The standard deduction is $8,700 for the 2012 tax year if you file as the head of a household. Filers using the single or married filing separately statuses have a standard deduction of $5,950. If you use your standard deduction, the head of household status lets you avoid taxes on an extra $2,750 of your income.
Nothing but grey. The mountain ranges that form the backbone of New Zealand are made of ancient greywacke, which is being rapidly uplifted and eroded. Boulders in many of the rivers are made almost entirely of this rock. If you identify a grey rock as greywacke, there is a good chance you will be correct. hard rain. New Zealandâs heavy annual rainfall has helped shape the mountains. More than 10,000 millimetres fall on the western side of the Southern Alps, south of Hokitika. Much of the alps, Fiordland and the north-west ranges receive over 3,200 millimetres.
It's widely considered New Zealand's top travel destination. The mountains found on North Island are volcanic in nature, and many remain quite active. On the island's southwestern corner, Mount Taranaki (or Mt. Egmont) rises to 8,261 ft (2,518 m).ith Mount Maunganui guarding the entrance, and nearly 62 miles (100 km) of white sand, the Bay of Plenty is New Zealand's premier beach area. Large areas of temperate rain forests are found along the western shore of South Island, and across much of New Zealand's North Island.