New

Zealand
Carolina Sousa, nº3
Inês Fonseca,nº6
Maria Eduarda, nº13
 HELLO!
We are going to talk about New Zealand…

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 Index
LOCATION
GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES
WHY IS ENGLISH THEIR OFFICAL LANGUAGE
IMPORTANT HISTORICAL MOMENTES
FOOD
FESTIVITIES
HABITS
TRADITIONS
CONCLUSION

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 1.LOCATION
Where is New Zealand located?
Where is New
Zealand located?
Is a group of islands to the southeast of Australia.
Divided into 16 regions and two main islands
separated by the Cook Strait - the North Island (Te
Ika-a-Māui) and the South Island (Te Waipounamu)
It is home to around 4.5 million people.

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 2.
Geographical features
 Geographical Features

➢ Recurrent volcanic and seismic activities;

➢ the highest point in the country is Mount Cook at 3724 m;

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 Geographical Features

➢ capital: Wellington;
➢ temperate oceanic (its annual average temperatures range from
26º in summer to 8º in winter);

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 Geographical Features

➢ constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy;

➢ currency: New Zealand Dollar;
➢ languages: English and Maori.

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 3.
Why is English their
official language?
 Why is English their official language?

Maori
is an Austronesian language,
spoken by the Maori people,
who are the native people of
New Zealand
English
was established in New Zealand
by colonists during the 19th
century. It is one of "the newest
native-speaker varieties of the
English language in existence. It
is spoken by over 96% of the
population.

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 4.
Important historical
moments
Important historical moments

This country was famous for the

bravery of its indigenous people,
who, for years, prevented the
establishment of European
colonizers.

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This a collection of conflicts
between European settlers and
Maori who wanted to protect
their territories. Most of the
casualties during the New
Zealand Wars were Maori.
Timeline
Troops from New
One in four New Zealand men Zealand served with
between the ages of 20 and 45 who UN forces in the 1950-
were sent to battle were either 53 Korean War.
killed or wounded.

1845 1872 1914 1947 1950

New Zealand World War I New Zealand Korean war

wars gained full
independence

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 5.
Food
New Zealand's position in the world provides the right ingredients to grow a wide variety of healthy
produce..

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Food in New Zealand

➢ local ingredients and seasonal

variations.
➢ An island nation with a
primarily agricultural
economy, New Zealand
yields produce from land and
sea.

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 Food in New Zealand

 Diverse British-based cuisine, with

Mediterranean and Pacific Rim
influences;
 historical influences came from British
cuisine and Māori culture;
 new cuisines such as New American
cuisine, Southeast Asian, East Asian,
and South Asian have become popular
British cuisine
over the years.

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A 'national dish' is probably a lamb
roast with roast vegetables and mint
sauce or gravy.

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 6.
Festivities
New Zealand plays host to some of the amazing music, food, cultural
and vintage festivals throughout the year.

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WOMAD
➢ Internationally established
festival;
➢ celebrates the world’s many
forms of music, arts and
dance;
➢ aim: excite, inform, and
create awareness.

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Homegrown
➢ Probably one of the longest-
running and popular music
festivals;
➢ 5 stages and about 50 bands
rocking the stages each year;
➢ ultimate festival to check
local Kiwi.

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Hokitika Wildfoods
Festival
➢ Aim: expose your palate to
something new;
➢ marinated tuna, whitebait patties,
a traditional Maori hangi and
various international cuisines.
➢ Feral Fashion Competition, After
Party and music performances

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 7.
Habits
 Habtits in New Zealand

➢ In New Zealand they ➢ Maori people greet ➢ they use a special and
drive on the left side each other with a artistic weaving
“hongi”, in which technique (a fiber
two people touch called "harakeke",
their noses and nicknamed "New
foreheads. Zealand linen“).

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 Habtits in New Zealand

➢ Whakairo is a wood carving ➢ Maori have tattoos meaning

technique that can tell "the whakapapa", which
stories. would be the person's
ancestry, representing their
entire history.

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 8.
Traditions
 New Zealand has several traditions, each one more unique than the other.
A combination of European-based and Māori culture, New Zealand is a misture of
compelling traditions. Here are the most known ones:

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The Hangi
➢ A big pit which is filled with
stones and then heated up by a
large fire;
➢ the meat or fish called kumera are
placed into the earth oven,
wrapped in leaves. Mud is used to
cover the food up;
➢ three to seven hours to cook,
during which people gather around
for a drink or a chat
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The Haka

➢ Is a traditional Māori war

dance;
➢ traditionally performed to
induce fear and declare the
Māori warrior strength.

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 THANKS!
This was our presentation about New Zealand. Thank you for your
attention and we hope you enjoyed it.

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