18 beaches, 60 Georges and 50 queens...
New Zealand adopts postcodes.... det var på tiden!
New Zealand is catching up with the postcode — several decades after the system was introduced in most other Western countries.
'If you talk to the average person on the street in New Zealand and ask what a postcode is, they wouldn’t have a clue,' Richard MacLean, of New Zealand Post, said. Sorting has been largely based on street addresses. 'We got by quite well for the most part of the 20th century,' Mr MacLean added.
The new system is partly a response to population growth and to the increase, in cities, of apartment developments, which sometimes duplicate street names. It is also intended to overcome mix-ups caused by the popularity in New Zealand of beaches and royalty - there are no fewer than 18 Beach Roads in Auckland, and the country has 60 George Streets and 50 Queen Streets.
Every household is being given an information sheet about the postcode system.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2205586,00.html
2 comments:
Det ar ganska konstigt, nar jag gick i Hanken var dar en kille som hade varit med och gjort de finska postkoderna. Nar jag sedan flytrtade till Paris hade jag en arbetskamrat som varit med och gjort de franska postkoderna. Men var inte radd, jag tror inte jag kommer att flytta till NZ for att lara kanna nagon som haller pa med era postkoder.
By George!
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