New Zealand

NZ's best feature is....of course....AUCKLAND.

New Zealand has an overall population of about 4.5 million, of whom at least 15% are Maori, the indigenous people of New Zealand.

Yes, you can ship semi automatic bb guns to new zealand but not fully automatic ones

Food, love, and shelter.

Maori.

James Cook was not the first to find New Zealand. Abel Tasman discovered it in 1642.

Cook was given orders from the government in England to sail down to the south in search of a 'great southern land' that would balance out the world. That's what they thought at that time.

It is mainly made up of 2 islands, but 3 islands actually SURROUND it.

The last day of February is regarded as the last day of summer in New Zealand, However, New Zealand's climate is a maritime rather than continental one, which means there are not the extremes of weather experienced by locations on or close to continents, and the seasons are not clearly defined. Temperatures over 30 degrees celcius are very unusual, as are temperatures under -4 degrees Celcius.

New Zealand experiences rapid changes in weather frequently, which often confuses tourists and immigrants. In fact it is strange to have more than four days in a row of similar weather. The sayings "Four seasons in one day" and "If you don't like the weather, wait five minutes" are very applicable. New Zealanders don't pack away winter clothes or summer clothes as they may need all of them year round.

The most commonly known lakes named after colours are the Blue and Green lakes in Rotorua. There are also 3 other lesser known blue lakes in Canterbury, Otago, and Tasman.

The blue lake in Rotorua is also known as Lake Tikitapu.

The year 1492 saw the first celebrations of Christmas in the Americas. The celebrations took place on Hispaniola, on what is now the Dominican Republic part of the island. Their location appropriately was called 'La Navidad', which is Spanish for 'the Nativity [of Jesus of Nazareth]'. The event was organized by New World discoverer Cristoforo Colombo [c. 1451-May 20, 1506].

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Maybe 78% or less have uniforms in New Zealand?

New Zealand sits on a fault line, so earthquakes are relatively frequent. The devastating earthquake in February 2011 affected Christchurch and the surrounding Canterbury region at the southern end of the South Island. The epicentre occurred at Lyttelton, a small town on the harbour not far from Christchurch.

New Zealand is smaller than Antarctica by about 40,000 sq. Miles

Yes Zimbabwe is currently bigger than Britain

It is called "God Defend New Zealand" and has a verse in English and a verse in Maori. E Ihowa Atua,

O nga iwi matou ra

Ata whakarongona;

Me aroha noa

Kia hua ko te pai;

Kia tau to atawhai;

Manaakitia mai

Aotearoa God of nations! at Thy feet

In the bonds of love we meet,

Hear our voices, we entreat,

God defend our Free Land.

Guard Pacific's triple star,

From the shafts of strife and war,

Make her praises heard afar,

God defend New Zealand

The leading Test wicket-taker of all time for New Zealand is Richard Hadlee, who, in 86 Test matches, took 431 wickets at an average of 29.64, including an innings best of 9-83.

Yes, the most famous New Zealand animal is the kiwi, which is a bird, and there are many others. thttp://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/native-animals/birds/birds-a-z/

There are also many fascinating reptiles

http://www.reptiles.org.nz/introduction.html

From Taupo to Auckland by road is around 280km (175mi).

Fiji and New Zealand are located at similar longitudes, therefore exists in the same time zone. Both observe UTC+12 standard time and UTC+13 daylight savings time.

However, due to the different starting and ending dates of daylight savings time between the two countries, New Zealand is one hour ahead of Fiji between late September and late October, and between late January and early April.

The average flight time is 22 hours, 56 minutes.

Moa is the Maori name for the large extinct flightless bird.