New Zealand • New Zealand is a small country, similar in size to Great Britain or Japan. It has a population of about four million inhabitants, it is also a wonderfully uninhabited country. • New Zealand is located in Oceania. • New Zealand is a long and narrow country of rugged terrain consisting of the North Island and the South Island. • It covers an area of 268,838 km2 and 1,600 kilometers in length. THE HISTORY OF NEW ZEALAND • The Maori´s were the first to arrive in New Zealand; They arrived from Hawaii in canoes about 1000 years ago. A Dutchman, Abel Tasman, was the first European to discover the country, but it was the British who included New Zealand in their empire. The end