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    New Zealand is an island country located east of Australia. It has a population of around 5 million people and was one of the last major landmasses settled by humans. The indigenous Maori people first arrived in the 13th century, and British colonization began in the 1840s. Notable geographical features include the Southern Alps mountain range and many volcanoes and hot springs. Popular activities include rugby, sailing, and enjoying the scenic outdoors landscape.

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    New Zealand is an island country located east of Australia. It has a population of around 5 million people and was one of the last major landmasses settled by humans. The indigenous Maori people first arrived in the 13th century, and British colonization began in the 1840s. Notable geographical features include the Southern Alps mountain range and many volcanoes and hot springs. Popular activities include rugby, sailing, and enjoying the scenic outdoors landscape.

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    New Zealand is an island country located east of Australia. It has a population of around 5 million people and was one of the last major landmasses settled by humans. The indigenous Maori people first arrived in the 13th century, and British colonization began in the 1840s. Notable geographical features include the Southern Alps mountain range and many volcanoes and hot springs. Popular activities include rugby, sailing, and enjoying the scenic outdoors landscape.

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    New Zealand is an island country located east of Australia. It has a population of around 5 million people and was one of the last major landmasses settled by humans. The indigenous Maori people first arrived in the 13th century, and British colonization began in the 1840s. Notable geographical features include the Southern Alps mountain range and many volcanoes and hot springs. Popular activities include rugby, sailing, and enjoying the scenic outdoors landscape.

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    MATURITA CARD NEW ZEALAND
    Overview includes New Zealand’s highest peak, Aoraki /
    New Zealand is an island nation in the southwestern Mount Cook, which is 3,754 metres high. The South
    Pacific Ocean, some 2,000 km from Australia and Island is much colder than the North Island and
    with a population of about 5 million. About 70% of snow and glaciers are found in the mountain ranges.
    New Zealanders are wholly or partly of European Although it is larger than the North Island, it has only
    descent, 16% are wholly or partly Maori, 15% Asian one quarter of the country’s population. Nowhere in
    and 8% Pacific Islander. The Maori name for New New Zealand is more than 128km from the ocean.
    Zealand is Aotearoa, which is commonly translated
    as “land of the long white cloud”. English, Maori and New Zealand’s fauna
    New Zealand Sign Language are the official languages. Because of New Zealand’s geographical isolation,
    unique species have developed there. The most
    History of New Zealand widely known are flightless birds such as
    New Zealand was the last major island on earth the kiwi, which is the symbol of the country, and
    to be inhabited. Polynesians first settled there in the kakapo, the world’s only flightless parrot.
    the 13th century and developed the Maori tribal There are also a lot of sheep: about 25 million.
    culture. The first European arrival was the Dutch Unlike Australia, New Zealand does not have
    navigator Abel Tasman in 1642, though he was dangerous and venomous animals.
    unable to land due to Maori attacks. The first
    European to land and map the country was James Major cities & places to visit
    Cook in 1769. The late 18th century saw increasing The North Island has two of the country’s most
    visits by whalers and sealers from Britain, France important cities: Auckland in the north and
    and the USA. New Zealand became a British colony Wellington in the south. Wellington is the country’s
    in 1840 after Maori chiefs and British officials capital, and the parliament of New Zealand is located
    signed an agreement called the Treaty of Waitangi. here. Auckland is New Zealand’s largest city. It has
    This guaranteed Maori rights, and though it was about 1.6 million people, almost 30% of the country’s
    often broken, it is still seen as New Zealand’s population. It is the economic centre of New Zealand
    founding document. In 1907, New Zealand gained and is called “the City of Sails” because so many
    dominion status, so it was no longer a colony of people have sailing boats there. Christchurch is
    Britain, and in 1947 it gained full independence. the largest city on the South Island. Other famous
    New Zealand was the first country in the world to places include Milford Sound, a beautiful fiord
    give women the right to vote, in 1893. surrounded by mountains, and Rotorua, where you
    can see volcanic activity, mud pools and steam lakes.
    New Zealand’s government
    New Zealand is a part of the British Commonwealth. Famous people
    It is a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary The Flight of the Conchords is a musical comedy
    democracy. The symbolic head of state is duo; Lorde is a pop singer. Actors Russell Crowe,
    the monarch of the United Kingdom, represented Sam Neill and Lucy Lawless (the actress who played
    by the governor general. The head of government Xena) come from New Zealand. Peter Jackson is
    is the prime minister. The New Zealand parliament a famous director who made The Lord of the Rings
    has only one house, the House of Representatives. trilogy; Jane Campion is a critically acclaimed
    director of films like The Piano and Bright Star.
    Geography of New Zealand Edmund Hillary was a mountaineer and (with
    New Zealand consists of two main islands and Tenzing Norgay) the first to climb Mount Everest.
    several small islands. It has a wide variety of
    landscapes, from mountains to beaches to farmland, Sports and pastimes
    and gets a lot of earthquakes. The North Island has Rugby is the most popular sport. New Zealand is one
    a sub-tropical climate, which means that there are of the top rugby nations, and the All Blacks team
    warm to hot summers and mild winters. The island is known around the world. The players perform
    has a lot of volcanic activity: there are volcanoes, a traditional Maori dance, called the haka, before
    hot mud springs and hot water springs. The South every game. Other popular sports include cricket,
    Island is much more mountainous. The Southern netball, basketball, tennis and sailing. New Zealand
    Alps run through the middle. This mountain range is well-known for its relaxed, outdoor lifestyle.

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