#zealand

God bless America. God save the Queen. God defend New Zealand and thank Christ for Australia. ↗

— Russell Crowe

#australia #bless #christ #defend #god

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

#big #discovering #effect #even #had

It was always something I knew I was capable of and from an early age my mother was involved in the film industry. She used to work at a production company. So I was exposed to a renaissance period of films in New Zealand back in the early 80's. ↗

— Karl Urban

#always #back #capable #company #early

I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast. ↗

— Elizabeth II

#eggs #i #myself #new #new zealand

I think that generally New Zealand is respected for the positions it takes because it thinks them through. ↗

— Helen Clark

#generally #i #i think #new #new zealand

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

#being prepared #express #had #having #i

Maoris now own over half the commercial fishing industry in New Zealand. ↗

— Malcolm Fraser

#fishing #half #industry #new #new zealand

I moved from New Zealand to Melbourne when I was 17. I'd planned to go to university to study French, but I was offered a contract to write and record an album that was too good to pass up. Looking back now I think that was pretty young but, at the time, I was ready to have an adventure. ↗

— Kimbra

#album #back #contract #french #go

It feels like it's just starting in America and the UK. It's great to have a loyal fanbase in Australia and New Zealand. People in America say how polished our band are, but that didn't happen overnight; that came from doing all this touring back home. ↗

— Kimbra

#australia #back #band #came #doing

If I have the choice of traveling to Russia, India or New Zealand alone for a week for preliminary discussions or to spend that week with my family, I routinely choose my family. ↗

— Olafur Eliasson

#choice #choose #discussions #family #i