New Zealand
New Zealand
English speaking countries
Where?
o It is in the southwestern Pacific Ocean
o Next to the Australia
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
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