New Zealand

Why I chose to Visit New Zealand I chose to visit New Zealand on my trip as I have

never visited the country and I also love their hot climate of coarse! New Zealand’s is also one of the biggest countries for surfing which is a personal interest of mine. My plan was to work as a life guard or surfing instructor while I’m over there as I am officially qualified to do so now. New Zealand is known for many things including it’s sandy beaches, beautiful scenery, rugby and it’s old tribal culture. On my visit I would love to see the All Blacks play in their home stadium. I would also love to learn more about their pervious tribal cultures.

Fact file Currency : New Zealand Dollar Languages: English Capital: Wellington Largest city: Auckland Religion: Majority Christians, Anglican,

Presbyterian, Roman catholic. Type of government: Unitary

parliamentary constitutional monarchy Population: 4,433,100 Exchange rate: 1 new Zealand dollar:

€0.6335

Culture The Maori are the indigenous Polynesian people

of New Zealand (Aotearoa), this is where most of New Zealand's culture comes from.

The indigenous Maori, brought religion, technology, and the English Language to New Zealand.

The Maori people came from Hawaiki. They arrived in south-western Polynesia in several waves at some time before 1300. The Maori people introduced the haka to New Zealand.

Current The two national days of remembrance

are, Waitangi Day and ANZAC Day New Zealand also celebrates holidays

during or close to the anniversaries of the founding dates of each province.

Many citizens prefer calling themselves New Zealanders or Kiwis.

Politics

The Government of New Zealand is based on the Westminster system of government.

Power in New Zealand is based on the principle that "The Queen reigns, but the government rules, so long as it has the support of the House of Representatives".

The head of government in New Zealand is the Prime Minister. 

Religion

Food The most well known New Zealand dish is

definitely the Pavlova. It is basically like a cross between an angel food cake and a giant meringue and is a Kiwi icon. They are typically topped with whipped cream, kiwifruit or strawberries.

However the most popular savoury dish is either a traditional Maori (the native people of New Zealand) dish, or a colonial one.

Sport Boys aged 5 to 17: 17% Soccer 16% Rugby

union 14% Swimming 8% Cricket 8% Hockey

Girls aged 5 to 17: 17% Swimming 13% Netball

10% Horse riding 8% Tennis 6% Soccer

Men: 26% Golf 15% Cricket 14% Tennis 14% Touch football 11% Rugby union

Women: 11% Netball 10% Tennis 9% Golf 7% Touch football 7% Skiing

Rugby

Objective : to obtain possession of the ball and score as many points as possible by carrying, passing, kicking and grounding the ball.

The Haka

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjVqZkDZrgg

Surfing Top 10 surfing locations :1. Hot Water Beach, Coromandel Peninsula 2. Piha Beach, West Auckland 3. Karekare, West Auckland 4. Kaiteriteri Beach, Nelson 5. Whale Bay, Raglan 6. Mission Bay, Auckland 7. New Chums Beach, Coromandel Peninsula 8. Wainui Beach, Gisborne 9. Ninety Mile Beach, Northland10. Ocean Beach, Mount Maunganui

Dangers while surfing1. Sharks:

2. Rip Currents: are water channels that flow away from the shore. Since these currents lurk in seemingly calm waters, tired or inexperienced swimmers or surfers can be swept away.

Types of Surfing

Surfboarding Longboarding Stand up paddle boarding Body boarding Wave skiing Skim boarding Knee boarding

Capital city - Wellington Wellington is situated at the south-western

tip of the north island of New Zealand. The parliament of New Zealand first met in

wellington on July 7th 1862. The total population of wellington is 179,466 The average temperature in wellington is

15.8 °C Some famous museums include Te Papa,

museum of wellington city & sea.

Wellington CityLocation of Wellington on the map

Te Papa - Wellington

Most famous person from New Zealand Edmund Hillary was the first person to successfully summit Mount Everest in 1953 along with his Partner George.

Places to visit Fiordland National Park

This park is part of the South Westland World Heritage area and is New Zealand's largest national park and one of the largest in the world. The scenery in Fiordland is nothing short of stunning, with deep fiords, steep mountains,raging waterfalls, and lush rain forests.

Places to visit Rotorua

Accessible from New Zealand's biggest city, (Auckland), Rotorua is famous for its volcanic activity. The area is one of the world'sgreat geothermal areas. Geothermal reserves such as Waimangu, Waiotapu and Whakarewarewa are found here. These reserves are situated in beautiful natural surroundings and have spectacular examples of geysers, boiling pools, hot springs, boiling mud, volcanic terraces, fumeroles, and craters. 

Places to visit Westland National Park

This national park is part of the South Westland World Heritage area and is famous for its mountains and two dominant glaciers, Franz Josef and Fox glaciers. They are unique as they are the closest glaciers to the coastline of any in the world outside the polar regions. This means they are not only accessible, but the climate is much warmer compared to other glacial sites in the world.

Main images associated with New Zealand

Kiwi

New Zealand fern