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1、AotearoaTheNewZealandFlagNewZealandsflagisalmostthesameastheAustraliaflag.Whatisdifferent?TheMaoriFlagWhoaretheMaori?SimpleFactsNAMES:NewZealandorAotearoaCAPITAL:WellingtonTOTALAREA:270,534sq.kmPOPULATION:4.14millionpeopleHEADOFSTATE:QueenElizabethIIrepresentedbyGovernor-GeneralFORMOFG
2、OVERNMENT:ConstitutionalMonarchyMAINISLANDS:NorthIsland,SouthIslandTOTALNUMBEROFISLANDS:33CLIMATE:Mild,nottoohotandnottoocold!NATURALRESOURCES:AgricultureandHorticultureMONEY:basicunit–NewZealanddollarNativePeople:TheMaoriTWONATIONALANTHEMS!NewZealandABriefHistoryThefirstpeopletosettleN
3、ewZealandweretheMaoripeople,about1000yearsago.Theycamefromthreedifferentcontinents!Itwasonlyabout500yearslaterthataEuropeannamedAbelJanszoonTasman,in1642,first“discovered”it.Hedidn’tdiscovermuchbecausetheMaoripeopleattackedhisboatsbeforetheylanded,killingseveralofhiscrew.Itwasn’t
4、until1769thatCaptainJamesCook“rediscovered”itandbegantradingwithMaori.WithinAFewYears…ShipsfromEuropebegantradingregularlywiththeMaori.40%oftheMaoripeoplediedduetothegunsanddiseasesEuropeansbrought.SettlersfromEuropebegantakinglandfromtheMaoripeople.In1840,GreatBritainsignedtheTreaty
5、ofWaitangiwiththeMaorileaders.ThistreatygaveNewZealandtotheBritish.4,296,75640,000,000BullerGorgeMatamataPopulation–389700Island–NorthKnownFor–“TheCoolestCapital”GovernmentCruisesRichCleanWellington(capitalcity)Population–1,354,900Greateducationalopportunities,themostjobsinNewZealand,an
6、dsailing!AucklandRotoruaLakesFjords峽灣MtAoraki/MtCookMtRuapehu-VolcanoLordoftheRingswasfilmedherebecauseofthebeautifullands!SheepCattleTuiHoihoiPukekoKeaKakapoKiwiFantailWetaTheNewZealanders–KiwisThemajorityofpeopleinNewZealandarewhitepeoplewithBritishorigins.JustliketheirAustralianbroth
7、ers,mostofthepeopleinNewZealandhavecustomsVerysimilartotheBritish.ThemaindifferencebetweentheAustraliansandtheKiwisarethattheKiwisareslightlymoreformal.TheysharethesamedimensionsofculturewithAustralians.Thenamemāoriissaidtomean"natural"or"ordinary".WhenaskedbythePakeha(firstwhi