NEW ZEALAND (AOTEAROA)
The main facts Population: 4 million Area: 268,680 sq km Capital: Wellington Largest city: Auckland Government: parliamentary democracy + constitutional monarchy
Wellington – the capital
Volcano Ruapehu
Lake Taupo
Abel Tasman National Park
Mt. Cook (Aoraki)
Auckland Christchurch
History 1642 – Abel Tasman 1840 – Treaty of Waitangi 1907 – Dominion within the British Empire 1947 – full independence
Famous people Sir Edmund Hillary – a mountaineer Sir Peter Jackson – a film director