This he left in New Zealand, invested on mortgage at 10 per cent, the then current rate in the colony; it produced more than enough for him to live upon in the very simple way that suited him best, and life in the Inns of Court resembles life at Cambridge in that it reduces the cares of housekeeping to a minimum; it suited him so well that he never changed his rooms, remaining there thirty-eight years till his death.
— from The Humour of Homer and Other Essays by Samuel Butler

An interesting account of the Rev. S. Marsden's first landing in New Zealand in 1814.
— from Brighter Britain! (Volume 2 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand by W. Delisle (William Delisle) Hay

This he left in New Zealand, invested on mortgage at 10 per cent., the then current rate in the colony; it produced more than enough for him to live upon in the very simple way that suited him best, and life in the Inns of Court resembles life at Cambridge in that it reduces the cares of housekeeping to a minimum; it suited him so well that he never changed his rooms, remaining there thirty-eight years till his death.
— from Samuel Butler: A Sketch by Henry Festing Jones

283 Low, 429 , 497 J ACKSON , Col., on frozen snow, 347 Jaguar, habits of, 143 Jajuel, mines of, 276 James Island, 402 , 420 Jemmy Button, 218 , 233 Juan Fernandez, volcano of, 332 flora of, 418 K ANGAROO-HUNTING , 469 Kater's Peak, 224 Kauri pine, 454 Keeling Island, 481 inside an atoll, 481 flora of, 483 birds of, 485 , 486 entomology of, 486 subsidence of, 504 Birgos latro, 512 Kelp, or seaweed, 253 , 254 Kendall, Lieut., on a frozen body, 263 Kingfishers, 2 , 147 King George's Sound, 478 Kororadika, 447 , 453 L ABOURERS , condition of, in Chile, 285 Lagoon-islands, 429 , 482 , 489 , 495 Lagostomus, 130 Lake, brackish, near Rio, 22 with floating islands, 283 formed during earthquake, 395 Lamarck on acquired blindness, 53 Lampyris, 31 Lancaster, Capt., on a sea-tree, 105 Land-shells, 371 , 519 , 520 Las Minas, 43 Lazo, 46 , 160 , 201 Leaves, 250 fossil, 477 Leeks in New Zealand, imported, 455 Lemuy Island, 295 , 297 Lepus Magellanicus, 203 Lesson, M., on the scissor-beak, 147 on rabbit of the Falklands,
— from Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage Round the World of H.M.S. Beagle Under the Command of Captain Fitz Roy, R.N. by Charles Darwin

The veto of the Crown means little in New Zealand; it will at best mean no more in Ireland; but in truth it will mean a good deal less.
— from A Leap in the Dark A Criticism of the Principles of Home Rule as Illustrated by the Bill of 1893 by Albert Venn Dicey

I wrote to him, thanking him, and pointed out that I was somewhat afraid to go and live in such a hot and moist climate after my sad experiences during my voyage out in the tropical regions, specially as since my landing in New Zealand I had not felt a twinge of rheumatism.
— from The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon by J. M. (Joseph Maria) Gordon

[8] [10] Independent of mutual protection, conveniency of transport, and other social advantages, a principal object of the Scots New Zealand Land Company, is, that the shareholders may purchase from the sellers of land in New Zealand, in a body, and not raise the [11] price greatly by the demand which individual competition would create.
— from Prospectus of the Scots New Zealand Land Company by Scots New Zealand Land Company

But we know that the inhabitants of Pennsylvania and New England were more prosperous than the inhabitants of the Old World when Pennsylvania and New England were as loyal as any part of the dominions of George the First, George the Second, and George the Third; and we know that in Van Diemen's Land, in New Zealand, in Australasia, in New Brunswick, in Canada, the subjects of Her Majesty are as prosperous as they could be under the government of a President.
— from Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron