and named after the first mayor Highly mountainous with lots of rivers and lakes 14,000 earthquakes a year, many floods and tsunamis CLIMATE Reversed seasons compared to Europe Oceanic climate POPULATIO N SYMBOLS 4,836,520 People Bird Kiwi 74.0% European Plant Silver fern 14.9% Mori Flower - Kowhai 11.8% Asian 7.4% Pacific peoples 1.2% Middle Eastern/Latin Americans/African 1.7% Other GOVERNME NT Constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy Elizabeth II is the Queen of New Zealand and the head of state Currency is New Zealand Dollar NZD LANGUAGES New Zealand English Te Reo Maori New Zealand Sign HISTORY Ancestors of Mori, arrived from Polynesia between 1200 and 1300 AD In 1642, a Dutch Explorer Abel Tasman, was the first European to discover New Zealand In 1769, Captain James Cook reached the islands. The first European to land on them
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