New Plymouth

"Pilgrim Fathers," having first fled from England to Holland, and thence emigrated to New England in 1620, in the _Mayflower_, and called their place of settlement "New Plymouth," where they elected seven Governors in succession, and existed under a self-constituted government for seventy years.

The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2. From 1620-1816 Egerton Ryerson 1842

"The search and rescue teams from New Plymouth and Auckland will be down and operating in the next four or five hours, and of course the police in the meantime already have teams of people out there working to go through the damage to try and help and assist where they can," he said.

Huge Quake Rescue Effort Under Way in New Zealand 2011

Declan Kidney has chosen the rookie scrum-half Conor Murray to start against USA in Ireland's opening Pool C game of the World Cup, in New Plymouth, on Sunday.

Rugby World Cup 2011: Ireland select rookie scrum-half Conor Murray 2011

The Dublin squad is expected to reveal not just those players Kidney has pencilled in to play against USA in New Plymouth and then, six days later, against Australia in Auckland, but also those among the walking wounded who will definitely be on the plane.

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Certainly the full-back Rob Kearney who, along with the loosehead prop Cian Healy and O'Brien, is fit after missing the USA game in New Plymouth last weekend, is thinking positively.

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Others, including two Irish forwards, the prop Mike Ross and the flanker Sean O'Brien, pointed to the heat and humidity of Bordeaux in August, which should not be an issue in Dublin or New Plymouth.

Ireland's Declan Kidney has World Cup picks to make for France return 2011

He has resisted the claims of Ronan O'Gara to return at No10 where Jonny Sexton struggled in New Plymouth, compounded by a poor kicking return of four from six.

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"The search and rescue teams from New Plymouth and Auckland will be down and operating in the next four or five hours, and of course the police in the meantime already have teams of people out there working to go through the damage to try and help and assist where they can," he said.

Huge Quake Rescue Effort Under Way in New Zealand 2011

Not long now: At the Stadium Taranaki in New Plymouth, a scantily clad Maori gentlemen toots on his conch to welcome both teams on to the pitch and they duly file out of the tunnel and line up for the national anthems.

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He is a solo sailor who has competed in three solo Tasman races and two Tasmanian Three Peaks Races, and he won the 2007 and 2010 Solo Tasman Yacht Race from New Plymouth, New Zealand, to Mooloolaba, Queensland.

True Spirit Jessica Watson 2010