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Results 1 - 12 of 12 in Norfolk Island

  1. Hot deals: Enjoy jazz amid Norfolk's pines

    Tuesday Nov 10 | The New Zealand Herald

    Norfolk Island's annual jazz festival is on from December 7-11 among the Norfolk pines and historic ruins.

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    Related Topix: Oceania, World News, Travel, Japan Travel

  2. Little warning before a tsunami strikesRead the original story

    Oct 1, 2009 | Manawatu Evening Standard

    ... Raoul and Chatham stations, they would be sited on Norfolk, Macquarie and Antipodes islands. The stations at Norfolk Island and Macquarie Island will be installed by Australia. GNS Science had partnered with Land Information New Zealand and the ...

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    Related Topix: Tsunami, Natural Disasters, Oceania, New Zealand

  3. Games Council sets up review group

    Sep 29, 2009 | Fiji Times

    ... Monday (Fiji Time). The other issue was the bid for the 2015 Pacific Games which was won by Papua New Guinea. Norfolk Island proposed a change in the PGC charter relating to the eligibility rules. PGC president Vidhya Lakhan said the issue needs to ...

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    Related Topix: Papua New Guinea, Oceania, World News

  4. Have a green Christmas with a Norfolk pineRead the original story

    Dec 9, 2007 | Edmonton Journal

    ... room or setting. The Norfolk pine is not hardy enough to be grown outdoors in our climate. It is native to Norfolk Island, which is an island located in the south Pacific near Australia and New Zealand. In its native location it can grow 50 to 65 ...

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    Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas, Home Gardening, Home, Oceania, World News

  5. Have a green Christmas with a Norfolk pineRead the original story

    Dec 9, 2007 | Canada.com

    ... room or setting. The Norfolk pine is not hardy enough to be grown outdoors in our climate. It is native to Norfolk Island, which is an island located in the south Pacific near Australia and New Zealand. In its native location it can grow 50 to 65 ...

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    Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas, Home Gardening, Home, Oceania, World News

  6. Tahiti, 1802: Hogs for Firearms

    Sep 11, 2009 | Far Outliers

    ... from Port Jackson to King Island in the Bass Strait to land a gang of sealers. From these the ship went to Norfolk Island for victuals that were unobtainable at Port Jackson. The seafarers arrived at Matavai Bay, Tahiti, on 23 December 1802. At this ...

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  7. Norfolk pines on Cliff Rd get the chopRead the original story

    Sep 2, 2009 | Illawarra Mercury

    Two mature Norfolk Island pine trees on Cliff Rd that have stood for decades were reduced to tree stumps and woodchips in just a few hours yesterday morning.

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  8. Norfolk pines on Cliff Rd get the chop

    Sep 2, 2009 | Illawarra Mercury

    Two mature Norfolk Island pine trees on Cliff Rd that have stood for decades were reduced to tree stumps and woodchips in just a few hours yesterday morning.

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    Related Topix: Oceania, World News

  9. A traveling house fly and other transplants

    Jul 17, 2009 | Albert Lea Tribune

    ... Norfolk pine. Now this distinctively different tree didna t originate in Norfolk, Va., Norfolk, Neb., but on Norfolk Island in the South Pacific Ocean. This somewhat isolated tropical island with a population of about 1,700 people is a part of ...

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  10. SKY-HIGH

    Jul 13, 2009 | Bangkok Post

    ... to the Cook Islands, in the South Pacific northeast of New Zealand, the Cook pine is often mistaken for the Norfolk Island pine (Araucaria heterophylla), known in Thai as son chat. As Ms Navarat knows only too well, the Cook pine's trunk has the ...

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  11. Cruise: Ship to shoreRead the original story

    Jun 20, 2009 | The New Zealand Herald

    ... exploring via one of the dozen zodiacs that ferry passengers on expeditions, the ship departs New Zealand for Norfolk Island, off the Queensland coast. Norfolk is a little more challenging, thanks to wet weather, which causes our zodiac to bob ...

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  12. Caps off to collectorsRead the original story w/Photo

    Jun 19, 2009 | Hawkes Bay Today

    ... afield. "We are now even getting them from bars and restaurants in Australia, Hong Kong, Noumea, Japan, Norfolk Island ... I went to a place in Fiji and saw a collection tin on the bar," Mr Norfolk said as he presented Jonah Lomu-endorsed (Kidney ...

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