LOCATION

New Zealand is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The country geographically comprises two main landmasses – that of the North Island, or Te Ika-a-Māui, and the South Island, or Te Waipounamu and numerous smaller islands .

CLIMATE

New Zealand has a mild and temperate maritime climate with mean annual temperatures ranging from 10 °C (50 °F) in the south to 16 °C (61 °F) in the north

DEMOGRAPHYThe population of New Zealand is approximately 4.5 million. New Zealand is a predominantly urban country. New Zealand cities generally rank highly on international livability measures.

NATURAL PARKS

Fiordland National Park occupies the southwest corner of the South Island of New Zealand. It is the largest of the 14 national parks in New Zealand, with an area of 12,500 km².

Fiordland National Park

Abel Tasman National Park

It is named after Abel Tasman, who in 1642 became the first European explorer to sight New Zealand. Covering an area of only 225.3 km2 , the park is the smallest of New Zealand's national parks

Waitomo Caves

These Caves are believed to be over two million years old.

Tarawera Falls

Tarawera Falls is a 35 m high waterfall on the Tarawera River in the Bay of Plenty region in New Zealand's North Island.

RELIGION

Graph shows the situation of religions in New Zealand

TYPICAL PLANTS •Akeake

•Mingimingi

•Toatoa

TYPICAL ANIMALS Kiwi

Tuatara

Weta

IMPORTANT CITIES

• Auckland• Manukau• Christchurch• Hamilton• Wellington

ALL BLACKS

The All Blacks is the official representative of rugby of New Zealand. It is one of the major myths in the world of the above mentioned sport and certainly also in the own New Zealand, where the rugby is considered to be a national sport.

FAMOUS PEOPLE• Sir Edmund Hillary

Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, Hillary became the first climber confirmed as having reached the summit of Mount Everest.

• Sir Peter Blake

Sir Peter James Blake, (1 October 1948 – 5 December 2001) was a New Zealand yachtsman who won the 1989–90 Whitbread Round the World Race.

• Dame Kiri te Kanawa

Dame Kiri Janette Te Kanawa (was born 6 March 1944) is a New Zealand/Māori soprano who has had a highly successful international opera career since 1968.

OFFICIAL LANGUAGES

The offical languages of New Zealand are:• Maori• Language of signs• English 92%

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EnglishMaoriLanguage of sings

MaoriMaori – native people of NZ

They have a different culture to most Europeans

Hongi (Maori way of greeting)

Moko – (face tattoo)This was given to Maoris with high rank or status

Differences continued…

The Hangi……traditional way Maori’s cook food

The food is cooked by steam

Hangi’s can be very large so they can feed many people