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- The First Great Hub of the Northern Plains
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- A Town that was Born Through a Scam!
- Best and Worst Live Concerts Seen
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- The Town That Was Moved Four Times!
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Tag Archives: New Zealand
Largest Australian and New Zealand airports (by acreage)
Below is a list of the largest commercial aviation airports in Australia and New Zealand as measured by total acreage (using hectares and then multiplying by 2.471). Finding this land data proved to be more difficult than one would think … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, aerospace, air travel, airport planning, airports, aviation, cities, commerce, Communications, economic development, geography, infrastructure, land use, Oceania, placemaking, planning, spatial design, tourism, Trade, transportation, Travel
Tagged aerospace, airport planning, airports, Australia, aviation, cities, infrastructure, land use, New Zealand, planning, tourism, transportation, travel
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What’s your choice for New Zealand’s new flag
And then there were four. Here are the four finalists for New Zealand’s new flag. Personally, of these I prefer the top left, which essentially retains the colors and the Southern Cross star system from the New Zealand’s current flag … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, art, branding, civics, civility, Communications, culture, environment, geography, government, history, nature, Oceania, peace, pictures, tourism, Travel, Welcome, Wildlife
Tagged flags, geography, history, Kiwi, New Zealand, Silver Fern, Southern Cross
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Great seaports from space – Oceania
Posted in aerospace, cities, economic development, geography, infrastructure, land use, logistics, Oceania, Outer Space, pictures, planning, spatial design, tourism, Trade, Transportation, Travel, Uncategorized, urban planning
Tagged Australia, cities, freight, geography, harbors, harbours, infrastructure, land use, New Zealand, pictures, ports, seaports, shipping
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Postal pedal power!
Observing the custom of postal delivery by bicycle-mounted carriers for An Post in two different Ireland cities last week (Ennis and Killarney) had me wondering why in the world this is not a more common method of delivery here in … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, bicycling, Biking, branding, Cars, cities, civics, civility, climate change, commerce, Communications, culture, energy, environment, Europe, fitness, geography, government, health, infrastructure, Ireland, Labor, logistics, North America, Oceania, planning, pollution, product design, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, sustainability, technology, Trade, transportation, urban planning
Tagged An Post, bicycles, biking, exercise, fitness, health, Ireland, mail carriers, mail delivery, mail post, mail service, New Zealand, New Zealand Post, post carriers, postal carriers, sustainability, USA, USPS
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Busiest Australian and New Zealand airports in 2011
Below is a list of the sixteen busiest airports in Australia and New Zealand for 2011. All had total passengers of one million or more during the year. Sydney (Kingsford Smith), New South Wales – 36.6 million Melbourne, Victoria – … Continue reading
Posted in aerospace, air travel, airport planning, airports, cities, Communications, economic development, geography, infrastructure, land use, Oceania, placemaking, planning, spatial design, Statistics, tourism, Trade, transportation, Travel
Tagged aerospace, air travel, airports, Aussie, Australia, aviation, cities, data, Kiwi, New Zealand, statisitics, tourism, transportation, travel
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