Transcript Discovering New Zealand

Discovering
New
Zealand
Some interesting facts about
New Zealand.
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New Zealand gained it's independence from Great Britain in
1907.
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Capital: Wellington - the southern most capital in the world
- aka: 'The Windy City'.
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Area: total: 268,021 sq km - similar in size to England and
Japan.
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Currency: New Zealand Dollar. Incidentally, do not New
Zealand dollars of paper, but of a very thin plastic
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Official Languages: English and Te Reo Maori.
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National holiday: Waitangi Day - 6 February - the day that
the Treaty of Waitangi established British sovereignty over
New Zealand in 1840.
The national flag of New
Zealand:
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New Zealand, before European
arrival, had no predatory animals.
Thus, it was like a heaven for birds,
many of them flightless.
A kiwi is not a fruit – it is New
Zealand’s native flightless bird and a
slang term for a New Zealander.
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The population is mainly of European
descent but the indigenous Maori and their
culture is prevalent through out much of
New Zealand society.
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A nation that loves sport and
outdoors New Zealanders activities,
New Zealand can pride itself on
having accomplished much in many
fields as a small nation during it's
relatively short history.
love their cars! 2.5 million cars for 4
million people (including the kids)
makes New Zealand’s car ownership
rate one of the highest in the world.
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New Zealand’s geography includes
spectacular landscapes incorporating the
vast mountain chain of the Southern Alps
(larger than the French, Austrian and Swiss
Alps combined), the volcano region of the
North Island, fiords, glaciers, lakes,
rainforests and extensive grassy plains.
New Zealand’s geography.
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Rugby union is the most popular sport
in New Zealand. Other popular sports
are netball, cricket, bowls, soccer
(football), golf, swimming, tennis and
rugby league.
In the photo, the New Zealand players
perform the National Dance Maori.
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As elsewhere in the world, Christmas and
New Year's week is for New Zealanders
favorite time of the year, helped by the fact
that the winter is traditionally accounted for
the majority of the holidays here at the
height of summer, and thus - in the time of
the holidays.
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Arriving in New Zealand, you can not
smoke in public places. Either in
shopping malls or anywhere else.
Smoking only in specially equipped
areas, such is, in most offices.
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Here’s a really good reason to visit
New Zealand – there are no snakes in
the country!
In New Zealand, one of the most
flexible strategies for the media. In
this country, there is little censorship,
and everyone writes what he wants,
not in theory but in practice.
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New Zealand practically everyone
uses a credit card, not working with
cash. Cash can be found here very
rarely. Even in the taxi has to pay for
the terminals "plastic."
In the end:
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New Zealand was the first country to
give women the right to vote (1893).
About 80% of the population lives in
cities.
New Zealand has won more Olympic
gold medals, per capita, than any
other country.
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A New Zealander, Sir Edmund Hillary,
was the first person to climb Mount
Everest with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay
in 1953.
New Zealand invented bungee jumping.