NEW ZEALAND

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New Zealand Facts - Overview

Population: 4.2 million

Capital: Wellington

Major languages: English, Maori

Major religion: Christianity

Life expectancy: 76 years (men), 81 years (women)

Monetary unit: 1 New Zealand dollar ($NZ) = 100 cents

Main exports: Wool, food and dairy products, wood and

paper products

Internet domain: .nz

International dialling code: +64

MORE Highest point: Mount Cook (3,754 m or 12313 ft.)

Deepest lake: Lake Hauroko (462 m 1515 ft.)

Largest lake: Lake Taupo (606 km or 234 miles)

Longest river: Waikato River (425 km or 264 miles long)

Largest glacier: Tasman Glacier (29 km or 18 miles long)

Deepest cave: Nettlebed, Mount Arthur (889 m or 2916 ft.)

Length of coastline: 15,811 km (9824 miles)

Biggest city: Auckland ( 1.2 million people)

LANGUAGE

The official language are Maori and

English. Because they were slaves

and had to learn sow they cod do

and understand what they sed.

THE POLITICAL SYSTEM AND

GOVERNMENT.

New Zealand is a parliamentary democracy led

by a prime minister. The British monarch is

head of state but has no real influence.

Wellington is the capital – the southernmost

national capital in the world.

In 1893 New Zealand became the first country

to give women the same voting rights as men.

HISTORYJames Cook was the first one to explore both

islands.

The relation ship whit Britain is after the

colonies. No they are member of the

commonest of nations.

The Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840,

giving sovereignty of New Zealand to Britain.

The Maori are the

indigenous people of New

Zealand. New Zealand is

one of the last areas of the

Earth settled by humans.

The Maori came first, from

Polynesia, between 800-

1300 AD. The first

Europeans were Abel

Tasman (1642) and Captain

James Cook (1769).

POPULATION

80% are of European-

mainly British and Irish –

descent. The rest of the

populations made up of

Maoris (8%), Asians

(6%). About 80% of the

population lives in

cities.

MAORIS

INDIGENOUS CULTURE

The Māori people are the indigenous people of

Aotearoa (New Zealand) and first arrived here in waka

hourua (voyaging canoes) from their ancestral

homeland of Hawaiki over 1000 years ago. Today, Māori

make up over 14 percent of the population. Their

language and culture has a major impact on all facets of

New Zealand life.

RICH AND VARIED

Māori culture is a rich and varied one, and includes traditional

and contemporary arts. Traditional arts such as carving,

weaving, kapa haka (group performance), whaikorero (oratory)

and moko (tattoo) are practised throughout the country.

Practitioners following in the footsteps of their tipuna

(ancestors) replicate the techniques used hundreds of years

ago, yet also develop exciting new techniques and forms. Today

Māori culture also includes art, film, television, poetry, theatre,

and hip-hop.

STORIES AND LEGENDS

Māori is an oral culture rich with stories and

legends. The Māori creation story describes the world

being formed by the violent separation of Ranginui,

the Sky Father, and Papatuanuku, the Earth Mother,

by their children. Many Māori carvings and artworks

graphically depict this struggle.

FISHING UP AN ISLAND

The creation of New Zealand is described by the legend of Maui.

This god managed, among other things, to harness the sun in order

to make the days longer. However, his biggest claim to fame was

his fishing up of the North Island, which is described as Te Ika a

Maui (the fish of Maui). A look at an aerial map of the North Island

will show how closely it resembles a fish. Māori believe the far

north to be the tail of the fish and Wellington Harbour the mouth.

Māori describe the South Island as Maui’s waka (canoe) and

Stewart Island (Rakiura) as his punga (anchor).

SOUTH AND NORTH

New Zealand consist of two main islands

called the North and South Islands. There also

a number of smaller islands.

It is the largest

island, and is divided

along its length by the

Southern Alps. There

are 18 peaks of more

than 3000 meters in

the South Island.

It is less

mountainous than the

South. The tallest

North Island

mountain, Mount

Ruapehu (2797 m), is

an active cone

volcano.

South Island North Island

MONEY

Like most other highly developed countries,

New Zealand has an economy in which the

service sector is most important.

Manufacturing comes next, and then farming

(especially sheep farming) and mining. clik on

the star to see more about their money.

SPORT

Cricket and rugby are important sports. The

national rugby team is called All Blacks. And in

the mountain's you can go skiing.

FAMEThe lord of the rings films were made in New

Zealand’s beautiful Scenery.

All Blacks. Rugby team.

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