NEW ZEALAND

LUKE DAINES
7TH PERIOD
 TABLE OF CONTENTS
• General Information – Page 3
• Map of New Zealand – Page 4 - 8
• Geography and Climate – 9
• Page Government and Economics – 10
• Page Food and Drink – Page 11
• Values and Beliefs – Page 12
• Family and Education – Page 13
• Customs and Traditions – Page 14
• Scientific Contributions 15-16
• Energy Resources – Page 17
• Interesting Facts – Page 18-20
• Native Animals – Page 21
• Travel Video – Page 22
• References – Page 23
• Thank you – Page 24
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GENERAL INFORMATION ON NEW
ZEALAND
• My country is New Zealand. It is one of the lesser well known countries. It is
home to lots of wildlife. It is also home to one of the most southern trade
ports in the world.
• New Zealand is located southeast of Australia. It used to be a part of the
Australian continent, but is now being debated on whether it should
become its own continent.
• The languages spoken in New Zealand are English(New Zealand), Maori.
• The current population is 4.794 million.
• As you saw on the first slide, there were 6 flags. That is because the country
has decided to change there flag. Voting on the new flag started on
12/05/18. The 6 flags you saw are the candidates.

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MAPS OF NEW ZEALAND
The maps you see on these next pages are the maps
we made in Mr. Hicks class using adobe illustrator.

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Map of
New
Zealand
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Map of
New
Zealand
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Map of
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Zealand
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Map of
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 GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE
• There's a mountain range with their largest mountain being Mount Cook on
the southern island , their largest rivers are Waikato and Wanganui, and there
are multiple glaciers on the southern island.
• The average climate is mild temperatures, moderately high rainfall, and many
hours of sunshine throughout the country.
• Their most populated city in New Zealand is Auckland, their are also large
cities like Queenstown, Christchurch, Dunedin, Wellington and Invercargill.
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Mount
Cook 
GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMICS

• New Zealand has a Constitutional monarchy.

• The current leader is Jacinda Ardern.
• Their largely globalized economy, relies mostly on trade with Australia and
European union.
• Some major exports are Dairy, meat, wool, wood, and machinery.

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FOOD AND DRINK CLICK HERE TO RETURN TO Table of Contents

• Some traditional foods are Hangi, crayfish and kina. Hangi is a traditional food
from New Zealand that varies but is mostly lots of vegetables cooked over a
fire and then put over cooked fish and/or chicken. Kina is raw sea urchin.
• Some traditional drinks are Lemon and Paeroa, Apple cider, mulled cider and
slushy cider. Lemon and Paeroa is a fizzy soft drink manufactured by Coca-
Cola. It is made by mixing lemon juice, sugar and mineral water from the town
of Paeroa.

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kina
VALUES AND BELIEFS CLICK HERE TO RETURN TO Table of Contents

• Some major religions are Catholic, Anglican and Hinduism.

• The majority of people believe that Jesus is the son of god and that their are
saints. They also believe in the existence of the holy trinity.

 A Hindu temple
in New Zealand
FAMILY AND EDUCATION

• The average New Zealand family is nuclear, they feel the

obligation to pass down cultural knowledge. Since there's
a lot of divorce and remarriage there are lots of step-
families and complicated family trees.
• There are 13 grades is the new Zealand school systems.

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• New Year's Day — Monday 1 January
• They celebrate it the same way we do. CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS
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Day after New Year's Day — Tuesday 2 January
• Waitangi Day — Tuesday 6 February
• The equivalent of independence day. As a way of saying hello "kiwis” press
their noses together instead of kissing.
Good Friday — Friday 30 March
• Easter Monday — Monday 2 April
• ANZAC Day — Wednesday 25 April
• The equivalent of veterans day
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• Labor Day — Monday 22 October
• Christmas Day — Tuesday 25 December
• Boxing Day — Wednesday 26 December***
 SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS
• Lord Ernest Rutherford became the first person to split the atom.
• By that point, the Nelson-born godfather of modern atomic physics had already
received a Nobel Prize in Chemistry (in 1908) and was a star scientist at Cambridge,
McGill and Manchester universities.
• His greatest triumphs came in three landmark discoveries, which forever changed
modern science and created the field of nuclear physics.
• In the first, for which he received his Nobel Prize, he conducted a clever experiment
using an airtight glass tube and radioactive radium emanation to prove that alpha
particles are helium ions. ****

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 SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS ( CONTINUED )

• In doing so, Rutherford effectively had, said James Campbell in the Dictionary
of New Zealand Biographies, "unraveled the mysteries of radioactivity,
showing that some heavy atoms spontaneously decay into slightly lighter, and
chemically different, atoms".
• "This discovery of the natural transmutation of elements first brought him to
world attention."”****
• New Zealand's most famous scientist is Lord Ernest Rutherford. He was
famous for being the first scientist to split the atom

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ENERGY RESOURCES

• New Zealand has the third highest rate of renewable energy.

• 40 percent of new Zealand's energy comes from renewable resources

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INTERESTING FACTS
• Notable New Zealand filmmakers include ‘The Piano’ director Jane Campion and Peter
Jackson, who made King Kong and the ‘Lord of the Rings’ trilogy.
• The most popular New Zealand films include ‘Once were Warriors’, ‘The Whale Rider’,
‘The Piano’ and the ‘Lord of the Rings’ trilogy.
• Here’s a really good reason to visit New Zealand – there are no snakes in the country!
• There are also no nuclear power stations in New Zealand.
• The Maori name for New Zealand is ‘Aotearoa’. It means “the land of the long white
cloud”.
• Another great reason to live in New Zealand if you love surfing and other watersports is
that nowhere in New Zealand is more than 120 km from the coast. ******

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 INTERESTING FACTS ( CONTINUED )
• New Zealanders love their cars! 2.5 million cars for 4 million people (including the kids)
makes New Zealand’s car ownership rate one of the highest in the world.
• Although it is around the size of Japan, New Zealand’s population is just over four million,
making it one of the world’s least populated countries. (above)
• In 1893, New Zealand became the first country to give women the right to vote. Sir Edmund Hillary

• Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to climb Mount Everest in 1953, was a New Zealander.
• It’s no wonder New Zealanders have always been ahead with regards to things like inventions
and politics…. New Zealand is after all the very first country to greet each new day!
• While Rugby remains the most popular spectator sport in New Zealand, golf is the most
popular participation sport, with more golf courses in New Zealand per capita of population,
than any other country in the world. ******

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INTERESTING FACTS ( YES. THERE
ARE MORE )
• New Zealand has won more Olympic gold medals per capita, than any other country.
• The Hector’s Dolphin, the world’s smallest marine dolphin, which grows to a maximum
length of 1.5 meters, is found nowhere else in the world but in New Zealand waters.
• New Zealand is also home to the world’s only flightless parrot, the Kakapo.
• Dairy farmers produce a whopping 100 kg of butter and 65 kg of cheese each year, for each
person who lives in New Zealand!
• Auckland also has the largest number of boats per capita than any other city in the world.
• New Zealand won the first ever Rugby World Cup, held in 1987.
• The world’s first commercial bungee jump was a 43 meter leap off the Kawarau Bridge in
Queenstown in 1988. ******

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 NATIVE ANIMALS

• Some unusual or interesting animals are the Chevron Skink, Hector's Dolphin and Kiwi.
• There were not any animals from my country at the zoo but there were lots of animals from Australia
which is a neighbor of my country. Their were jellyfish from Australia, there were also kangaroos.

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VIDEO VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND

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https://www.newzealandnow.govt.nz
http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-CocVege-t1-body1-d1-d4-d2.html

https://www.tourism.org.nz/climate.html

https://www.govt.nz/browse/engaging-with-government/government-in-new-zealand/

https://www.backpackerguide.nz/new-zealand-food/

https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/new-zealand-culture/new-zealand-culture-family

https://www.newzealandnow.govt.nz/living-in-nz/settling-in/customs-communication

http://www.energymix.co.nz/our-consumption/new-zealands-consumption/

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https://www.govt.nz/browse/work/public-holidays-and-work/public-holidays-and-anniversary-dates/

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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11830407

***** https://www.1stcontact.com/blog/20-interesting-facts-about-new-zealand
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