NZ Mottos
Rugby, Racing and Beer
Plant: Silver Firn
Bird: Kiwi
Facts at a Glance
Currency: N Z Dollar (NZ$2.3=US$1)
Language: English, Maori
Population: 3.8M (¾ live on the North Island)
Sheep population: 48M
Internet connection speed: 28-56 bps
English speaking TV channels (in hotel) plenty!
Religion: mostly Christianity
Time difference: GMT +12:00
(22:00 hours ahead of Oregon)
Driving lane: left side
Temperature: 25-65°F
Interesting Links:
Greenstone & Bone Carvings
Kiwiana
Kiwi Slang and Jargon
Kiwi Fruit Country and Museum
Luge and Gondola
Lord of The Rings
Maori Carvings & culture photos,
New Zealand Facts
Pure New Zealand
Zorbing
The top of New Zealand starts at Cape Reinga and the Lighthouse.
Where the Tasman Sea meets with the Pacific Ocean and ends at
the Bluff (the best oyster fields in New Zealand - yum) and
Foveaux Strait
New Zealand is a land of contrasts and very beautiful scenery
The country is made up of two main islands, North Island and South Island
and a smaller island at the bottom of the south, Stewart Island
There are many smaller islands dotted around the coast of various sizes
alot of the these smaller islands are inhabited
The North Island and South Island are two very distinct Islands seperated
by the Cooks Strait and Marlborough Sounds and two ways of travelling from one
Island to the other by sailing on the Ferrys (The Interislander) from Wellington,
which is a small passenger and freight ship which will take trains
across as well as heavy vehicles.
The trip across the sometimes very trecheous stretch of water is 3 hours
arriving in Picton. The Lynx the hydraufoil takes 2 hours 15 minutes, and will
take cars, motorbikes and pushbikes.
The ferrys sail this crossing 4 times per day and often in bad weather conditions
have had to turn back. The sea can get rough unexpectedly and very quickly
The other alternative is to fly from various airports to your destination airport
Tempertures range warmer in the north and colder in the south.
Around the mountain areas is naturally colder
We are known and prefer to call ourselves 'Kiwis' yet there are
are also the kiwi flightless birds, our National bird, which is noctornal, the
hen lays a large single egg about 1/4 of her size
There is the kiwifruit which in other countries is as the kiwi
New Zealand for it's small population has been a world leader in many sports
ideas - we love our sports and have held top place in many overseas tornaments
and events. We have invented or been the first to use an idea which has court
in other countries. Check out the Zorbing link.
I have included some photos of unusual building, statues and icons many
towns have erected and are now famous for
here
NEW ZEALAND
1
New Zealand is a country
in southern Oceania
*Aoteoroa is the land of my birth
I live in a little town
in the centre on the North Island
with hills and trees all around
Chorus
I'm proud to be a 'Kiwi'
been one all my life
New Zealand is the land of my birth
Yes I'm glad to be a Kiwi
could imagine living somewhere else
New Zealand is the land of my birth
2
In New Zealand there are three point five million people
sixty million sheep, I am told
Very friendly people
Visitors often comment
and come from miles and miles to see
our beautiful scenery
Chorus
3
The native people are the Maori
they have a language of their own
their dance and songs are wonderful
Their village is called a Marae
it's not the place where they live, it's just where they meet
all converge from one happy tribe
Chorus
4
New Zealand is a safe country
Very low crime-rate
Conservation is our concern
No nuclear Factories
No preditory animals
So you're safe and secure in God's Zone
Chorus
Amanda_NZ ©
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