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*Beer consumption - 16th highest, at 77.0 litres per capita
 
*Beer consumption - 16th highest, at 77.0 litres per capita
 
*Environmental Performance Index - Comprising; Environmental health, air quality, water resources, biodiversity and habitat, productive natural resources, sustainable energy - 1st out of 80 countries, at 88.0/100[14]
 
*Environmental Performance Index - Comprising; Environmental health, air quality, water resources, biodiversity and habitat, productive natural resources, sustainable energy - 1st out of 80 countries, at 88.0/100[14]
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==Famous New Zealanders==
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*[[Sir Edmund Hillary]] - The first man to climb [[Mount Everest]]
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*[[Ernest Rutherford]]  - Discovered that [[Atoms]] have a [[nucleus]] and was the first [[physicist]] to split the [[atom]]
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*[[Peter Jackson]]      - [[Director]] of the [[Lord of the Rings]] trilogy
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*[[Sam Neill]]          - [[Actor]]
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*[[Anna Paquin]]        - Youngest person to ever win an [[Academy Award]]
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*[[Richard Pearse]]    - Thought to have flown before the [[Wright Brothers]] however this is disputed
    
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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