New zealand

General informantion

New Zealand is an island country in the southwestern of the Pacific Ocean.

The country is subdivided in the northern and the southern Island and has round 700 Little islands
The Maoris are the naitves of the country, they also called New Zealand „Aotearoa“ that means
„long white cloud“.
In New Zealand live 4.445 million people. That is the half of Austria.
The islands are 268 thousend km long and they are three times longer than in Austria.
The main language is English, but they also speak Maori, that is the language of the native
inhabitants.The sign language is also an official language.
The cappital city is Wellington and Auckland is the biggest.
The nationnal Currency is the New Zealand Dollar.
The main religion is the Christian.
The highest point of the islands is Mt. Cook with about 3700 m and the deepest point is -5m.
The goverment is a unitary parliamentary constitutian monarchy.
Elizabeth II is the monarch and Jhon key is the prime menister.
On the left picture you see the Parlament Buiding, in the middle Jhon Key and on the right side
Elisabeth II.

Sport
In the motorsport was Denis Hulme 1967 the Formula 1 world champion 1967.
Bruce McLaren was born in Auckland. He has founded the McLaren Formel 1 Team.
Also football is an interesting sport for New Zealand.
Mens and womans playing in the national team for the world cup.
A very famous player is Wynton Rufer, he played at Werder Bremen in the German Bundesliga.
In Rugby they also have a national team.At the moment the team is the best of the world. They
always wear black clothes, so they are the „All Blacks“.
The roots of the sport are set incompetitions of the forestry workers in the woods of Tasmania. The
company „Stihl“ made the competitions 1985 in USA professional. 2001 would be „Stihl Timberland
Sports Series“ with a national championship introduced. Jason Wynyard from New Zealand won the
world cup on seven times.

Economy
Because many farmers in New Zealand breet sheeps, there are more sheeps than people in New
Zealand.In earlier days this was only for the wool, these days also for the meat.
The cattle is in New Zealand also very important. Now they have about 5,3 mill. dairy cows, 90% of
the dairy products will be exported. So New Zealand is the biggest importer of them in the world.
Also with beef products is New Zealand world wide on the first position.There are about 4 mill. on
the island.
They also have fruits and vegetables in New Zealand. Fruits are macadamia nuts, blueberries, kiwis
and avocados.But kiwis were the favourites before 1980. Now she is only on third position in New
Zealand, because Italy and China they have now more of them.

Other intersting things

Northern Island and Southern Island was till the ice age together. Now is the 23 km wide Cookstreet
between of North and South.
They only have 150 km motorways.The whole road network is about 92 000 km long, but only the
half is asphalted and you have to drive on the LEFT side.
New Zealand have the most airports per capita. In the year 2012 they had 113 airports. Auckland is
the biggest one.
Importent days in New Zealand
The sixth February is the Waitangi Day.
The first Monday in June is the Queens Burthday.
Thefirst Monday in October is the Labour Day.
The twenty-fifth of December is the Christmas Day.
The twenty-sixth of December is the Boxing Day.
Now its very interesting: Is one of the two last days a Saturday or Sunday the day will be celebrated
on Monday or Tuesday.

Sights
The Sky Tower in Auckland.
All of the „lord of the rings“ movies were filmed in New Zealand nearby Wellington.
The films are one of the best who ever shooted in the world. They got 17 „Oscars“ !
Most fans of „Lord of the Rings“ still like the area where the movies produce.
The Mount Cook, the highest mounten iof New Zealand, is 3700m high.He is very common for
climbers and hikers.
With an area of 1.25 million hectares Fiordland National Park is the largest in New Zealand. Feral
animals such as seals and dolphins, steep waterfalls and wild nature with rain forests as well as a
constantly changing climate make a trip unforgettable.
The Sky Tower is an observation and telecommunications tower
It is 328 metres tall, as measured from ground level to the top of the mast, making it the tallest man-
made structure in the Southern Hemisphere. The upper portion of the tower contains two
restaurants and a cafe—including New Zealand's only revolving restaurant, located 190 m (620 ft)
from the ground. He is also very liked by base jumper.

Famous people
There are many famous people born in New Zealsand like the:
The Actor Russell Crowe was born 1964 in Wellington.
The Opera singer Kiri te Kanawa was born 1944 in Gisborne,she is one of the famoust opera singer.
The Regisseur Peter Jackson was born 1961 in Pukerua Bay, he is the producer of „Lord of the rings“.
The Climber Edmund Hillary wasborn 1919 in Auckland,he was the first climber of the Mount
Everest with 33 years.
Laura Dekkerwas born 1995 in Whangurei,she is the youngest girl sailing round the world.