3. In 1642, Abel Tasman was the first European to explore New Zealand. In 1789, James Cook arrived and explored the coastline and claimed it. 4. Maoris gave up the sovereignty of New Zealand to Britain by the Waitangi Treaty in 1840. 5. Maori language and culture: Maori culture has greatly changed over the years and has become to resemble the "Pakeha" culture. Maori language is one of the official languages of New Zealand. It is also taught in preschools and in Maori schools. 6. New Zealand's plant and animal life is rather different from other countries as it was isolated from the rest of the world. It has a unique wildlife. The national bird is the Kiwi bird. 7. The political system of New Zealand: Head of state is the British monarch (represented by the Governor General). Single chamber Parliament the House of Representatives. Labour Party and National Party two major parties.
ficulties in social comfort and adjustment throughout adulthood. In an attempt to reverse the pattern, O'Connor made a film containing 11 different scenes in a nursery-school setting. Each scene began by showing a different solitary child watching some social activity and then actively participating, to everyone's en- joyment. O'Connor selected a group of the most severely withdrawn children from four preschools and showed them this film. The impact was impressive. After watching the film, the isolates immediately began to interact with their peers at a level equal to that of the normal children in the schools. Even more astonishing was what O'Connor found when he returned to the schools six weeks later to observe. While the withdrawn children who had not seen O'Connor's film remained as isolated as ever, those who had viewed it were now leading their
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