TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY Sire —May it please Your Majesty to allow your faithful and loyal subjects at present residing in New Zealand to approach the throne, and crave your condescending attention to their petition which is called forth by their peculiar situation.
— from The Treaty of Waitangi; or, how New Zealand became a British Colony by Thomas Lindsay Buick

Though the contrary has often been assumed, even Sydney is nearer by the Suez route than by the Panama route, and that to the extent of about 300 nautical miles; so that the only colony which would be brought nearer by the adoption of the Panama route is New Zealand, whose correspondence, however, amounts to only six per cent.
— from The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the History of Penny Postage, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Hill, Rowland, Sir

This interesting family, although generally distributed throughout the world, is very poorly represented in New Zealand.
— from New Zealand Moths and Butterflies (Macro-Lepidoptera) by G. V. (George Vernon) Hudson

Although less numerous than the preceding, the family is pretty evenly distributed throughout the world, but poorly represented in New Zealand.
— from New Zealand Moths and Butterflies (Macro-Lepidoptera) by G. V. (George Vernon) Hudson