from renewable energy sources. The leading manufacturing sectors are food processing, metal fabrication, wood and paper products. Natural resources: natural gas, iron ore, sand, coal, timber, hydropower, gold, limestone Government & economy: New Zealand is a constitutional monarchy with a parlamentary democracy. The House of Representatives - with 120 members an 5 seats for Maoris. Queen Elizabeth is Queen of New Zealand and is represented as head of state by the Governorgeneral. Free education and medical healthcare for children and adult alike are part of the Goverment social platforms. Economy has traditionally been based on exports. Biggest cities: Although agriculture is important to the New Zealand economy, most New Zealanders live in cities. Of our 3.65 million population almost three quarters live in urban areas. Auckland is the largest city while Wellington is the country's capital city. Greater Auckland contains almost one quarter of the country's
Today Australia has a global, nondiscriminatory policy and is home to people from more than 200 countries. 15 . Government The Commonwealth of Australia is a constitutional monarchy and has a parliamentary system of government. Queen Elizabeth II is the Queen of Australia, a role that is distinct from her position as monarch of the other Commonwealth Realms. The Queen is nominally represented by the GovernorGeneral at Federal level and by the Governors at State level. The federal parliament of Australia is democratically elected by all Australian citizens. Voting is compulsory at elections, and citizens who d not vote are fined. Voting is carried out at polling booths set up around the nation. Often in local schools and community halls and ballot papers are completed in special little enclosed booths to ensure privacy
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