Resources

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Sites to help your language skills:
Dictionary.com - dictionary and thesaurus
Merriam-Webster Online - another great site for wordsmiths
Wiktionary - dictionary
RhymeZone - rhyming dictionary and thesaurus
The Free Dictionary   - news, word of the day, quotations, ...
   
To help with your research:
How Stuff Works - fantastic pages explaining how things work
Wikipedia - Main Page - the free internet encyclopedia
  - New Zealand - the wiki for New Zealand
  - Library - find speeches, books, poetry ...
  - Quotations - quotations
Te Ara - NZ Govt encylopedia of New Zealand
NZ in History - another good New Zealand website
News - BBC - international news of the day
  - Stuff - New Zealand's premier news site
     
Search Engines:
Google   - search for pages, images, news, ...
Yahoo - search for pages, images, news, ...
Ask Jeeves   - have a question? Type it here
   
To help look after your PC (all are freeware):
AVG - anti-virus software
Zone Alarm - firewall
Ad-Aware - get rid of spyware
Thunderbird - email tool
Firefox - web browser
   
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