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Day One Tuesday April 17th I arrived at the airport on a very beautiful sunny Melbourne morning Chell came along to have a coffee and to see me off We were sat up in the lounge watching the Tags: New Zealand View |
Those with dairy cows are paying in some cases as much as $21 to $28 per week per head of cattle for grazing Even when you factor in the New Zealand dollar is worth US$ 75 that still makes that $14 00 bale of hay worth $10 50 That better be a big bale of hay Tags: New Zealand View |
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New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island), and numerous smaller islands (Islands of New Zealand), most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands. The indigenous M?ori language name for New Zealand is Aotearoa, commonly translated as The Land of the Long White Cloud. The Realm of New Zealand also includes the Cook Islands and Niue (self-governing but in free association (Associated state)); Tokelau; and the Ross Dependency (New Zealands territorial claim in Antarctica (Territorial claims of Antarctica)).
New Zealand is notable for its geographic isolation: it is situated about 2,000 km (1250 miles) southeast of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and its closest neighbours to the north are New Caledonia, Fiji and Tonga. During its long isolation New Zealand developed a distinctive fauna (Biodiversity of New Zealand) dominated by birds (Birds of New Zealand), a number of which became extinct after the arrival of humans and the mammals they introduced (Invasive species in New Zealand).
The majority of New Zealands population is of European descent (New Zealand European); the indigenous (indigenous peoples of Oceania) M?ori are the largest minority. Asian (Asian people)s and non-M?ori Polynesians are also significant minority groups, especially in urban areas (List of cities in New Zealand). The most commonly spoken language is English (English language).
New Zealand is a developed country that ranks highly in international comparisons on many topics, including education (Education Index), economic freedom (Indices of economic freedom), and lack of corruption (Corruption perceptions index). Its cities also consistently rank among the worlds most liveable.
Elizabeth II, as the Queen of New Zealand (Monarchy in New Zealand), is the countrys head of state and is represented by a Governor-General (Governor-General of New Zealand) who holds reserve powers. The Queen and Governor-General rarely exercise any power without the advice of the Cabinet. Legislative political power is held by the democratically elected (Democracy) Parliament of New Zealand, and executive political power is effectively exercised by the Prime Minister (Prime Minister of New Zealand) and the rest of the Cabinet (New Zealand Cabinet).
Conventional Long Name: New Zealand,''Aotearoa''nbsp2smaller(M?ori (M?ori language))
Common Name: New Zealand
Image Flag: Flag of New Zealand.svg
Image Coat: Coat of Arms of New Zealand.svg
Image Map: New Zealand (orthographic projection) 2.svg
Map Caption: The hemisphere centred on New Zealand
National Anthem: "God Defend New Zealand" ,"God Save the Queen"smallsup1
Capital: Wellington
Latd: 41 latm=17 latNS=S longd=174 longm=27 longEW=E
Largest City: Aucklandsmallsup2
Official Languages: English (New Zealand English) (98%)smallsup3, M?ori (M?ori language) (4.2%)smallsup3,NZ Sign Language (New Zealand Sign Language) (0.6%)smallsup3
Ethnic Groups: 78% European (New Zealand European)/Othersmallsup4,14.6% M?orismallsup4,9.2% Asian (Asian people)smallsup4,6.9% Pacific peoples (Pacific Islander)smallsup4
Demonym: New Zealander (New Zealand people), ,Kiwi (Kiwi (people)) (colloquial)
Established Event1: 1st Parliament (1st New Zealand Parliament)
Established Date1: 25 May 1854smallsup5
Established Event2: Dominion
Established Date2: 26 September 1907smallsup5
Established Event3: Statute of Westminster (Statute of Westminster 1931)
Established Date3: 11 December 1931 (adopted 25 November 1947)
Established Event4: Constitution Act 1986
Established Date4: 13 December 1986
Leader Title1: Monarch (Monarchy of New Zealand)
Leader Name1: HM Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth II)
Leader Title2: Governor-General (Governor-General of New Zealand)
Leader Name2: Sir Anand Satyanand (Anand Satyanand)
Leader Title3: Prime Minister (Prime Minister of New Zealand)
Leader Name3: John Key
Leader Title4: Speaker (Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives)
Leader Name4: Dr Lockwood Smith (Lockwood Smith)
Leader Title5: Chief Justice (Chief Justice of New Zealand)
Leader Name5: Dame Sian Elias (Sian Elias)
Area Rank: 74th
Area Magnitude: 1 E11
Area Km2: 268,021
Area Sq Mi: 103,483
Percent Water: 2.1
Population Estimate: formatnum:#expr: 4348259 + 176.5 * Age in days201013 round 0
Population Estimate Rank: 123rd
Population Census: 4,027,947smallsup6
Population Density Km2: 16.1
Population Density Sq Mi: 41.6
Population Density Rank: 201st
Gdp Ppp: $115.412 billion
Gdp Ppp Per Capita: $26,707
Gdp Nominal: $117.795 billion
Gdp Nominal Per Capita: $27,259
Hdi: increase 0.950
Hdi Rank: 20th
Hdi Category: very high
Gini: 36.2
Gini Category: medium
Currency: New Zealand dollar
Currency Code: NZD
Time Zone: NZST (Time in New Zealand)smallsup7
Utc Offset: +12
Time Zone Dst: NZDT (Time in New Zealand)
Dst Note: (Sep to Apr)
Utc Offset Dst: +13
Date Format: dd/mm/yyyy
Drives On: left
Cctld: .nzsmallsup8
Calling Code: +64
Footnotes: 1 "God Save the Queen" is officially a national anthem but is generally used only on regal and vice-regal occasions. ,2 Auckland is the largest urban area; Auckland City is the largest incorporated city.,3 Percentages add to more than 100% because some people speak more than one language. They exclude unusable responses and those who spoke no language (e.g. too young to talk).,4 Percentages add to more than 100% because some people identify with more than one ethnic group., 5 There is a multitude of dates that could be considered to mark independence (see Independence of New Zealand).,6 Number of people who usually live in New Zealand.,7 The Chatham Islands have a separate time zone, 45 minutes ahead of the rest of New Zealand.,8 The territories of Niue, the Cook Islands and Tokelau have their own cctlds, .nu, .ck and .tk respectively.