New Zealand
About
Capital-Wellington
Largest city-Auckland
Government-Unitary parliamentary constitutional
monarchy
• Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II
• Governor-general - Jerry Mateparae
• Prime minister - John Key
About
Area-268,021 km2
Population-4,509,461 ( January 2014 )
Anthem-"God Defend New Zealand„
New Zealanders are calling their country Aotearoa.
History
o Māori were the first to arrive in New Zealand, journeying
in canoes from Hawaiki about 1,000 years ago.
A Dutchman, Abel Tasman, was the first European to
sight the country
In 1840, the Treaty of Waitangi was signed, an
agreement between the British Crown and Maori
Nature
New Zealand is made up of two main islands and a
number of smaller islands
The South Island is the largest landmass of New Zealand
New Zealand has a mild and temperate maritime climate
with mean annual temperatures ranging from 10 °C in
the south to 16 °C in the north.