Interesting Facts & Info on the Web

We maintain this particular page simply because every so often during our research activities we come upon information, articles and websites that are particularly interesting, funny or useful. When we do, we publish them here to share with you, in the hope that they might be of help or assistance to you, or one of your family. Looking for more research or statistically based info? ....go to our Research Statistics page....

New Zealand Information

General Internet Information

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries etc.

Useless Information (Other things we couldn't put elsewhere)

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New Zealand Information Statistics New Zealand New Zealand's official statistical agency Statistics NZ Year Book Profile of New Zealand is an introduction to our country, who we are and how we live our lives. Much of the material presented here is abridged from the New Zealand Official Yearbook Hitwise NZ Hitwise is the most timely and complete source of information on how 25 Million people from around the world interact with over 300,000 websites. This is their New Zealand site. Access NZ Claiming to be New Zealand's leading web site directory, Access NZ collects information and tracks trends on New Zealand Web Sites, NZ and Overseas viewers of those sites, and the growth of the Internet within New Zealand NZ Government Statistics Direct from govt.nz here is all the most recently published New Zealand Information and Statistics from the various departments About NZ General New Zealand information and statistics. Okay if you're travelling to NZ but students needing an online New Zealand encyclopedia might require more. Global Reach Global Internet Statistics showing New Zealand with 1.95 M people online (Nielsen NetRatings, Feb., 2002) InfoAge New Zealand NZ Internet Device Statistics - basically just the number of internet devices installed in NZ since 1997 and who owns what Lonely Planet - New Zealand Yes here is the website of Lonely Planet - the famous travellers guide with their information on New Zealand. We wonder how many tourists they are responsible for bringing to New Zealand. The New Zealand tourist industry would love them

General Internet Information Internet Traffic Report The Internet Traffic Report monitors the flow of data around the world. Internet Domain Surveys The Domain Survey attempts to discover every host on the Internet by doing a complete search of the Domain Name System. CyberAtlas The World's Leading Resource for Internet Trends & Internet Statistics Internet Traffic Patterns Up-to-date info on who's doing what and where on the Web Internet Statistics Toolbox The Internet Statistics Toolbox was set up as a resource that allows visitors to easily find statistics, numbers, and tables about current Internet usage Browser News All the latest info about the internet browser that you use to surf the Web Scumware IMPORTANT - this is what you need to be careful of if you download anything on the Web Stats on Information Technology in New Zealand The official government statistics for IT, computers and the Internet in New Zealand

Encyclopedias & Dictionaries etc. Wordtheque A Word by Word multilingual library - Wordtheque is a powerful interface with a massive database (currently 707.737.941 words) containing multilingual novels, technical literature and translated texts. The CIA World FactBook A well known source of very useful information about virtually every country in the world - and so it should be - hasn't the CIA invaded nearly all of them!!! Encyclopedia of World History Renowned historian Peter N. Stearns and thirty prominent historians have combined their expertise over the past ten years to perfect this comprehensive chronology of more than 20,000 entries that span the millennia from prehistoric times to the year 2000 Encyclopedia Britannica Search the 32-volume Encyclopedia Britannica online plus the Britannicas Student and Concise Encyclopedia Roget's International Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases Mawson's modernization of Roget's classic structure with over 85,000 hyperlinked cross-references and 2,900 quotations The Bible - King James Version The culmination of English translations of the Bible, the Bartleby.com publication of the Bible Society's King James Version features full-text searchability, content-based tables of contents and a quick verse finder Online Language Translator Simply type in your text in English and have it translated immediately into a variety of other languages Online Dictionary Wordsmyth provides online use of an English Dictionary ...plus a children's dictionary also

Useless Information (other things we couldn't put elsewhere) The CIA This is the place where they go online and attempt to explain (or justify) their activities and policies throughout the world ??? The Crossword Directory If you're addicted to, or love playing crossword puzzles, you want to take a look here. English-Maori Word Translator Yes it's online and free to use ...just in case you ever needed to Online Currency Converter Just in case you want to work out how much you're going to need to take for that holiday or OE trip The Joshua Project The mission of Joshua Project II is to highlight the peoples of the world who have the least exposure to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Joshua Project II seeks to accomplish this through information sharing and networking. The Useless Information Website Stuff you never needed to know but your life would be incomplete without ! Strange Facts A website of strange facts which makes quite interesting reading - if not rather humourous. Don't let the boss catch you sitting on this site though! The Trivia Website Another website where you can waste hours when you're meant to be doing something else more constructive...heaps of things to do! Stupid Quotes An entertaining list of quotes that leave you wondering how stupid some people really are...