New Zealand
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
population.
The largest cities are: Auckland, Manukau, North Shore, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin,
and Hamilton
.
Arts:
New Zealand art is visual art created in New Zealand or by New Zealanders. It includes traditional
Maori art, which was developed in New Zealand from Polynesian artforms, and more recent forms
which take their inspiration from Maori, European and other traditions.
Maori visual art consists primarily of four forms: carving, tattooing (ta moko), weaving and painting.