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basic information flag, anthem, national holidays history Māori culture fauna & flora food interesting things
in Māori language island coutry southwestern Pacific ocean capital – Wellington consists of two islands (Nothern & Southern)
capital : Wellington total area : km 2 (Southern Island : km 2, Nothern Island : km 2 ) population : people largest city : Auckland ethnic groups : european (67%), māori (14%), polynesian (7%) and asian (9%) population density : 14 inhibitants/km 2 official languages : english & māori
form of government : Realm of New Zealand head of state : Elisabeth II. head of government : Sir Jerry Mateparae religion : christianity currency is NZD (New Zealand dollar) realm also includes → Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau, Antarctic (Rosso‘s dependence)
extinct = vyhaslý
o Anthem - "God Defend New Zealand„ (
New Year (1 st and 2 nd January) Waitangi Day (1 st Thursday in February) Easter Monday ANZAC Day (25 th April) Queen‘s birthday (1 st Monday in June) Labor Day (4 th Monday in October) Christmas Day (25 th December) Boxing Day (26 th December)
1000 AD – 1st settlement of Southern Island by Maori 9th – 12th century – arrival od Maori 10th century – discovery by Kupe 1642 – Abel Tasman discovered western parts of Southern island – James Cook plot NZ on maps 1814 – Samuel Marsden brought sheeps, horses and religion to NZ
1820 – 1st european settlements 1840 – Treaty od Waitangi 1852 – GB gave autonomous status by constitutional law 1876 – 4 chairs were created (privilegion to vote) 1907 – NZ is British dominium 1945 – NZ is founding state in UN
one of the most tectonic places on Earth lies on boundary of 2 lithosphere bounds
1 st Māories in 1000 AD original inhabitants of NZ X traditional villages X culture
X old historical sights Māori art Māori tattoo – moko woodcarvers Haka
lots of endemic types none of snakes and poisonous animals kivi, bat, gecko, scinkos, haterii new zealand, chicken takahe, parrot kakapo
originaly only forests and bushes nowadays grasses & swamps beech woods on Southern Island palms and ferns
prepared in ground oven – „hangi“ hole, warmed up stones food in wrapping
spiny lobsters, eels, oysters, fishes, seashells, mussels
national sport is rugby national animal is kivi national color is black number of sheeps on the islands is 40 million The Lord of the Rings was filmed there All Backs (rugby representation) is the most prestigious in the world if you turn map of NZ, you have the second shoe to the pair od Apennine boots
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