New Zealand
The longest river is the Waikato on North Island (425 Km), the largest inland stretch of water is Lake
Taupo also on North Island (607 sq Km) and the highest point is Mount Cook on South Island (3754
m). Over 75% of New Zealand is above 200m.
Land use is broken down to about: forested 30% - meadows and pastures 50% - agricultural and
under permanent cultivation 15% . Sheep and cattle graze on the rich farmland around Hamilton and
New Plymouth in North Island and around Dunedin and Invercargill on South Island.
It lies just west of the International Date Line and is among the first into the new millennium.
People :
New Zealand has a population of around 3.65 million.
People from a wide range of European countries have arrived since Captain James Cook to make up
75% of the population while Maori make up about 10%. The Maori first arrived on these shores just
over a 1000 years ago at the close of the last millennium. Today, the Maori have adopted western
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