New Zealand
New Zealand
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About New Zealand
New Zealand is a temperate island nation in the South Pacific Ocean. A modern but sparsely populated country, it boasts natural beauty and a wide range of outdoor activities.
New Zealand’s two big islands (North Island and South Island) show a spectacularly dramatic landscape, famous for its setting for the ‘The Lord of the Rings’ film trilogy. The North Island has dramatic volcanic landscapes and highly active thermal areas, long stretches of beautiful beaches and excellent sailing, ancient indigenous forests and a strong Maori cultural influence. The South Island is dominated by a magnificent spine of mountains, the snow-covered Southern Alps, and the spectacular scenery of the southern waterways of the fjordlands, with glaciers, deep lakes and forests. The highest mountain is Aoraki-Mount Cook with 3,754 m.
New Zealand also offers a huge variety of museums and galleries of the country’s main cities: Auckland and the capital Wellington in the North, and ChristChurch in the south.
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General information
- Capital: Wellington
- Language: English, Maori and New Zealand Signlanguage
- Climate: New Zealand has a temporate climate but can have sharp regional contrasts. Maximum temperatures rarely exceed 30°C or fall much below 0°C.
- Timezone: UTC +12
- Currency: New Zealand dollar (NZD)
- Electricity plugs: i (show)
- No. of inhabitants: 4,035,461 (July 2005 est.)
- Interl. accesscode +64
- Toplevel domain .nz
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A former British colony, the majority of the population is of European descent, with a sizeable indigenous Maori minority and smaller minorities of various Polynesian and other groups. People of New Zealand are tremendously friendly and helpful and nicknamed after their country’s distinct symbol: the amiable kiwi bird.
Religion: Roman Catholic 15%, Protestant 52%, none 33%(1990)
National holiday: Waitangi Day (Treaty of Waitangi established British sovereignty over New Zealand), 6 February (1840)
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