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6 Responses to “New Zealand Facts?”

1. By jack m on Jul 7, 2009

   Thats where Frodo and Bilbo baggans call home. Rock on hobbits!
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2. By Meziena on Jul 7, 2009

   Maui is the superhero in many Maori legends. The South island is his Waka (canoe) the Stuart island is his anchor; and the North island is the giant fish he pulled up from the sea.

   There are 11 times more sheep in NZ than people.

   "Kia ora" literally means "have life" in Maori. But we use it for hi and sometimes goodbye. "Turituri" means "be quiet" and is often used in the classroom.

   One in 5 Kiwis are born overseas, in a different country.

   The Maori were the first people to use trench warfare. They were outnumbered and out-weaponed by the British, but won many battles by outsmarting them. So the British had to lie to the press back home to feel better!

   NZ has 3 climate zones – desert, rainforest and alpine.

   There were actually many Treaty of Waitangis put around the country and the translations into Maori were bad too, so we have some problems today in interpreting it. It was supposed to grant equal rights but was forgotten about for a long time and a lot eaten by rats. The Maori version is the valid one according to International law.

   Missionaries were the ones who developed the written Maori language.

   A "hangi" is a traditional meal of meat, potatoes, kumara and other vegetables cooked under the ground to produce a strong flavour.

   The Maori were said to have come to NZ in 7 waka, from a mythical land called Hawaiki. There were Mori Ori in the Chatham islands, before the Maori but no one is sure why they disappered.
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   Took NZ history at school.

3. By hjbb on Jul 7, 2009

   They have "The All Blacks’ rugby team which is great. A very good Cricket team as well and $0.74 buys you NZD 1.00! If not mistaken I think they drive on the other side of the road like Australians [?] !
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4. By bubblegumangel399 on Jul 7, 2009

   Ok well first i have to say, New Zealand is the coolest country in the world!!!!!!! And there are more sheep than people in New Zealand!! There is heaps more facts on New Zealand at the link’s below… Hope I helped you!!

   
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   http://www.studyabroad-cis.com/NewZealand/Facts/newzeelandfacts.htm

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand

5. By Murray H on Jul 7, 2009

   Lord of the Rings was filmed here.

   There are some grate pictures at Tourism NZ

   I am from Dunedin, see link below
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   http://www.cityofdunedin.com/weather/today_window.htm

6. By Mummydearest on Jul 7, 2009

   The southernmost McDonalds franchise is located in Invercargill, New Zealand

   The longest place name still in use is: Taumatawhakatangihangaoauauota meteaturipukakapikimaungahoro nukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu, the name of a hill in New Zealand

   There are more Niueans living in NZ than on Niue (population 1600)

   No part of New Zealand is more than 128 km from the sea

   Less than 5% of the population of New Zealand is human – the rest are animals, giving one of the highest ratios of humans to animals in the world.
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