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Lucie Syrová
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* Basic facts * Flag & the Government * Landscape * Historical facts * Inhabitants
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* island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean * Aotearoa – land of the long white cloud * 4.2 mil inhabitants * 39 mil sheep (2007) * Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch * wool, wine
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* blue ensign with the Union Flag + four stars (the Southern Cross) * constitutional monarchy * head of the state – Queen Elizabeth II * represented by the Governor General * parliamentary democracy, Prime Minister * Commonwealth of Nations
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* the South and North Islands, a number of smaller islands * the Southern Alps – Mount Cook (3,754 m) * Fiordland – fiords, glaciers * the North Island – volcanoes * rolling pastures * unique species of animals, fungi and plants
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* first settled by Eastern Polynesians between 1250 and 1300 * 1642 – first Europeans = Dutch explorer Abel Tasman * 1769 – James Cook mapped almost the entire coastline * 1840 – the Treaty of Waitangi * 1893 – all women granted the right to vote * 1907 – self-governing dominion within the British Empire
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* young population * the Kiwis * European descendants * the Māori - the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand * haka, tattoo * the All Blacks * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKnNv2vWHyY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKnNv2vWHyY
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* New Zealand. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-10- 30]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_zealandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_zealand * Haka. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-10-30]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haka * Treaty of Waitangi. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-10-30]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Treaty_of_Waitangi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Treaty_of_Waitangi
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* NZ fern flag. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-10-30]. Dostupné z: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NZ_fern_flag.svg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NZ_fern_flag.svg * Flag of New Zealand. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-10-30]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg * AIRCORN. New Zealand Cities. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013- 10-30]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:New_Zealand_Cities.PNG http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:New_Zealand_Cities.PNG * Haka performed during US Defense Secretary's visit to New Zealand. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-10-30]. Dostupné z: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haka_performed_during_U S_Defense_Secretary%27s_visit_to_New_Zealand_%281%29.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haka_performed_during_U S_Defense_Secretary%27s_visit_to_New_Zealand_%281%29.jpg * MAUNGATAUTARI ECOLOGICAL ISLAND TRUST. TeTuatahianui. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-10-30]. Dostupné z: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TeTuatahianui.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TeTuatahianui.jpg
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