NEW ZEALAND

General facts

• has two main islands, North and

South which are separated by the
Cook Strait
• its nearest neighbor Australia is
1,600 kilometers away.
• has about 700 smaller islands
• New Zealand's climate varies from
warm subtropical in the far north
to cool temperate climates in the
far south.
 CAPITAL: Wellington
POPULATION: 4,545,627
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES:
English/Maori
MONEY: New Zealand dollar
Māori

• Māori are the indigenous people of New Zealand.

• came from Polynesia between about 1320 and 1350.
• the first contacts between Māori and Europeans
began in the 18th century
• three percent of the total population can speak Māori
to some degree.
 why do New Zealanders call
themselves Kiwis?

J.C. Blomfield cartoon, 1904

• In the early 1900s, cartoonists began using images of the kiwi bird to
represent New Zealand.
• during the First World War, New Zealand soldiers were called "Kiwis"
• it is not considered offensive
 FOOD

fish and marmite meat pie

chips
South Island Takahe Wekа Kakapo

Weta

Nature
 Rotorua
Champagne Lady Knox Geyser
Pool
Waitomo Glowworm
Caves
 NGAURUHOE

Ngauruhoe is the most continuously active of the volcanoes in New Zealand. Height 2,291 m above sea
level.
 White Island

White Island is uninhabite.This is the most

active volcano in the country.