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Japanese names
I'm the person who put the Japanese class names on everyone to begin with, including this one, but I'm not sure about this one.

Machinist is proper English and fits. Sasquatch avoids the English idiom/word snowman. The hard ones are Tina and Gau. Maybe Orphan would be better for Gau, though it does lose the concept of wild. Tina's case is harder because no succinct way of saying it works. Mage Knight is the best I can come up with. Note that Rune Knight on Celes is written as English-derived katakana. Interestingly, Samurai is written in katakana, despite the existence of kanji for it (侍) and being hiragana in Final Fantasy V's class system.

--Myria 07:20, 24 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * I think magic using soldier is the better translation. Translating Terra's job to be essentially equivlent to Celes' job makes little sense, since Celes is a general while Terra is actually more of a weapon than anything else.  She certainly does not command any authority in the empire army like the "Rune Knight" Celes. Zpops 22:00, 8 May 2006 (UTC)Zpops

The would senshi doesn't mean knight. It is usually translated to warrior/soldier/competitor. So in this case I think that the most correct translation would have to be Magic Soldier. 01:12, 9 May 2006 (UTC)~Mongo

Main character?
I've always considered FFVI as not really having a main character, due to a number of factors. For one, it is never mandatory to have Terra in your party, and it is quite possible to skip re-recruiting her in the World of Ruin. You don't need her to take on Kefka. I see no justification for her being the main character of the game aside from the fact that she's the first playable character you become familiar with. --Dalkaen 12:39, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Agreed. She's definitely more important to the narrative than, say, Umaro, but I think calling her the main character is going a little overboard. – Seancdaug 00:46, Jun 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * I went ahead and fixed it; if someone disagrees with it, they can just bring it up here. --Dalkaen 15:35, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * I disagree quite a bit. Terra IS the main character.  Just because you're the main character doesn't mean you have to be in party (In FFIX, Zidane didn't have to play Memoria, and in FFX, Tidus could just rot for all but the few beginning battles.)  Also, note that even if you DON'T get Terra, she shows up at the end anyway. Crazyswordsman 23:06, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

 * My two cents are as such- despite the fact that Final Fantasy VI's storyline has an ensemble cast, Terra herself is one of (if not the) catalyst for the vast majority of the storyline. The narrative works its way around her to a massive extent; from the opening scenes to Figaro to the Resistance to the the Opera House to Vector's Factory and Cid to the recap of the Esper World and the final scenes, Final Fantasy VI places Terra in a position of prominence in the storyline that the game works itself around. Without Terra, the vast majority of the storyline just doesn't come into place. The reason why you can "skip" her in the World of Ruin is because it's a very freeform style of gameplay at that point; it would have been enormously difficult to shoehorn in a method to force the player to recruit her. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Doom127 (talk • contribs).

 * Wrote a 13 lines explanation of why Terra isn't the main character, but now I am torn. Terra is indeed a very important character, but I would expand the protagonism to Locke, Celes and maybe Edgar as well. We must rewind to the flashbacks the game gives. If I recall correctly, Kefka kidnapped Terra from her village. But espers did exist before her, and advancements the empire obtained were based in the espers as much as in Terra. So, it may appear that Terra is the main protagonist. However, if you "kill" Terra in her encounter against the esper in Narshe, events would anyway develop. Celes would still want to raise against the empire, Locke would still be working against the empire, Edgar would still be member of the movement, etc. If you remove Locke and Celes, you still have Edgar left. Note that no matter from which character you start, you can still feature a full length game without needing the others.

 * In any case, I think the beauty of FFVI is that the main character "blends" very well between the other main and lesser characters. You get to learn the background of every character, and realize how important each is to the story. FFVI can be defined as a bunch of RPG clichés (knight who lost his honour, brain washed person trying to remember his past, officer trying to redeem herself, young boy working against the empire, etc) put together, giving every story enough time to develop and melt in a main plot. -- ReyBrujo 06:20, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

 * It was Geshtal, actually, who found Terra. He had discovered the portal to the Esper world, then his soldiers streamed in and murdered the townspeople. Terra's mother fell down dead at Geshtal's feet with the baby Terra, who was then subsequently raised by Geshtal in Vector. Kefka and Celes were created as results of Geshtal and Cid's experimentation. I understand what you mean about the blending of the ensemble cast though. Oh, and if you kill Terra off, then she can't help the Returners, which means the resistance doesn't take on its mission up the Lete River, which severs the events leading up the floating continent... Daniel Davis 06:59, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

 * I don't think this is even debatable. She is clearly the main character, but compared to other games in the series her role is not as strong and overbearing due to the large and rich cast. She is the first character introduced, the game's logo features an image of her riding the magitech armor, and her theme is used as the music in the overworld for the World of Balance. Shaolin Samurai 07:48, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't think there's a fair argument that Terra is the main character. Terra isn't really a character per se as much as she is an idea or a rallying cry.  The events of the world of balance undeniably revolve around her, but very few of them actually involve her.  Large chunks of the game are about saving Terra, helping Terra, or even finding Terra, and in my opinion, this just makes her the main force of the game.
 * Here's another way to look at it. You begin the world of balance with Terra, and the party comes together because of her, but it's mostly in a reactionary way.  Terra does not go out seeking party members, other people recruit on her behalf.  Celes and the world of ruin offers the exact opposite "main character" experience.  The story is not about Celes, the story is about Kefka's destruction of the world.  Celes actively rises up and recruits a party to challenge the dominant force of Kefka.
 * Historically, the villian of the game has been the driving force, and the main character is the one who rises to challenge the villians actions. This is the pattern of FF4 (Cecil is the main character, but he's trying to save the world from Golbez (and ultimately Zeromus).  In FF7, Cloud is clearly the main character, but the story is about Sephiroth trying to destroy the world with the meteor.  I could go on, but you get the point.  FF6's brilliance is that it DELAYS the villian's key role until halfway through the game.  The plot device of centering the story on a character before centering it on the villian is very original, and unique.  But it doesn't change the foundation of the series.  The Villian is the focus of the story, and the leader of the band that ultimately defeats the villian (in this case Celes is the best fit) is the main character. Zpops 17:07, 8 May 2006 (UTC)Zpops
 * And who gets first priority to talk to Kefka? Terra.  Terra leads the discussion.  It is her in the center, not Celes, assuming you brought the pair of them. Crazyswordsman 03:33, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

 * "Terra isn't really a character per se as much as she is an idea or a rallying cry." ...This is completely nonsensical. However I have no major issue with the article as it stands. Shaolin Samurai 05:01, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I meant her primary story importance isn't really based on her character, and I stand by this. Terra is more important for what she is than who she is.  Also, I feel like the various comments about whether she is or is not the main char should probably be in their own section, instead of in the intro to the article.Zpops 06:51, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

For those of you who think Celes is the main character, the ONLY thing she has going for her is she starts the World of Ruin. Everything else is against her. The WoR is only linear for a short time, and most of it has nothing to do with Celes. And the only reason she was the starting character was because she was the only one without a purpose to fulfull. Think about it: So most other characters had other loose ends to tie up before fighting Kefka. Celes had nowhere to go, or no one to find but Locke. So they had to do something about that, and finished up her story in the Solitary Island. This has been debated on for YEARS by FFVI fans. And Terra has the most importance because the entire ending, and the entire WoB, revolves around her. Crazyswordsman 03:31, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Terra was trying to find love.
 * Locke needed to find a way to revive Rachel.
 * Edgar needed to get back into the castle.
 * Sabin is the only other character who could have started. But they chose Celes, and her entire story was finished on the WoR.
 * Shadow was either dead or wounded.
 * Cyan was writing love letters.
 * Gau was training to face Kefka, and returned to the Veldt.
 * Setzer lost all hope in fighting.
 * Mog, well, he was optional anyway in the WoB.
 * Strago was in the Cult of Kefka, and needed Relm to save her.
 * Relm was doing her thing for Owzer, or she was wounded.

 * To add some more, I quote a Next Generation's article about Final Fantasy XIII: For the first time ever in the series, the main character is a girl. (Final Fantasy VI starred a girl who was considered by some to be the hero, though the consensus is that the game had no defined "main character.") -- ReyBrujo 00:53, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Okay, this is ridiculous. Of course Terra is the main character. While it is true that the game was very non-linear that you didn't really have to have any specific person in your party for the vast majority of the game, you can't ignore that the game's main plot points revolve around Terra. She's the "Magitek-riding Witch" that the Returners and the Empire are looking for, she's the sole survivor of the magical Esper race that the Empire draws its power from. She's the one who gives the cliched love speeches that are typical with main characters. The fact is while you can skip Terra in the 2nd half of the game as far as your part goes, you can't avoid her all together. If if you don't get her back in the World of Ruin, she ALWAYS shows up at the end of the game to give Kefka that speech on life, love, etc. Terra is the main character!--Sima Yi 20:39, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

I think that the blurb at the start of the article is not the place for this argument. Maybe there should be a section in the article where this should be discussed. Until anyone is willing to write this section, I'm cleaning the begining up, to look more professional, and to be more in line with the other FFVI character entries.Zpops 17:54, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

I should probably say that Yoshitaka Amano thinks Terra is the main character. If James Arnold Taylor's pronounciation of Tidus is notable, the fact that Amano thinks Terra is the main character certainly is. It is sourced from the same interview I have already on this article.  Sir Crazyswordsman  18:50, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

I am sure that I have read that Square wanted to put focus on several characters unlike so much on one singular main character. I think I've read Square staff officals say that neither Terra, Locke nor any other character is the main character. I will try and find my internet sources. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.226.234.12 (talk • contribs) at 21:18, 18 February 2007

TekMissile!
TekMissile owns you! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.128.155.91 (talk • contribs).

Libra
Maybe her birthdate, but a Libra? Who cares! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.127.128.2 (talk • contribs) 18:00, 2006 January 23.

I'm rewriting this.
Like the FFVII and FFX characters, I'd like to see the FFVI characters brought up to good status. Right now, I'm looking for places to add references to. I'd like help with several things: Thanks for any input and support! Crazyswordsman 04:32, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 1) Proofreading and revising the prose
 * 2) Adding images (specifically, the Amano art or a game sprite of Terra as an Esper (or both), and a CG picture from the Anthology release).
 * 3) Helping me word the quotes exactly as they appear.

Does anyone know the exact quote Maduin says in the ending?
So I can reference it. Thanks! Crazyswordsman 07:41, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

 * "Terra...We must part now. We espers will disappear from this world...forever.  But if the human part of you is very strongly attached to something or someone...You will probably be able to remain in this world as a human being..." -Js2756 15:09, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

This article needs a design section
Amano in particular made some comments about Terra. I can get the interview for you if you need it. Also, we need to find a source about the changing of the hair color.  Sir Crazyswordsman  14:13, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Reworked sections?
Why the reworked sections in the article? ie: removal of morph/ability -- ZeWrestler  Talk 17:10, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
 * The ability section does nothing to help the article. To someone who hasn't played the game, they wouldn't need to know her abilities and to someone who's already played/playing, they would already know. Besides, most of her abilities are incorporated into the story anyway. The blurb about the main character debate in the header was also handled very neutrally, suitable to the article because the debate is notable but refrains from reporting anything but the facts. Also the trivia section needed to die anyway. Trivia section =/= featured article status. Axem Titanium 19:12, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
 * The main character debate absolutely should not be in the blurb. It makes the blurb look unprofessional, and breaks cohesion with the other FFVI character articles.  I also disagree on the ability section, and triva, since both are 1) useful information and 2) comparable to corresponding sections for other FFVI characters.  I am reverting the edits again, and repeat my earlier suggestion that anyone who wants to include the main character debate should create a new section in the article.  As it stands, the debate in the blurb looks like a spillover from the discussion page, and is unprofessional. Zpops 04:27, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Vicks Quote
I noticed that the third listed quote is attributed to Vicks, but refenced from FINAL FANTASY VI. IIRC, that name was only used when the game was under the Final Fantasy III name. What ought to be done 'bout this? T.J. Fuller, Jr. 15:19, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Guys, there got to be new reception since 2007
Not least because of the new games that she was in. (And let's not forget FF games are the favs of most otakus everywhere.)

Also I think I'm going to work on this article, just not right now. --194.145.185.229 (talk) 17:40, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Is she considered asexual for the purposes of this?
I know she hasn't been officially 100 percent confirmed to be aroace, but anyone familiar with the concept could see her arc and be like, "yup, that's what she is". It's really blatant without explicitly stating that she is aroace, much as Pyra and Mythra are very blatantly DID representation without stating it. Alena 33 (talk) 18:31, 15 February 2023 (UTC)

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Gennady Rozhdestvensky

Gennady Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky, CBE (Генна́дий Никола́евич Рожде́ственский; 4 May 1931 – 16 June 2018) was a Soviet and Russian conductor, pianist, composer and pedagogue.

Biography
Gennady Rozhdestvensky was born in Moscow. His parents were the noted conductor and pedagogue Nikolai Anosov and soprano Natalya Rozhdestvenskaya. His given name was Gennady Nikolayevich Anosov, but he adopted his mother's maiden name in its masculine form for his professional career so as to avoid the appearance of nepotism. His younger brother, the painter P.N. Anosov, retained their father's name.

He studied conducting with his father at the Moscow Conservatory and piano with Lev Oborin. Already known for having conducted Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker ballet at the Bolshoi Theatre at the age of 20, he quickly established his reputation. He premiered many works by Soviet composers, including Edison Denisov's Le soleil des Incas ("The Sun of the Incas"; 1964), as well as giving the Russian premiere of Benjamin Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream and the Western premiere of Dmitri Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony at the 1962 Edinburgh Festival.

He became general artistic director of the Bolshoi Theatre in 2000, and in 2001 conducted the world premiere of the original version of Sergei Prokofiev's opera The Gambler. Not long afterwards he resigned, citing desertion by singers, production problems and hostile coverage by the Moscow press.

Among the works dedicated to Rozhdestvensky are Sofia Gubaidulina's symphony Stimmen... Verstummen... and several of Alfred Schnittke's works, such as Symphony No. 1, Symphony No. 8, and Symphony No. 9. Schnittke wrote of him:

 * "I once calculated that there are now some forty compositions written for Rozhdestvensky—either derived from his ideas or else he was the first to conduct them. I could not believe it, but it really is so. I could even say that nearly all my own work as a composer depended on contact with him and on the many talks we had. It was in these talks that I conceived the idea for many of my compositions. I count that as one of the luckiest circumstances of my life."

Conducting
Rozhdestvensky was considered a versatile conductor and a highly cultured musician with a supple stick technique. In moulding his interpretations, he gave a clear idea of the structural outlines and emotional content of a piece, combined with a performing style which melded logic, intuition and spontaneity. In the Soviet Union, he recorded extensively with the big three major contemporary soloists David Oistrakh (violin), Sviatoslav Richter (piano) and Mstislav Rostropovich (cello).

Rozhdestvensky is featured in the documentary Notes interdites: scènes de la vie musicale en Russie Soviétique (English title: "The Red Baton"), which examines the hardships faced by musicians in the Soviet Union under Stalinism. In it, he describes the political situation and its impact on his life, as well as those of Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Richter and other colleagues. The role of Tikhon Khrennikov, Secretary of the Union of Soviet Composers, is discussed extensively. As well, the documentary features Rozhdestvensky discussing the art of conducting, and includes footage of masterclasses, rehearsals with students from the Moscow Conservatory and Zürich's Tonhalle orchestra, as well as snippets of Rozhdestvensky conducting Shostakovich's 7th Symphony, Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet, and Alfred Schnittke's Dead Souls.

Shostakovich interpreter
In 2016, Rozhdestvensky was awarded the 7th International Shostakovich Prize for his contribution to the interpretation of the work of Dmitri Shostakovich. At Edinburgh in 1964, he conducted the first performance outside the Soviet Union of the 4th symphony. His 1983 recording of the 8th symphony is considered a classic. He edited the second volume of the collected works of Shostakovich published in 1984, including the Symphony No. 3 and Symphony No. 4.

Personal life
Rozhdestvensky was married twice. His first marriage was to the ballerina Nina Timofeeva. In 1969, Rozhdestvensky married the pianist Viktoria Postnikova. Together they recorded Tchaikovsky's piano concertos. Their son, Sasha Rozhdestvensky, is a violinist, with whom Rozhdestvensky senior recorded the Glazunov and Shostakovich violin concertos in 2007.

Rozhdestvensky was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1976, and a Hero of Socialist Labour in 1990. He died on 16 June 2018.

Orchestra tenures

 * 1951–1961: Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre (conductor)
 * 1961–1974: Symphony Orchestra of All-Union Radio and Television (Moscow)
 * 1964–1970: Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre (principal conductor)
 * 1974–1985: Chamber Theatre Orchestra
 * 1974–1977: Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra (artistic director)
 * 1978–1981: BBC Symphony Orchestra (chief conductor)
 * 1980–1982: Vienna Symphony
 * 1983–1991: USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra
 * 1992–1995: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
 * 2011–2018: Iceland Symphony Orchestra (guest conductor)
 * 2011–2018: Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra (chief guest conductor)

With the USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra he recorded all the symphonies of Dmitri Shostakovich, Alexander Glazunov, Anton Bruckner, Alfred Schnittke, and Arthur Honegger. He also performed all the symphonies of Ralph Vaughan Williams in Leningrad in the late 1980s. Those have been released, by the Melodiya label, in a complete CD box set in April 2014.

He conducted many of the world's greatest orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, and the London Symphony Orchestra.

Honours and awards

 * Hero of Socialist Labour (18 October 1990) — for outstanding contributions to the development of Soviet music, and effective pedagogical activity
 * Order "For Merit to the Fatherland";
 * 1st class (13 February 2017) — for outstanding contribution to the development of national culture, long-term fruitful activity
 * 2nd class (22 April 2011) — for outstanding contribution to the development of national musical art, multi-year pedagogical and creative activity
 * 3rd class (31 January 2007) — for outstanding contribution to the development of national musical culture, and many years of creative and educational activities
 * 4th class (26 April 2001) — for great contribution to the development of national musical art
 * Order of the Red Banner of Labour, twice (1967, 1981 )
 * Order of Lenin (1990)
 * Order of Cyril and Methodius (Bulgaria, 1972)
 * Officer of the Legion of Honour (France, 2003)
 * Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd class (Japan, 2002)
 * Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1959)
 * People's Artist of the RSFSR (1966)
 * People's Artist of the USSR (1976)
 * Lenin Prize (1970)
 * State Prize of the Russian Federation in Literature and Art in 1995 (27 May 1996)
 * Honorary Member of the Royal Swedish Academy (1975)
 * Honorary Academician of the British Royal Academy of Music (1984)
 * Grand Prix of Le Chant du Monde
 * Diploma of the Académie Charles Cros in Paris (1969) — for the performance of all of Prokofiev's symphonies
 * Honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire (2014)

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Africa

 * Algeria
 * Air Algérie
 * Cameroon
 * Cameroon Airlines - ceased operations in March 2008
 * Congo

 * EC Air

 * Egypt

 * EgyptAir

 * Eritrea

 * Eritrean Airlines

 * Ghana
 * Ghana International Airlines
 * Mauritius
 * Air Mauritius
 * Mozambique
 * Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique
 * Namibia
 * Air Namibia
 * Nigeria
 * Bellview Airlines - ceased operations in 2009
 * Med-View Airline

 * South Africa
 * Nationwide Airlines - ceased operations April 29, 2008
 * South African Airways
 * Comair (South Africa) - ceased operations in 2022
 * Interair South Africa
 * Tanzania
 * Air Tanzania
 * Zimbabwe
 * Air Zimbabwe

Americas

 * Argentina
 * LATAM Airlines Argentina
 * LAPA - ceased operations
 * Aruba
 * Air Aruba - ceased operations in 2000
 * Bolivia
 * Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano
 * Aerosur - ceased operations in 2012
 * Boliviana de Aviación
 * Brazil
 * BRA Transportes Aéreos - ceased operations November 7, 2007
 * LATAM Airlines Brazil
 * OceanAir
 * Transbrasil - ceased operations December, 2001
 * Varig - merged into Gol Transportes Aéreos
 * Canada
 * Air Canada
 * Air Canada Rouge
 * Canadian Airlines International (1988–2001) merged with Air Canada in 1999
 * Pacific Western Airlines (1983–1987) merged with CP Air to form Canadian Airlines International.
 * Skyservice Airlines (1994–2010) ceased operations
 * Sunwing Airlines (2011–2012)
 * Zoom Airlines - ceased operations August 28, 2008

 * Colombia
 * Avianca
 * LANCO
 * LATAM Colombia
 * Tampa Cargo

 * El Salvador
 * TACA Airlines

 * Jamaica
 * Air Jamaica
 * Fly Jamaica Airways
 * Mexico
 * Mexicana - ceased operations in 2010
 * Aeroméxico

 * Peru
 * Aero Continente - ceased operations July 12, 2004

 * United States of America
 * American Airlines
 * Continental Airlines - merged with United Airlines in March 2012
 * MAXjet Airways - ceased operations December 24, 2007
 * Piedmont Airlines
 * Trans World Airlines - (1982–2001) merged into American Airlines
 * Vision Airlines - ceased operations 2017

 * Uruguay
 * PLUNA - ceased operations July 5, 2012.

 * Venezuela
 * Santa Barbara Airlines
 * SBA Airlines - ceased operations in 2018.

Asia

 * Afghanistan

 * Kam Air
 * Safi Airways - ceased operations in 2017.

 * Bahrain
 * Gulf Air
 * Bangladesh
 * GMG Airlines
 * Brunei
 * Royal Brunei Airlines
 * China
 * Air China
 * China Eastern Airlines
 * China Yunnan Airlines - merged with China Eastern Airlines
 * Hainan Airlines
 * Shanghai Airlines

 * India
 * Air India
 * Iraq
 * Iraqi Airways
 * Israel
 * Israir
 * EL AL
 * Japan
 * Air Japan
 * Skymark Airlines
 * Kuwait
 * Kuwait Airways
 * Macau
 * Viva Macau - ceased operations April 2010

 * Maldives

 * Mega Maldives

 * Mongolia
 * MIAT Mongolian Airlines
 * Nepal
 * Nepal Airlines
 * Oman
 * Oman Air
 * Taiwan
 * China Airlines
 * EVA Air

 * Sri Lanka
 * SriLankan Airlines

 * Thailand
 * Asia Atlantic Airlines
 * Orient Thai Airlines - suspended in 2018.
 * PBair
 * SkyStar Airways - ceased operations in 2009

 * Turkmenistan
 * Turkmenistan Airlines

 * United Arab Emirates
 * Etihad Airways
 * Gulf Traveller - ceased operations in 2007

 * Vietnam
 * Vietnam Airlines

Europe

 * Austria
 * Lauda Air merged into Austrian Airlines

 * Belgium
 * ASL Airlines Belgium
 * CityBird - ceased operations October, 2001
 * Sobelair - ceased operations January 19, 2004
 * TUI fly Belgium

 * Bulgaria
 * Balkan Airlines - ceased operations in 2002

 * France
 * Aeris - ceased operations August, 2003
 * Air France
 * Aéromaritime (1990–1991)

 * Germany
 * Condor
 * LTU
 * Lufthansa

 * Hungary
 * Malév Hungarian Airlines

 * Ireland

 * Aer Lingus

 * Italy
 * Air Italy
 * Alitalia
 * Blue Panorama Airlines
 * NEOS

 * Latvia
 * Smartlynx

 * Netherlands
 * KLM
 * Martinair

 * Norway
 * Braathens SAFE - ceased operations in 2007

 * Poland
 * LOT Polish Airlines

 * Russia
 * Aeroflot
 * Krasair
 * Nordwind Airlines
 * S7 Airlines
 * VIM Airlines

 * Spain
 * Spanair

 * Sweden
 * Swefly - ceased operations in 2006
 * SAS

 * Switzerland
 * Balair - ceased operations in 1993
 * Belair
 * Swiss World Airways - ceased operations in 1998

 * Ukraine
 * AeroSvit - ceased operations in 2013
 * Dniproavia

 * United Kingdom
 * Air 2000 - re-branded as First Choice Airways in March 2004
 * Air Atlanta Europe - merged into Excel Airways, 1 May 2006
 * Airtours - re-branded as MyTravel Airways in 2004
 * Britannia Airways - (1983–2005) re-branded as Thomsonfly
 * British Airways - retired last 767s in December 2018
 * Excel Airways - re-branded as XL Airways in November 2006
 * First Choice Airways merged into Thomson Airways, 1 November 2008
 * Flyglobespan - ceased operations, 16 December 2009
 * Flyjet - ceased operations, 31 October 2007
 * Leisure International Airways - merged into Air 2000 in the 1990s
 * Monarch Airlines
 * MyTravel Airways - merged into Thomas Cook Airlines, 30 March 2008
 * Silverjet - ceased operations, 13 June 2008
 * Thomas Cook Airlines - retired 767s in 2018.
 * Thomsonfly - Merged into Thomson Airways, 1 November 2008
 * Titan Airways
 * UK International Airlines - ceased operations, 23 December 2007
 * XL Airways UK - ceased operations, 12 September 2008

Oceania

 * Australia
 * Ansett - ceased operations March 4, 2002
 * Australian Airlines - ceased operations July 28, 2006
 * Qantas - Retired Last Flight 27 December 2014 Operated by VH-OGL as QF767 MEL to SYD Qantas had 41 aircraft from lease and owned 7 767-200ERs, 7 767-336ER from British Airways and 27 767-338ER
 * New Zealand
 * Air New Zealand - Last 767-300ER retired in 2017
 * Samoa
 * Polynesian Airlines

Current government and military operators

 * Azerbaijan
 * Azerbaijan Government - one 767-300ER leased from Azerbaijan Airlines
 * Bahrain
 * Bahrain Royal Flight - one 767-400ER
 * Belarus
 * Belarus Government - one 767-300ER
 * Brazil
 * Brazilian Air Force - one 767-300ER
 * Brunei
 * Brunei Government - one 767-200ER
 * Colombia
 * Colombian Air Force - one 767-200ER
 * Chile
 * Chilean Air Force - one 767-300ER
 * Djibouti
 * Djibouti Government - one 767-200ER
 * Italy
 * Italian Air Force - four Boeing KC-767
 * Japan
 * Japan Air Self-Defense Force - four E-767 and four KC-767
 * Turkmenistan
 * Turkmenistan Government - one 767-300ER
 * Uzbekistan
 * Military of Uzbekistan - one 767-300

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The Kaliningrad K-5 (NATO reporting name AA-1 Alkali), also known as RS-1U or product ShM, was an early Soviet air-to-air missile.

History
The development of the K-5 began in 1951. The first test firings were in 1953. It was tested (but not operationally carried) by the Yakovlev Yak-25. The weapon entered service as the Grushin/Tomashevich (Грушин/Томашевич) RS-2U (also known as the R-5MS or K-5MS) in 1957. The initial version was matched to the RP-2U (Izumrud-2) radar used on the MiG-17PFU, MiG-19PM. An improved variant, K-5M or RS-2US in PVO service, entered production in 1959, matched to the RP-9/RP-9U (Sapfir) radar of the Sukhoi Su-9. The People's Republic of China developed a copy under the designation PL-1, for use by their J-6B fighters.

The difficulties associated with beam-riding guidance, particularly in a single-seat fighter aircraft, were substantial, making the 'Alkali' primarily a short-range anti-bomber missile. Around 1967 the K-5 was replaced by the K-55 (R-55 in service), which replaced the beam-riding seeker with the semi-active radar homing or infrared seekers of the K-13 (AA-2 'Atoll'). The weapon was 7.8 kg heavier than the K-5, but had a smaller 9.1 kg warhead. The K-55 remained in service through about 1977, probably being retired with the last of the Sukhoi Su-9 interceptors.

Specifications (RS-2US / K-5MS)

 * Length: 2500 mm
 * Wingspan: 654 mm
 * Diameter: 200 mm
 * Launch weight: 82.7 kg
 * Speed: 800 m/s (2,880 km/h)
 * Range: 2 –
 * Guidance: beam riding
 * Warhead: 13.0 kg

Current operator

 * 🇰🇵: Used on MiG-21PFM.

Former operators

 * : Both the Soviet Air Force (VVS) and the Soviet Air Defence Forces (PVO) operated the K-5.
 * 🇨🇳: The People's Liberation Army Air Force operated licensed Chinese copy of Kaliningrad K-5 designated as PL-1 (PL: short for Pi Li or Pili, meaning thunderbolt).
 * : The Czechoslovakian Air Force operated RS-2U and RS-2US.
 * 🇭🇺: The Hungarian Air Force operated RS-2US on MiG-19PMs, MiG-21PFs and MiG-21MFs.
 * 🇲🇱 Mali: Malian Air Force
 * 🇵🇱: The Polish Air Force operated RS-2US on MiG-17PMs, MiG-19PMs and MiG-21s, still in use as practice target.
 * 🇷🇴: Locally produced A-90 copy by Electromecanica Ploiesti (1984)

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Ajahn Brahm

Phra Visuddhisamvarathera AM (พระวิสุทธิสังวรเถร), known as Ajahn Brahmavaṃso, or simply Ajahn Brahm (born Peter Betts on 7 August 1951), is a British-born Theravada Buddhist monk. Currently, Ajahn Brahm is the abbot of Bodhinyana Monastery in Serpentine, Western Australia; Spiritual Adviser to the Buddhist Society of Victoria; Spiritual Adviser to the Buddhist Society of South Australia; Spiritual Patron of the Buddhist Fellowship in Singapore; Patron of the Brahm Centre in Singapore; Spiritual Adviser to the Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project in the UK; and Spiritual Director of the Buddhist Society of Western Australia (BSWA). He returned to the office on 22 April 2018 after briefly resigning in March, following a contentious vote by members of the BSWA during their annual general meeting.

Early life
Peter Betts was born in London. He came from a working-class background and went to Latymer Upper School. He won a scholarship to study theoretical physics at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge in the late 1960s. After graduation, he taught mathematics at a high school in Devon for one year before travelling to Thailand to become a monk and train with Ajahn Chah Bodhinyana Mahathera. Brahm was ordained in Bangkok at the age of twenty-three by Somdet Kiaw, the abbot of Wat Saket. He subsequently spent nine years studying and training in the forest meditation tradition under Ajahn Chah.

Bodhinyana Monastery
After practicing for nine years as a monk, Ajahn Brahm was sent to Perth by Ajahn Chah in 1983 to assist Ajahn Jagaro in teaching duties. Initially, they both lived in an old house on Magnolia Street, in the suburb of North Perth, but in late 1983, they purchased 97 acres (393,000 m²) of rural and forested land in the hills of Serpentine, south of Perth. The land was to become Bodhinyana Monastery (named after their teacher, Ajahn Chah Bodhinyana). Bodhinyana was to become the first dedicated Buddhist monastery of the Thai Theravada lineage in the Southern Hemisphere and is today the largest community of Buddhist monks in Australia. Initially, there were no buildings on the land and as there were only a few Buddhists in Perth at this time, and little funding, the monks themselves began building to save money. Ajahn Brahm learnt plumbing and bricklaying and built many of the current buildings himself.

In 1994, Ajahn Jagaro took a sabbatical leave from Western Australia and disrobed a year later. Left in charge, Ajahn Brahm took on the role and was soon being invited to provide his teachings in other parts of Australia and Southeast Asia. He has been a speaker at the International Buddhist Summit in Phnom Penh in 2002 and at three Global Conferences on Buddhism. He also dedicates time and attention to the sick and dying, those in prison or ill with cancer, people wanting to learn to meditate, and also to his Sangha of monks at Bodhinyana. Ajahn Brahm has also been influential in establishing Dhammasara Nuns' Monastery at Gidgegannup in the hills northeast of Perth to be a wholly independent monastery, which is jointly administered by Ayya Nirodha and Venerable Hasapañña.

Bhikkhuni ordination
On 22 October 2009, Ajahn Brahm, along with Bhante Sujato, facilitated an ordination ceremony for bhikkhunis, where four female Buddhists, Venerable Ajahn Vayama, and Venerables Nirodha, Seri, and Hasapañña, were ordained into the Western Theravada Bhikkhuni Sangha, with Venerable Tathālokā Bhikkhunī serving as Bhikkhunī Preceptor. The ordination ceremony took place at Ajahn Brahm's Bodhinyana Monastery at Serpentine, Australia. Although bhikkhuni ordinations had taken place in California and Sri Lanka, this was the first in the Thai Forest Tradition and proved highly controversial in Thailand. There is no consensus in the wider tradition that bhikkhuni ordinations could be valid, having last been performed in Thailand over 1,000 years ago, though the matter has been under active discussion for some time. Ajahn Brahm claims that there is no valid historical basis for denying ordination to bhikkunis.

"I thought too when I was a young monk in Thailand that the problem was a legal problem, that the bhikkhuni order couldn't be revived. But having investigated and studied, I've found out that many of the obstacles we thought were there aren't there at all. Someone like Bhikkhu Bodhi [a respected Theravada scholar–monk] has researched the Pali Vinaya and his paper is one of the most eloquent I've seen—fair, balanced, comes out on the side of 'It's possible, why don't we do this?'"

For his actions of 22 October 2009, on 1 November 2009, at a meeting of senior members of the Thai forest monastic Sangha in the Ajahn Chah lineage, held at Wat Pah Pong, Ubon Ratchathani, Brahm was removed from the Ajahn Chah Forest Sangha lineage and is no longer associated with the main monastery in Thailand, Wat Pah Pong, nor with any of the other Western Forest Sangha branch monasteries of the Ajahn Chah tradition.

Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project
In October 2015, Ajahn Brahm asked Venerable Candā of Dhammasara Nun's Monastery, Perth, to take steps towards establishing a monastery in the UK. In response to this, Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project was born. Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project aims to promote the teachings and practices of early Buddhism by establishing a Bhikkhuni presence in the UK. Its long-term aspiration is to develop a monastery with a harmonious and meditative atmosphere, for women who wish to train towards full ordination.

"'The reason I'm going over to the UK is [because] . . . I have a sense of responsibility to the place of my birth. It was a very wonderful society and inculcated many values in me. One of those values was fairness, where people are given equity. I came from a poor background, it was disadvantaged, but because of the fairness of the system I could, through the means of scholarships, go to a very good high school, and from [there] to a very good university. I was given a chance, and I see in the UK right now, women in Theravada Buddhism are not given a chance; because of their birth they are not permitted to take full ordination in Theravada Buddhism, which, personally, because of my upbringing, [I think] is unacceptable. And also because of my upbringing, I always say, 'Don't just complain about things, do something!' And it happens at this time in my monastic life that I am able to do things. I have many disciples and some of those disciples want to give some of their money for a good cause. So the next project. . . is to try and get a nice start for the bhikkhuni sangha in the UK. . . [where] a good nun like Bhikkhuni Candā has a place to stay and a place to teach. At the moment she has nowhere, really, absolutely nowhere to stay! So the requisite of lodgings is primary.

'The main guidance [for bhikkhunis]. . . is the Buddha—you take refuge in the Buddha, the Dhamma, and the sangha [as a whole]. . . [in] the guidelines of simplicity, frugality, kindness, compassion, and mindfulness, [which] are part of the Vinaya training. When it comes to other training, I'll say in this interview, I have full confidence in Venerable Candā to be a leader. She doesn't have that confidence in herself yet, but I do. It's a case of, you take these people, put them in the deep end of the water, and my goodness, they swim! And no one is more surprised than they themselves that they can keep their heads above water.

'This monastery is going to happen. . . it's just a matter of time. . . . [The bhikkhuni sangha] is the fourth leg of the chair of Buddhism, this is what the Buddha kept on saying. After he became enlightened under the banyan tree, Mara came to him and said, 'Okay, you're enlightened, I admit it. Now don't go teaching, it's just too burdensome. Just enter parinibbana now, just disappear'. The Buddha said, 'No, I will not enter parinibbana. I will not leave this life until I have established the bhikkhu sangha, bhikkhuni sangha, laymen, and laywomen Buddhists: the four pillars of Buddhism'. Forty-five years later, at the Capala Shrine, Mara came again and said, 'You've done it! There are lots and lots of bhikkhunis enlightened, lots of bhikkhus enlightened, great laymen and laywomen Buddhists. . . so keep your promise', and [the Buddha] said, 'Okay, in three months, I'll enter parinibbana'.

What those two passages from the suttas demonstrate is that it was the Buddha's mission; it was why he taught—to establish those four pillars of the sangha. We have lost one, so every Buddhist who has faith in the Buddha should actually help the Buddha re-establish the bhikkhuni sangha. It was his mission, [but] because of history his mission has been thwarted'."

LGBT support
Ajahn Brahm has openly spoken about his support towards same-sex marriage. At a conference in Singapore in 2014, he said he was very proud to have been able to perform a same-sex marriage blessing for a couple in Norway, and stressed that Buddhist teachings do not discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation.

Rohingya crisis
In 2015, during the Rohingya refugee crisis, the Buddhist Society of Western Australia donated money to support displaced orphans in Bangladesh. Speaking at the ceremony, Ajahn Brahm said:

"No matter what race or religion you are, we always look after one another. All religions are brothers and sisters, so we care for one another. So may violence and mistrust disappear and kindness and love and helping one another prevail."

Kindfulness
In an effort to reclaim the "mindfulness" practice from being overrun by secular industries and a recent claim that it is not owned by Buddhism, Ajahn Brahm clarifies that mindfulness is a practice within the rest of the supporting factors of Buddhism (the Noble Eightfold Path: right view, right motivation, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right endeavor, right mindfulness, and right stillness). According to the monk, mindfulness is part of a great training called Buddhism, and to actually take away mindfulness from Buddhism is unhelpful, inaccurate, and deceiving—mindfulness is a cultural heritage of Buddhism. Practicing mindfulness without wisdom and compassion is not enough. Therefore, drawing from the Pāli Suttas, Ajahn Brahm created the term "Kindfulness", meaning mindfulness combined with wisdom and compassion—mindfulness combined with knowing the ethical and moral compassionate consequences of the reactions to what is happening (a.k.a. satisampajañña).

Achievements
Whilst still a junior monk, Ajahn Brahm was asked to undertake the compilation of an English-language guide to the Buddhist monastic code—the vinaya. Currently, Brahm is the Abbot of Bodhinyana Monastery in Serpentine, Western Australia, the Spiritual Director of the Buddhist Society of Western Australia, Spiritual Adviser to the Buddhist Society of Victoria, Spiritual Adviser to the Buddhist Society of South Australia, Spiritual Patron of the Buddhist Fellowship in Singapore and most recently, Spiritual Adviser to the Anukampa Bhikkhuni Project in the UK.

In October 2004, Ajahn Brahm was awarded the John Curtin medal for his vision, leadership, and service to the Australian community, by Curtin University.

Under the auspices of the Diamond Jubilee of King Rama IX, Bhumibol Adulyadej, in June 2006, Ajahn Brahm was given the title of Phra Visuddhisamvarathera, a Royal Grade Thai ecclesiastical title once held by Ajahn Liem, the current abbot of Wat Nong Pah Pong.

On 5 September 2019, Ajahn Brahm was awarded the Order of Australia, General Division medal, for services to Buddhism and gender equality. The investiture was performed at Government House Western Australia.

Publications

 * Opening the Door of Your Heart: and Other Buddhist Tales of Happiness. Also published as Who Ordered This Truckload of Dung?: Inspiring Stories for Welcoming Life's Difficulties. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 978-0861712786 (2005)
 * Mindfulness, Bliss, and Beyond: A Meditator's Handbook. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0-86171-275-7 (2006)
 * The Art of Disappearing: Buddha's Path to Lasting Joy. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0-86171-668-X (2011)
 * Don't Worry, Be Grumpy: Inspiring Stories for Making the Most of Each Moment. Also published as Good? Bad? Who Knows?. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 978-1614291671 (2014)
 * Kindfulness. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 978-1614291992 (2016)
 * Bear Awareness: Questions and Answers on Taming Your Wild Mind. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 978-1614292562 (2017)
 * Falling Is Flying: The Dharma of Facing Adversity – with Guo Jun. Wisdom Publications. ISBN 978-1614294252 (2019)

Publications by BPS

 * In the Presence of Nibbana (BL149)
 * Ending of Things (BL153)
 * Walking Meditation: The Expositions on Walking Meditation (WH464) (with Ajahn Nyanadhammo and Dharma Dorje)
 * Opening the Door of Your Heart (BP619s)

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List of Airbus A340 operators

Set out below is a list of former and current operators of the Airbus A340 airliner.

Operators
There were 214 Airbus A340 aircraft in commercial service.

Orders and deliveries
The following is a list of orders and deliveries for the Airbus A340 by variant.

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Talk:Broken Hill

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is that right - iron?

Syd1435 07:31, 2004 Oct 24 (UTC)

"Broken Hill is also one of the stops of The Ghan and Indian Pacific Railway, luxury trains which are two of the classic train journeys. The Ghan goes from  Adelaide to Darwin via Alice Springs, and The Indian Pacific from Sydney  to Perth via Adelaide."

I strongly doubt that Broken Hill could be considered a stop on the Ghan railway. That's Adelaide to darwin - indian pacific is the only train to stop there.

Having taken the Ghan regularly between Adelaide and Sydney (yes, the GHAN), I can attest that it does indeed stop at Broken Hill. Troyac 11:11, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

 * The route map at http://www.gsr.com.au/ clearly shows The Ghan only goes Adelaide-Darwin. I recall a few years ago they talked about extending the Ghan to Sydney or Melbourne. I thought they only talked, but evidently they did it for a while. Is it possible they stopped running it from Sydney when they started running to Darwin and needed more rolling stock for the longer journey? --Scott Davis Talk 12:01, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

 * I have no first-hand knowledge, but the route map on The Ghan shows it going to Sydney. — mæstro t/c, 02:04, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

 * That map would improve by removing the Sydney link (the junction is in the wrong place anyway), removing the Melbourne link and making the bend at Tarcoola sharper. The GSR website certainly doesn't let me book tickets on the Ghan to or from Broken Hill or Melbourne. --Scott Davis Talk 03:18, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

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I can attest that the route of the GSR "Ghan" most certainly does not include Broken Hill. The current route of this train is Adeliade, SA to Darwin, NT. The westbound Sunday "Indian Pacific", departing Broken Hill at 0820, connects with the "Ghan" at Adelaide. The reverse connection at Adelaide takes place on Friday morning. The is a second "Ghan" service ex Adelaide to Darwin as of 1st April. It, however, does not offer a same-day connection with the "IP" at Adelaide. John S Lasher, Broken Hill, NSW.--Jslasher 02:47, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

 * The Ghan used to stop at Broken Hill before the Adelaide-Darwin link was completed in 2004. Before that, the train ran twice a week but once from Sydney and once from Melbourne. Since the introduction of the Darwin link the train no longer has the time to run to Sydney or Melbourne, so the Overland and Indian Pacific schedules were changed to meet up with the Ghan and it now only runs to Adelaide. JROBBO 05:32, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Time zone
Could someone explain why Broken Hill is in different timezone to the rest of NSW ?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.154.63.92 (talk) 07:25, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Because it is in the far west of the state, much closer to Adelaide than Sydney and it shares close economic and cultural ties with South Australia. In a sane division of states and territories, it would be in SA. -- Mattinbgn (talk) 08:18, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Suggestions
As a once-only visitor to Broken Hill, I would like to suggest that it would be worthwhile including mention of the extensive use of corrugated iron in construction of houses throughout Broken Hill.

This is uncommon enough throughout New South Wales (as a continuing construction material!) to be worthy of mentioning, and I suggest there should be a few buildings which would be worthwhile photographing.

I'm not talking about corrugated iron roofing but corrugated iron / pressed metal exterior wall cladding.

When I visited a few years ago and commented on it, locals were very blase about it but as a visitor it is a striking feature of the city. --Garrie 02:44, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

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Some of this stuff was copied straight off the BH council website, (www.brokenhill.nsw.gov.au)mainly the poetic writings.

- Everywhere in the Outback is built with corrugated iron - it was the only building material that could fit on the back of a camel. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.33.71.3 (talk) 08:52, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

--- Since I am unfamiliar with how to work this I am leaving links here if any editor cares to use them

reference to gold storage at bhill ww2 http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/50334559 http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=31487

time zone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_Australia#History http://www.timeanddate.com/time/australia/time-zones-background.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 175.38.197.218 (talk) 13:43, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

Mike Patton!
Ah, riiiiiiiiiight, Mike Patton from Faith No More is from Broken Hill! Really, I have no idea, but you've got to be kidding me. Very funny whoever popped his name on the list. I can officially say, it is now Removed.jkm 15:40, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Plugga... I think the same goes for a few more people on this list.

Non-Noteworthy People
Fathers putting their sons in as "noteworthy people" for local football clubs, should be advised to cite reference to some form of fame, or else have the names removed. I'm sure I'm not the only person who thinks in this way. As a Broken Hill resident, I can understand the inclusion of Sandman, and The Pajazoes, but unfortunately people with the occupation of bagging groceries and playing a game each weekend don't constitute as noteworthy to the community, let alone tourists. 123.243.79.59 (talk) 04:29, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.132.83.251 (talk) 04:36, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Brochure or article?
Some parts of this article seem like they could have been taken straight out of a brochure from the tourist centre. Maybe a more nuetral explanation of tourism and other facets is required. La Suricata de vuelo de España (talk) 14:07, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Electric Power
"A HVDC back-to-back station with a maximum transmission rate of 40 megawatts was built at Broken Hill in 1986. It consists of 2 static inverters working with a voltage of 8.33 kV. After this station was operational the two other power stations closed and their equipment was gradually removed."

An HVDC back-to-back station merely connects two stations (either on different frequencies or at least not phase-locked). It does not produce any power.

The first part of the section on Electric Power implies that by the 1980s there were only two stations left, and states that these were connected "as a grid" i.e. phase-locked and directly connected. What stations did the HVDC back-to-back system connect? and which stations were then demolished? GregoryGoon (talk) 11:38, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

I don't know the timing of Galena street shutting down but the hall isn't demolished http://bdtruth.com.au/main/news/article/836-Cars-bikes-stunts.html https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=-31.961063,141.449031&spn=0.001156,0.001719&t=h&z=19 It is a hardware shop now It was the town power

Nor is Central power which seems to have shut 1986 http://www.brokenhillaustralia.com.au/film-broken-hill/broken-hill-studios/, though it looks more like falling down at ground level https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=-31.975232,141.459972&spn=0.002312,0.003439&t=h&z=18 Mostly mine power, mine stations also provided some domestic areas, mostly mine staff and I recall some social institutions. from memory.

Southern power also terminated then ?? http://www.westyunited.com/2880/craker/page64.htm though the hall looks operational in 2013 https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=-31.988987,141.443589&spn=0.004623,0.006877&t=h&z=17

Ahh, the summer I spent treating rust on kilometeres of waste hot water pipes and painting them in 1975, hot summer, hot pipes, no shade.. I think Southern had Nordbergs 9cl (?) and Mirrlees 24cyl(?) Mine power station One thing about the Mines stations, they provided different output for different legacy equipment a lot of 40hz 50hz 60hz heavy gear. and also used regenerative breaking off the winders, supplied hot water to mills and a LOT of high pressure air to the undergroung workings. I think the regenerative went it to air..but it was nearly 40 years ago — Preceding unsigned comment added by 175.38.197.218 (talk) 14:23, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

Electric Power
"A HVDC back-to-back station with a maximum transmission rate of 40 megawatts was built at Broken Hill in 1986. It consists of 2 static inverters working with a voltage of 8.33 kV. After this station was operational the two other power stations closed and their equipment was gradually removed."

An HVDC back-to-back station merely connects two stations (either on different frequencies or at least not phase-locked). It does not produce any power.

The first part of the section on Electric Power implies that by the 1980s there were only two stations left, and states that these were connected "as a grid" i.e. phase-locked and directly connected. What stations did the HVDC back-to-back system connect? and which stations were then demolished? GregoryGoon (talk) 11:39, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Coordinate error
The following coordinate fixes are needed for the coordinates are wrong, putting it in the ocean on the map.

—12.198.241.130 (talk) 16:11, 1 February 2013 (UTC)
 * I've deleted the incorrect (west longitude used in place of east longitude) coordinates in the lead. The coordinates displayed at the top of the article are sufficient, and the source cited for those in the lead contains U.S. gazetteer data and has nothing to do with Australia. Deor (talk) 02:15, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

The text says 220 meters elevation, but the infobox says 315 meters. At least one of these values should be corrected? 50.139.42.221 (talk) 22:40, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

 * It's hilly country. (I guess the name of the town reflects that!) Looking at the figures for the locations of Bureau of Meteorology weather stations (a common source for this stuff in Australia), the 220 metres is wrong (too low). A low point in the area would be the airport at 281 metres, and the 315 metres is for the older station nearer the centre of town. I recommend we go with the latter. (Do we have a policy?) HiLo48 (talk) 23:25, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

 * I have boldly changed the elevation in the text to 315 metres. HiLo48 (talk) 10:33, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: no consensus. Jenks24 (talk) 10:51, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

Broken Hill, New South Wales → Broken Hill – Broken Hill currently redirects to Broken Hill, New South Wales but this is unnecessary according to Naming_conventions_(geographic_names) which states verbatim the name of a city or town may be used alone if the place is the primary or only topic for that name. Broken Hill, New South Wales has been viewed 22155 times in the last 90 days, that's the disambiguated title not Broken Hill; whilst Broken Hill (film) has been viewed 3241 times in the last 90 days so seems a no-brainer WP:PRIMARYTOPIC move. --Relisted. Armbrust The Homunculus 17:39, 20 July 2014 (UTC) Zarcadia (talk) 22:03, 12 July 2014 (UTC) Zarcadia (talk) 22:03, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment "Broken Hill" was merged here in 2004, so the edit history will need to be displaced. This could be done with a swap of locations. -- 65.94.171.126 (talk) 04:15, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Oppose – moving to a more ambiguous title helps nobody, when we already have a perfectly good naturally disambiguated title that distinguishes the city from the film. Dicklyon (talk) 18:31, 13 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Oppose - per Dicklyon.    ArcAngel    (talk) ) 04:43, 26 July 2014 (UTC)
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Education
There's no mention of schools. It should be under education. Seems to give the wrong impression a town with 20 thousand not having a mention of schools.

Pre. Rainbow Pre-School.

Primary. Burke Ward Public School 185 Rakow St. Morgan Street Public School. Alma Public School. Broken Hill North Public School. Railway Public School 72 Harris St.

Secondary. Broken Hill High School garnet street. Willyama High School. Broken Hill Public School Mica St.

Tertiary TAFE 72 Argent Street. TAFE 248 Argent Street.

HE Charles Sturt University - Broken Hill Robinson College 1 Wentworth Rd.

Hospital
Mentioning the town has a hospital should be put under health perhaps. Perhaps even the former one. But the former one could be put under history.

Sport
Mentioned is 5 footballers but what is not mentioned is the town has quite a number of teams. Their is sufficient local sport worthy of mention.

History
The old council chambers facade 256 Argent Street is worth mentioning for it's architecture and stonework. Stoneworks unique.

Requested move 3 July 2016

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The result of the move request was: moved. History swap performed in order to preserve attribution history. Jenks24 (talk) 18:36, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

Broken Hill, New South Wales → Broken Hill – WP:NCAUST states that the state of a city is not required in the article title if it is the primary topic. Alternatively, the disambiguation page should be moved to Broken Hill if it is determined that the city is not the primary topic for "Broken Hill" in this discussion. Either way, the status quo is inappropriate. SST flyer  07:53, 3 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Support per WP:NCAUST.  Anarchyte  ( work  |  talk )   13:24, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

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1. The first whites to visit the area was then Surveyor General of New South Wales, Major Thomas Mitchell, in 1841.

Grammar: one person is not a “whites”
 * The first of the whites to visit the area was the then-Surveyor General of New South Wales, Major Thomas Mitchell, in 1841.

2. Rasp and six associates founded the Broken Hill Proprietary Company (BHP), later BHP Billiton, and now BHP again, in 1885 as the Syndicate of Seven.

Readability: the focus is on “founded”, then “name change”, then back to “founded”. Dashes (rather than brackets), let the eye know that the phrase is an aside.
 * Rasp and six associates founded the Broken Hill Proprietary Company (BHP)—later BHP Billiton, and now BHP again—in 1885 as the Syndicate of Seven.

MBG02 (talk) 17:54, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

 * I'm afraid that comment echoes some of the issues I found with the edits I reverted, which was, in the complete absence of any explanation (please read WP:EDITSUMMARY), some changes I simply saw no point in. Even the comment above doesn't do a very good job of explaining those changes. I agree that the bit about Major Thomas Mitchell could do with some tidying up, but I have my doubts about its accuracy in multiple ways. Have a look at his article. It doesn't mention Broken Hill. The closest he got was Menindee Lakes, and he was there with a party of 21 men. So there were multiple "whites". The whole section needs a major rewrite. HiLo48 (talk) 00:12, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

 * The only aspect I want to comment on is the dashes which were out of place and I was about to delete those when the whole edit was reverted.Fleet Lists (talk) 05:16, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

TV and Film production
This is a pretty big deal in BH and there are heaps of films and shows which have been made here. IMDB lists 104 titles. There are heaps more films on IMDB than my initial list -- https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?locations=Broken+Hill%2C+New+South+Wales%2C+Australia -- but I don't know if this is an acceptable source for referencing. Also some of these are more notable (e.g. Mad Max 2) due to the bulk of primary production occurring in BH, but then others (e.g. Mission Impossible 2) simply used BH for a few minor scenes. TheJosh (talk) 02:59, 27 July 2021 (UTC)

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Tony Steel

Anthony Gordon Steel (31 July 1941 – 4 May 2018) was a New Zealand rugby union player, politician and educator.

Early years
He was born in Greymouth, and played rugby first for his school, Christchurch Boys' High School, and then for Canterbury before finally playing for the All Blacks between 1966 and 1968. He was a part of the All Blacks 1967 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, France and Canada.

After retiring from sport due to injury, he took up teaching, first at the Brisbane Grammar School and then back in New Zealand. He eventually became headmaster of Hamilton Boys' High School.

Member of Parliament
In the 1990 election, he stood for Parliament as a candidate for the National Party, defeating Labour's Bill Dillon in the Hamilton East electorate. In the 1993 election, however, he was defeated by Labour's Dianne Yates. He regained the seat in the 1996 election, and retained it in the 1999 election, but in the 2002 election, he was defeated again by Dianne Yates. Having opted not to seek a position on National's party list, Steel left Parliament. Testament to Steel's popularity in the city of Hamilton is the fact that he lost what has traditionally been regarded as a bellwether seat by a mere 600 votes, in an election where the National Party was almost destroyed by its lowest polling result in recent history.

Death
Steel died in Hamilton on 4 May 2018.

Legacy
In 2000, an extra house was added at Hamilton Boys' High School, named Steel house, after Tony Steel. Apart from Argyle House (the boarding house), all of the other houses are also named after former Headmasters. Tony Steel also won the New Zealand 100/200metres Sprint double at the 1965-66 New Zealand Track and Field Championships representing Canterbury as well as being a member of the winning Canterbury 4x100 metres Team that took Gold

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Manly, New South Wales

Manly is a beach-side suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 17 km north-east of the Sydney central business district and is currently one of the three administrative centres of the local government area of Northern Beaches Council. Manly has a long-standing reputation as a tourist destination, owing to its attractive setting on the Pacific Ocean and easy accessibility by ferry.

History
Manly was named by Captain Arthur Phillip for the Indigenous people living there, stating that "their confidence and manly behaviour made me give the name of Manly Cove to this place". These men were of the Kay-ye-my clan (of the Dharug-speaking Gayemaygal people). While scouting for fresh water in the area, Phillip encountered members of the clan, and after a kidnapping he was speared in the shoulder by one of the clan as a punishment ritual; the progressively-minded Phillip ordered his men not to retaliate. In Capt. Tench's words, The Aboriginal men were feasting on a whale at Manly Cove and were seen by Captain Nepean, Mr White, Nanbaree & a party of men who had travelled to Manly Cove to walk to Broken Bay. Bennelong and Colebee spoke to them and Bennelong asked for Governor Phillip. Captain Nepean sent the Boatswain back to Governor Phillip at South Head. The Aboriginal men cut large chunks of whale off and put them in the boat for Governor Phillip. The military party then proceeded on their walk to Broken Bay.

When Governor Phillip's party arrived to see the Aboriginal men they held friendly conversation with Bennelong and Colebee for over half an hour. Later an older Aboriginal man appeared with a spear. Captain Tench remarked that he was seemingly a stranger and little acquainted with Bennelong and Colebee. The Governor moved towards this man and the man became agitated. Governor Phillip threw down his dirk to appease the man crying out confidently. The spear was thrown and Governor Phillip was hit in the shoulder. All was in confusion, there were calls to bring the muskets, Bennelong and Colebee disappeared and Governor Phillip could not make it to the ship because of the length of spear sticking from his shoulder and dragging on the ground. The muskets were brought to shore but only one would fire. The spear was finally broken and all hastened to Port Jackson.

Manly had been envisaged as a seaside resort by Henry Gilbert Smith in the 1850s. In 1853, Smith acquired two large parcels of land (which had been granted to John Thompson in 1842 and John Crane Parker in 1837).

Initially John had chartered a paddle steamer to Manly and other vessels visited on an ad hoc "excursion" basis. Smith built a wharf on the harbour-side of Manly, which was completed in October 1855 and eventually acquired an interest in steamers himself. as part of developing more regular services to Manly to assist his sub-division property sales. By 1873, Smith had sold the lease to the wharf and his share of the steamers to the operators of the ferries and eventually ownership passed to the once famous Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Company. It was the Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Company which coined the expression about Manly being "Seven miles from Sydney and a thousand miles from care" to promote its ferry service. The Port Jackson & Manly Steamship Company played an important part in Manly's development. It built several attractions including a large ocean pool and bathing pavilion, the Manly Fun Pier. In 1972 the company was sold to Brambles and in 1974 to the Government of New South Wales and it is now part of Sydney Ferries.

In March 1885, as the New South Wales Contingent was about to depart for the Sudan, a letter was addressed to Premier William Bede Dalley containing a cheque for £25 for the Patriotic Fund "with my best wishes from a little boy at Manly". It was Australia's first overseas military adventure, and the "Little Boy from Manly" became a symbol either of patriotism or, among opponents of the adventure, of mindless chauvinism. especially due to a cartoon by Livingston Hopkins of The Bulletin.

During the 19th and early 20th centuries, Manly was one of Australia's most popular seaside holiday resorts. Manly Beach is said to be the place where the restriction on daylight sea bathing was first challenged in Australia. In October 1902 William Gocher, clad in a neck to knee costume, swam at midday after announcing his intention to do so in the newspaper he had established (Manly and North Sydney News). After being ignored by authorities and being publicly critical of them, he swam again and was escorted from the water by the police, although no charges were laid. In November 1903, Manly Council resolved to allow all-day bathing provided a neck to knee swimming costume was worn. During the first official bathing season in 1903, 17 people drowned on Manly Beach. A year later a surf club was formed on the beach to safeguard the public. While there is debate about which club is the oldest, Manly Life Saving Club is one of the world's first surf life saving clubs.

In 1934, George Robey, a resident and original Anzac founded the Air Mindedness Development League which was later renamed the "Australian Air League" at Manly. There has been a continuously running squadron in Manly since. In 1937 Manly Town Hall was opened.

In 1973, residents in the Eastern Hill section of Manly requested that the NSW Builders Labourers Federation place a green ban on the construction of two large tower blocks by LJ Hooker. The BLF agreed to do so and asked them to draw up a community plan for the area's future.

Heritage listings
Manly has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
 * 151 Darley Road: St Patrick's Seminary
 * North Head Scenic Drive: North Head Quarantine Station
 * Sydney Road: Ivanhoe Park cultural landscape
 * West Esplanade: Manly Cove Pavilion
 * West Esplanade: Manly ferry wharf
 * 34a-36 Whistler Street: Manly Substation

Climate
Manly has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) with warm summers and mild winters.

Beaches
Manly is most notable for its beaches, which are popular tourist destinations. Manly features a long stretch of sand on the ocean side, that runs from Queenscliff through North Steyne to South Steyne. This is followed by rock pools and sandy beaches called Fairy Bower and Shelly Beach. There are also a number of beaches on the harbour side of the peninsula being Collins Beach, Store Beach, Little Manly, East Manly Cove, West Manly Cove, Delwood Beach and Fairlight Beach. Norfolk Island pine trees are symbolic of Manly and are a prominent feature of both the ocean and harbour beaches.

On 10 March 2012, the 4 km stretch between Freshwater Beach and Shelly Beach was declared the "Manly -Freshwater World Surfing Reserve". The Reserve was dedicated in a ceremony in Manly Beach by world surfing champion Kelly Slater accompanied by the Governor of New South Wales, Marie Bashir.

Commercial area
The commercial Manly is centred around The Corso, which runs from the harbour side at Manly wharf to the ocean side at Manly Beach. Part of The Corso is a mall which allows outdoor dining for cafes and restaurants. The commercial area extends to surrounding streets with more cafes and restaurants concentrated along the ocean and harbour shores.

Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby (2013) was filmed in Sydney, primarily in Manly and Balmain. St Patrick's Seminary was used as Jay Gatsby's mansion–palm trees at the building's exterior had to be digitally removed in post-production to create a realistic depiction of the Eastern United States (specifically Long Island), where the novel and film are set.

Demographics
According to the, there were 16,296 residents in Manly. 55.2% of residents were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were England 11.7%, New Zealand 3.2%, the United States of America 2.9%, Brazil 1.9% and South Africa 1.7%. 79.6% of residents spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Spanish 2.5%, French 2.0%, Portuguese 1.9%, German 1.5% and Italian 1.0%. The most common responses for religion in Manly were No Religion 51.1%, Catholic 20.6%, Anglican 11.6% and Christian, not further defined 1.5%.

Transport
Transport services to Manly include a ferry service from Manly wharf, and CDC NSW and Keolis Downer Northern Beaches bus services to the city and other suburbs. The Manly Ferry journey takes 30 minutes and allows for scenic views of Sydney Harbour, surrounding national parks and Sydney icons including the Harbour Bridge and Opera House. The ferry service once advertised Manly as "seven miles from Sydney, and a thousand miles from care".

A privately owned and operated Manly Fast Ferry operates between Manly and Circular Quay, offering transport in a claimed trip time of 18 minutes, but this excludes unloading time. This replaced a similar but superior high speed operation that was run with a 15 minute (later 12 minute) trip hydrofoil service from 1964 until 1992 and then a 15 minute trip JetCat service which was used to replace the hydrofoils from 1990, but was withdrawn by the NSW Government in late December 2008.

Housing
The relaxed lifestyle, beaches and proximity to Sydney city have led to Manly's real estate prices being amongst the highest in Australia. The adjoining suburb of Seaforth, which is now also part of Northern Beaches Council, has been ranked as the 25th richest suburb in Australia.

Schools and churches
The former Catholic seminary at St Patrick's Estate, Darley Road, now houses The International College of Management, Sydney (ICMS) a management college, specializing in business, tourism, hospitality, events, property, sports and marketing retail management. It is affiliated with Macquarie University, which attracts international students from many countries. As well as being an educational hub, many spectacular weddings have been held here, including Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban. The original seminary was designed by Hennessy and Sheerin and built in 1885. It was conceived by Archbishop Vaughan and is now listed on the Register of the National Estate.

On the other side of Darley Road is the Archbishop's House, also known as the Cardinal's Palace. This building was also designed by Sheerin and Hennessy and built in the 1880s. It was originally conceived as part of St Patrick's Seminary and is a good example of the Victorian Gothic Revival style. It too is listed on the Register of the National Estate.

Another notable landmark is the Presbyterian Church in Raglan Street. It was designed by John Sulman in the Romanesque style and built in 1892. It is listed on the Register of the National Estate.

The local public school is "Manly Village Public School", which is a co-educational school for years K to 6 and is located a street a way from Manly Beach

The closest secondary school for Manly is St Pauls College, which is a local boys high school for years 7 to 12. The closest selective secondary school is Manly Selective Campus which caters for years 7 to 12 and is located in the neighbouring suburb of Curl Curl.

Recreation
Manly has Sydney Harbour on its western side with calm water, ferry wharf, a swimming area, the former Manly Sea Life Sanctuary aquarium, and sailing and yacht clubs. About 300 m to the east is the Pacific Ocean and Manly Beach. There are more than 20 km of cycle tracks that can be used to explore the area.

The Manly International Jazz Festival is Australia's largest community-based jazz festival. It is held during the October long weekend public holiday, with various stages hosting continuous free public performances from midday until early evening. The BBC soap opera Out of the Blue was set in Manly.

Sport
National Rugby League team the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles who play their home games at Brookvale Oval, are the most famous sports club in the area who are well known for their Grand Final appearances, being the only club to appear in Grand Finals in each decade from the 1950s to the 2010s, and the only club to win at least one Grand Final in each decade from the 1970s to the 2010s. Their fans from the northern beaches have a reputation for being reluctant to cross the Spit Bridge.

The rugby union team Manly RUFC and soccer team Manly United Football Club represent Manly. The Manly Warringah District Cricket Club represent the Northern Beaches. Manly RUFC and the MWDCC play at Manly Oval, while Manly United play at Cromer Park.

Culture
Numerous non-fiction books about Manly have been written. It has also featured in fiction. In 1987 the British novelist, Lesley Thomson published Seven Miles From Sydney, a thriller about a female screenwriter who is murdered while jogging on Shelly Beach. This novel was a popular seller in the United Kingdom and well received in Australia. The music video for Redfoo's song Let's Get Ridiculous was filmed on The Corso.

Manly is a sister city of Bath, England.

Notable residents

Notable residents from the Manly area (current or former) include:
 * Layne Beachley, 7x world surfing champion
 * Bruce Beaver, poet
 * Gladys Berejiklian, 45th Premier of New South Wales
 * Sylvia Breamer, actress
 * Boy Charlton, Olympic freestyle swimmer
 * Adam Cuthbertson, rugby league player
 * Roden Cutler, former NSW governor and recipient of the Victoria Cross
 * Douglas Darby, Member of Parliament for Manly for 33 years
 * Anthony Don, rugby league player
 * Jamie Durie, television host
 * Dan Ewing, actor
 * John Flanagan, author
 * Kitty Flanagan, actress
 * Flume, musician
 * David Fry, politician in the Tasmanian House of Assembly
 * Melinda Gainsford-Taylor, Olympic sprinter
 * John Gibbs, rugby league player and sportscaster
 * Reece Hodge, rugby union player
 * Thomas Keneally, Booker Prize-winning author
 * Barton Lynch, surfer
 * Matthew Nable, actor
 * John Passmore, philosopher
 * Peter Philpott, cricketer
 * Chad Randall, rugby league player
 * Zali Steggall, politician
 * Zeke Steggall, snowboarder
 * Kylie Tennant, author
 * Jack Thompson, actor
 * Taine Tuaupiki, rugby league player
 * Sam Wicks, Australian rules footballer
 * Elisabeth Wynhausen, journalist and writer

Sister cities

 * 🇺🇸 Huntington Beach, United States (unofficial)
 * Bath, England

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Cleanup
Evidently, somebody copied over a great deal directly from Brahms website, so I will be rewriting the article to conform to Wikipedia style and citation conventions. Viriditas (talk) 04:11, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

DeadLink
The link at bottom of page to mp3 files of talks is dead and has been last few times I've checked it (over a period of 1 month).
 * Yes, the server was hacked and there's a new site, but it doesn't yet have the original files.. I will make some changes shortly. Viriditas (talk) 07:52, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
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Ajahn Brahm's exclusion
The article states that he was removed because of his actions on 22 October 2009. But my understanding is that there was a different reason, namely that he had previously promised not to carry out such actions which had not been agreed by the Sangha and that by carrying out those actions he had broken his promise and that this was the reason for his removal. 29 January 2015 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.22.145.140 (talk) 13:20, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

All You Need Is Kindfulness - A Collection of Ajahn Brahm Quotes to be kind, calm and wise! http://www.dhammaloka.org.au/files/pdf/All%20You%20Need%20Is%20Kindfulness%20-%20A%20Collection%20of%20Ajahn%20Brahm%20Quotes.pdf — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anu Ojha (talk • contribs) 05:36, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

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Anne Tolley

Anne Merrilyn Tolley (née Hicks; born 1 March 1953) is a New Zealand politician.

Tolley was elected as a member of the Napier City Council in 1986 and served as deputy mayor from 1989 until 1995. In 1999 she was elected to Parliament as a list MP representing the National Party. She was unseated in 2002 but returned in 2005 as the new East Coast MP. Between 2008 and 2017 she was a senior minister in the Fifth National Government, holding the offices of Minister of Education, Minister of Social Development, Minister of Corrections, Minister of Police and Minister of Local Government. She established Oranga Tamariki and was the first Minister for Children from 2016 to 2017.

She was Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2017 to 2020. In 2021 she was appointed Chair of the Commission overseeing the Tauranga City Council.

Early life and family
Tolley was born in Wellington on 1 March 1953, the daughter of Mary Margaret Hicks (née Norris) and her husband Ronald James Hicks. She was educated at Colenso High School (now William Colenso College) in Napier, and spent time as a Rotary exchange student in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States. She went on to gain a diploma in computer programming. In 1973 she married Allan Hunt Tolley, and the couple had three children. With her husband, Tolley ran a boutique hotel in Napier.

Local government
In 1986 Tolley was elected as a member of the Napier City Council and remained in that role until 1995. She served as deputy mayor of Napier between 1989 and 1995, and was an elected member of the Hawke's Bay Regional Council from 1989 to 1992. She has been a Justice of the Peace since 1989.

While on Napier City Council, Tolley was involved in the establishment of a local-authority trading enterprise to run Marineland and the Napier Aquarium, the Emerson Street redevelopment project, and the redevelopment of McLean Park. She sought re-election in the 1995 local elections, but was defeated.

Member of Parliament
An independent on the Napier City Council, Tolley was encouraged to join the Labour Party by incumbent Napier MP Geoff Braybrooke but declined, instead joining the National Party. She was interested in being a candidate for National at the 1996 general election, but had not been a member of the party for long enough. She challenged Braybrooke for the Napier seat in 1999. While unsuccessful in that contest, Tolley was elected as a list MP.

In her first term, Tolley sat on the governance and administration committee and served as the National Party spokesperson for early childhood education and women's affairs. In 2000, her members bill—the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification (Prohibition of Child Pornography) Amendment Bill—was introduced. The bill responded to, and sought to overturn, the Court of Appeal's decision on Moonen v Film and Literature Board of Review, which had found that the right to freedom of expression in the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 held even in the Film and Literature Board of Review's consideration of photographs depicting children in sexualised poses. The bill was eventually voted down because the government did not consider Moonen to sanction child pornography. Issues around censorship were progressed soon after through an inquiry into the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993 and a government amendment passed in 2005.

In the 2002 election, she unsuccessfully contested the Napier seat against Braybrooke's successor, Russell Fairbrother. Along with many other National MPs, Tolley did not escape the collapse of the party's vote that year, and so did not return to Parliament as a list MP. She did return at the 2005 general election, having won the East Coast electorate over Labour candidate Moana Mackey, daughter of the previous East Coast MP Janet Mackey. She held the electorate at the four subsequent elections.

She served as the first woman National Party whip from December 2006 until February 2008 when she became the party's education spokesperson. When National won the 2008 general election, she became the first woman Minister of Education. She continued in senior roles in the Fifth National Government until its defeat in 2017 and thereafter became Deputy Speaker. In that role, she chaired a cross-party steering group steering group to develop a parliamentary code of conduct, as an outcome of an independent review into bullying and harassment in the parliamentary workplace.

At the end of 2019, Tolley declared her intention to run as a list-only candidate in the 2020 general election in hope of being able to be appointed Speaker of the House if National were able to form a government. She was succeeded as National's candidate for the East Coast electorate by Rotorua District Councillor Tania Tapsell. However, in June 2020, with National polling poorly, Tolley announced that she would instead retire at the 2020 election. She gave her valedictory statement on 23 July 2020.

Minister of Education: 2008–2011
The National Party formed a government after the 2008 general election and Tolley was appointed Minister of Education, the first woman to hold that position. The key policy introduced during her term was introduction of the National Standards programme that measured children's progress against the curriculum in reading, writing and mathematics, in order to increase schools' accountability. The programme was opposed by many teachers and school principals, some of whom refused to implement the standards. In January 2010, Tolley's responsibilities for tertiary education were reassigned to Steven Joyce, with Prime Minister John Key stating that this would allow Tolley to focus on the implementation of national standards.

In June 2010, Tolley expressed concerns about a Parliamentary Library research paper that was critical of National Standards, calling it "unprofessional", "highly political" and so biased it could have been written by the union opposing the policy. Such papers are required by the Parliamentary Library to be politically neutral. A month later the New Zealand Principals Federation voted to support regional associations which boycotted training for National Standards. Tolley reminded principals that in her view it would be quicker and give better results to contact herself or the Ministry of Education with concerns about the changes, than to speak through the media.

The stand-off between Tolley and teachers was embarrassing for the Government and resulted in Cabinet changes after National was re-elected in November 2011. Hekia Parata was made Education Minister while Tolley was demoted in the Cabinet rankings, becoming Minister of Corrections and Police, succeeding Judith Collins who was promoted to Minister of Justice.

Minister of Police and Minister of Corrections: 2011–2014
In March 2012, one of her first major announcements as the Minister of Corrections was the proposed closure of the old prisons in Wellington and New Plymouth. She also said that a number of older units at Arohata, Rolleston, Rangipo and Waikeria prisons would close. Later that year, the Government awarded a 25-year contract to Serco to build a 960-bed prison at Wiri, South Auckland, at a cost of NZ$900 million. Tolley attended a sod-turning ceremony at the site of the new prison Wiri in September 2012.

In June 2012, Tolley as Police Minister was responsible for crushing the first "boy racer" car under the Vehicle Confiscation and Seizure Act.

Minister of Social Development and Minister for Children: 2014–2017
When National was returned to government after the 2014 general election, Tolley succeeded Paula Bennett as Minister of Social Development. A key achievement during this term was reforming the Child, Youth and Family service within the Ministry of Social Development into a standalone agency, Oranga Tamariki, the Ministry for Children, after a Children's Commissioner report in 2015 found that the government had failed children in state care.

From September to December 2016, Tolley had an additional appointment as Minister for Youth. On 20 December 2016 she became the Minister for Children and the Minister of Local Government and held these roles, along with Minister of Social Development, until the Government was defeated at the 2017 general election.

Along with former state services minister Paula Bennett, Tolley was accused by New Zealand First party leader Winston Peters in 2017 of leaking information about his incorrectly filed superannuation application. Tolley admitted having told her sister of the situation before it was reported by media, but was not found to have alerted media.

Tauranga City Council
On 9 February 2021, the Minister of Local Government appointed a Crown Commission to oversee all of Tauranga City Council's governance responsibilities (with all existing elected members being discharged). Tolley was appointed Commission Chair.

Health
It emerged in 2010 that Tolley had undergone gastric bypass (stomach stapling) surgery in order to lose weight. Tolley joins other current and former New Zealand politicians including Rahui Katene, David Lange, Chester Borrows, Donna Awatere-Huata and Tariana Turia to have had gastric bypass surgery at some point in the past.

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