New Zealand, презентация

• FULL COUNTRY NAME : New Zealand
• CAPITAL: Wellington
• TOTAL AREA: 269,000 sq.km
• POPULATION: 4,182,000 people
• PEOPLE: 88% Europeans, 125 Maori and Polynesian
• LANGUAGES: English and Maori
• HEAD OF STATE: Queen Elizabeth II represented by Governor-General
• LONGEST RIVER: Waikato (425 km)

• LARGEST LAKE: Taupo (606 km)

• HIGHEST POINT: Mount Cook (3,754 m)
• NATIONAL DAY: Waitangi Day , 6 February ( since 1840)
• NATIONAL SYMBOLS: Kiwi
• NATIONAL ANTHEM: “God Defend New Zealand”

New Zealand is a country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two large islands – the North Island and the South Island – and numerous smaller islands. In Māori, New Zealand has come to be known as Aotearoa, which is usually translated into English as The Land of the Long White Cloud. The Realm of New Zealand also includes the Cook Islands and Niue, which are self-governing but in free association; Tokelau; and the Ross Dependency (New Zealand's territorial claim in Antarctica). Its closest neighbours to the north are New Caledonia, Fiji and Tonga.

Flag and emblem of New Zealand

The kiwi. This flightless bird, about the size of a domestic hen, has an extremely long beak and plumage more like hair than feathers. It has no tail, almost no wings. It weights about 2 kg. The New Zealand dollar is frequently called the KiwiThe dollar coin features a kiwi bird on one side.

Relief of New Zealand is mostly hills and mountains. More than 75 % of the country lies at an altitude of more than 200 m above sea level.

During its long isolation and remoteness from other continents created a unique and largely unique natural world Islands of New Zealand, featuring a particularly large number of endemic, i.e. the local birds. As for the mammals, reptiles and fishes, their number of endemic species is substantially inferior to the birds.

Tuatara

Katipo

The Maori people are the indigenous people of New Zealand. Maoritanga is the native language. It is believed that the Maori migrated from Polynesia in canoes about the 9th century to 13th century AD. The Maoris lived in tribes called ‘iwi’. They lived in villages and were fishermen, hunters and framers. Maori live in all parts of New Zealand, but predominately in the North Island where the climate is warmer.

The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand. The island is 113,729 sq. km in area, making it the world's 14th-largest island. It has a population of 3,148,400. Several important cities are in the North Island: Auckland, and Wellington, the capital. Approximately 76% of New Zealand's population lives in the North Island.

Te Papa Museum

Wellington is the capital of New Zealand, the country's second largest urban area and the most populous national capital in Oceania. The population is about 449,000 people. Wellington is New Zealand's political centre, housing Parliament and the head offices of all government ministries and departments, plus the bulk of the foreign diplomatic missions based in New Zealand.

Wellington Parliament

There are some 70 species of birds found nowhere else in the world, more than a third of them are flightless, and almost a quarter of them nocturnal. Notable New Zealand birds include the Tui, Bellbird, Kiwi, Kakapo, Takahe, and Weka. New Zealand is also home to many seabirds including the Albatross, which has the longest wing span of any bird in the world.Some Moa's reached heights of 15 feet, making them the tallest bird in the world.

Takahe

Moa

Kakapo

Weka

Cabbage Tree

New Zealand is one of the world’s richest bio-diverse flora areas on earth. It is endemic and its extent is enormous. Native trees include Rimu, Totara, Matai, Kahikatea, Rata, Tawa and many species of ferns including some giant tree ferns. Other notable trees include the Cabbage Tree, the Nikau Palm which is New Zealand's only palm tree, and the Giant Kauri, which hold the record for the greatest timber volume of any tree. One of the most noticeable plants is the Pohutukawa which detonates with brilliant red flowers around December.

Rata

Nikau Palm

Pohutukawa

Fern

Interesting facts

1-500 years ago in New Zealand dwelt the world's largest bird Moa. Its growth reached 3.5 meters

2-New Zealand is the last of the populated large areas of land (except for the polar regions, of course)

3- It is in New Zealand has a small mountain with the longest (82 letters) in the world is a geographical name - Тауматауакатангиангакоауауотаматеатурипукакапикимаунгахоронукупокануэнуакитанатаху

4-A popular place for tourists visiting New Zealand - lake Taupo. It was formed by volcanic eruption about 27 000 years ago. This eruption is still considered the most powerful for the last 100,000 years.

5- Another landmark green New Zealand Kauri trees. They reach enormous sizes and live many hundreds of years. The most famous tree in the Kauri called Tanya Махута. In height it is 51 meters, its circumference of 13 meters, and the age is approaching 2,000 years.

Abel Tasman NP

Whanganui NP

Paparoa NP

Mount Aspiring NP