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The New Year is celebrated in many different ways, at various times all around the world.

In Denmark, the New Year is celebrated on 1 January. Throughout the year, Danish people collect broken bits of china, which they smash against their friends’ door on New Year’s Eve as a sign of affection. The number of broken plates there are in front of one’s door symbolises how many friends they will have in the New Year.

In Sri Lanka, the New Year known as ‘Aluth Avurudhu’ is celebrated in mid-April. House cleaning, lighting of the hearth, and cooking auspicious dishes are a few of the rituals that take place during this time.

In New Zealand, many people will be taking part in Matariki festivities in July to celebrate the New Year.

ManyBooks was established in 2004 with the vision to provide an extensive library of books in digital format for free on the Internet. Many of the early eBooks are from the Project Gutenberg archives, which means you will be able to find a lot of classics on the site.

This graphic novel provides a fresh approach to the story of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, New Zealand’s founding document. It covers a wide time span, from the arrival of Polynesian explorers to the signing of Te Tiriti, to the New Zealand Wars, and through to the modern-day Treaty settlement process.

The New Zealand government web site for career inspiration and job hunting support

Tikanga is a Māori concept with a wide range of meanings — culture, custom, ethic, etiquette, fashion, formality, lore, manner, meaning, mechanism, method, protocol, style.

Generally taken to mean "the Māori way of doing things", it is derived from the Māori word tika meaning 'right' or 'correct'.

A searchable database of New Zealand historical events and images

100 years ago, catching the bus was slightly different