Jabba Desilijic Tiure, more commonly known as Jabba the Hutt, is a fictional character and minor antagonist in the Star Wars franchise. Created by George Lucas, Jabba is voiced by Larry Ward with several puppeteers inside a one-ton puppet portraying him in Return of the Jedi.He was originally supposed to first appear in Star Wars (1977) as a stop motion character with Declan …

Naenae (/ ˈ n aɪ n aɪ /, occasionally spelled NaeNae) is a suburb of Lower Hutt.It lies on the eastern edge of the floodplain of the Hutt River, four kilometres from the Lower Hutt Central business district.A small tributary of the Hutt, the Waiwhetu Stream, flows through the suburb. Naenae lies 19.7 km from Wellington Central.. Naenae's shopping centre contained an …

Sir James Hector KCMG FRS FRSE (16 March 1834 – 6 November 1907) was a Scottish-New Zealand geologist, naturalist, and surgeon who accompanied the Palliser Expedition as a surgeon and geologist. He went on to have a lengthy career as a government employed man of science in New Zealand, and during this period he dominated the Colony's scientific institutions in a way …

Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg (/ ˈ ɡ uː t ən b ɜːr ɡ /; c. 1393–1406 – 3 February 1468) was a German inventor and craftsman who introduced letterpress printing to Europe with his movable-type printing press. Though not the first of its kind, earlier designs were restricted to East Asia, and Gutenberg's version was the first to spread across the world.

The Wairarapa (/ ˌ w aɪ r ə ˈ r æ p ə /; Māori pronunciation: [ˈwaiɾaɾapa]), a geographical region of New Zealand, lies in the south-eastern corner of the North Island, east of metropolitan Wellington and south-west of the Hawke's Bay Region.It is lightly populated, having several rural service towns, with Masterton being the largest. It is named after its largest lake, Lake Wairarapa.

Thomas Waldrom (born 28 April 1983) is a former rugby union player who played for Exeter Chiefs in the English Premiership and represented England from 2012 to 2013. Born in Lower Hutt, New Zealand, he qualified for England through his grandmother, winning four caps.. A number 8, Waldrom's early career was spent with his native Wellington provincial team, and …

Podiatry (/ p oʊ ˈ d aɪ. ə t r i /) or podiatric medicine (/ p oʊ d i ˈ æ t r ɪ k,-ˈ d aɪ. ə t r ɪ k /) is a branch of medicine devoted to the study, diagnosis, medical and surgical treatment of disorders of the foot, ankle, and leg.. A Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (DPM), or a podiatrist, is a healthcare professional who diagnoses and treats conditions affecting the structures of ...

The Solar Power Tour is the third tour by New Zealander singer-songwriter Lorde, in support of her third studio album Solar Power (2021). Beginning in April 2022, the tour will play over 60 concerts in Australia, Asia, North America, South America, and Europe. The show consisted of three segments and an encore, with two or three costume changes.

The 2015 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by Elizabeth II in her right as Queen of New Zealand, on the advice of the New Zealand government, to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders, and to celebrate the passing of 2014 and the beginning of 2015. They were announced on 31 December 2014. The recipients …

Early life. Eve Armstrong, an artist, (born 1978) was raised in Upper Hutt, Wellington. Armstrong worked as assistant editor on the teen and children's pages for the Evening Post, Wellington, then studied textiles in Nelson. She studied fine arts at Elam School of Fine Arts in Auckland, graduating in 2003.. Education. Armstrong went to Nelson Marlborough Institute of …