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Title: New Zealand


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New Zealand
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Quick Facts
  • Youngest country on earth
  • Last major landmass to be discovered
  • Population 4 million people
  • Comparable in size to Colorado
  • Warmest months Dec.-Feb.
  • Coldest months June-Aug.

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Maori People
  • 1st inhabitants of New Zealand (Aotearoa)
  • Came to NZ about 1,000 years ago from Polynesian
    islands
  • Maoris
  • Expert hunters and fishermen
  • Cooked using a umu or earth oven built over a
    pit
  • Constructed a pa or fortified village to
    protect from other people

Example of an Earth oven
Maori Greeting
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British Colonization
  • Tasman (Dutch) went to NZ 1st but only spotted it
  • Captain Cook also went to NZ
  • Before 1840, mostly whalers, sealers, and
    missionaries went to NZ and lived in coastal
    areas
  • Europeans (Pakeha) brought disease and Maori
    people began to see a decline in their numbers
  • Treaty of Waitangi (1840) New Zealand became a
    British colony
  • Great increase in the number of British migrants
    coming to NZ

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New Zealand Political Life Today
  • Heavily influenced by its colonial heritage
  • Member of the British Commonwealth
  • An association of nations consisting of the
    United Kingdom and several former British
    colonies that are now sovereign states but still
    pay allegiance to the British Crown
  • Is a nuclear-free zone
  • Wants to become a republic

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Culture of NZ
  • Rugged individualism and a strong sense of
    fairplay and teamwork
  • Mateship is important
  • Rugby and yacht racing are popular
  • Hiking, mountaineering, and kayaking

Photo credit www.northland.org.nz
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