1. NEW ZEALAND (AOTEAROA)

3. The main facts Population: 4 million Area: 268,680 sq km Capital: Wellington Largest city: Auckland Government: parliamentary democracy + constitutional monarchy

5. Wellington – the capital

6. Volcano Ruapehu

7. Lake Taupo

8. Abel Tasman National Park

9. Mt. Cook (Aoraki)

10. Auckland Christchurch

11. History 1642 – Abel Tasman 1840 – Treaty of Waitangi 1907 – Dominion within the British Empire 1947 – full independence

12. Famous people Sir Edmund Hillary – a mountaineer Sir Peter Jackson – a film director