been given the trust and goodwill of New Zealanders. I do not take that trust for granted, and I never will. -- John Key
New Zealand's food and beverage industry is the lynchpin of the country's prosperity. Which may explain why it has concentrated their governments' minds. -- Anthony Pratt
It's fair to say that, for much of my lifetime, New Zealand certainly was a property-owning democracy and working people, ordinary people, had assets. -- Helen Clark
I got to dress up in funny clothes and run around New Zealand with a bow and arrow for 18 months, how bad could that be? -- Orlando Bloom
I want to see and taste and experience it all, I am curious by nature. I would actually really love to go to New Zealand. -- Shailene Woodley
I think that's what all New Zealanders who are fair-minded want - a good chance for everybody to get ahead, whether it's education or housing. -- David Cunliffe
In terms of having views and being prepared to express them, yes, I think New Zealand's had a leadership role in a lot of things. -- Helen Clark
Now, they say that New Zealand is beautiful and I do not know -- because after 22 hours on a plane any landmass would be beautiful. -- Lewis Black
New Zealanders have conventions and pleasantries, but we are direct. We are encouraged to be transparent with our behavior and not to employ passive aggression. -- Daniel Gillies
I had a good time shooting in New Zealand. I almost bought a home there while I was there, because I loved it so much. -- Josh Hartnett
Australia and New Zealand are now threatened by the might of the Imperial Japanese forces, and both of them should know that any resistance is futile. -- Hideki Tojo
In New Zealand I think we often take ourselves too seriously, and being able to laugh at yourself is necessary in life without being too precious. -- Murray Mexted
I've only seen pictures of New Zealand but everything I see is so pretty. Your eyes just... I don't think my eyes could take the beauty! -- Alana Haim
I was in the New Zealand army for like four years, the exact period of when it was on the air, so I never saw it. -- Rhys Darby
Unlike New Zealand, which has nothing especially predatory, Australia is full of spiders and crocodiles and all kinds of animals that will eat you and sting you. -- Brian Cox
I was living in the U.K. I was back in New Zealand for the New Zealand Music Awards, which is like our annual New Zealand GRAMMYs. -- Ladyhawke
So I think that we're in a very heightened and somewhat unusual period of politics and polling around the countries that New Zealanders take close interest in. -- Jim Bolger
Honestly, Americans are more open-minded and have the patience and the time for new types of music. In Australia and New Zealand, you must earn your place. -- Gin Wigmore
Now it looks like I'll be known as the musical comedy guy. Which is good news for me. Or I'll be known as the New Zealand idiot. -- Bret McKenzie
I'd come back after having served as ambassador to New Zealand and found that I had real concerns about the direction in which this country was headed. -- Carol Moseley Braun
Until I can feel as ecstatic about having a baby as I felt about going to New Zealand to search for giant squid, I cannot have a baby. -- Elizabeth Gilbert
Not one great country can be named, from the polar regions in the north to New Zealand in the south, in which the aborigines do not tattoo themselves. -- Charles Darwin
We have now reached the point where you can wander down Queen Street in Auckland and wonder if you are still in New Zealand or some other country. -- Winston Peters
Until I can feel as ecstatic about having a baby as I felt about going to New Zealand to search for giant squid, I cannot have a baby." -- Elizabeth Gilbert
I have a reoccurring dream that I'm in the ocean in New Zealand and everything is completely upside down, because it's on the other side of the planet. -- Bonnie McKee
By and large, women in New Zealand are fortunate compared with some other countries, including many in our own region. But there is still progress to be made. -- Jenny Shipley
I might be one of the most flamboyant characters New Zealand has ever seen, but my intentions are good, and I would like to see New Zealand flourish. -- Kim Dotcom
When I was fifteen or eighteen, I never even imagined I would be in a band, let alone being able to travel to places like Australia and New Zealand. -- Sean Mackin
Fortunately New Zealand doesn't have land borders so we are able to be somewhat more rigorous on who gets in and out of our country than perhaps some people. -- Helen Clark
The Government has to stop borrowing as much money; if we don't, quite frankly New Zealand will be downgraded and interest rates will go up for all New Zealanders. -- John Key
Fortunately New Zealand doesn't have land borders so we are able to be somewhat more rigorous on who gets in and out of our country than perhaps some people." -- Helen Clark
Astrologys a moving system that depends on where youre looking at it from on Earth. My horoscope here in London would be completely different to down in New Zealand. -- Eleanor Catton
Astrology's a moving system that depends on where you're looking at it from on Earth. My horoscope here in London would be completely different to down in New Zealand. -- Eleanor Catton
I really enjoyed working on the 2009 film, 'Aliens in the Attic,' because it was shot in New Zealand and I got to visit there for the first time. -- Kevin Nealon

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