3. Facts about New Zealand
• Location: Oceania, islands in the South Pacific
Ocean, southeast of Australia
• Area: Total: 268,680 sq km land.
• Population (2013): 4,469,962
• World’s most peaceful nation.
4. Housing
• State agencies provide limited financial
assistance toward home purchases and
renovation work, as well as subsidized rental
accommodations for those on low incomes.
The state also subsidizes pensioner
accommodations through local authorities.
12. Auckland
• This metropolitan city is located in the North
Island of New Zealand and is the most
populous city with the percentage of 31
percent of the population.
• Auckland, the "City of Sails", is New Zealand's
largest city with a sub-tropical climate, two
harbors, and a wide range of indoor and
outdoor activities for visitors.
18. Rotorua
The Rotorua area has the most geothermal
activity in New Zealand. Reminders that
you are in a volcanic zone are everywhere
- from bubbling mud pots and exploding
geysers to mineral baths and active
volcanoes. It has been a natural spa
destination for years and the allure of its
health benefits just keeps getting stronger.
25. • New Zealand’s tourism icon, Rotorua is
spiritual home to the Maori of Te Arawa, and
is set amidst a myriad of crystal clear crater
lakes.
26. Coromandel Peninsula
Coromandel Peninsula, a beach is among the
many local and foreign tourists most visited
place because of the hot water with
temperatures around 60 degrees Celsius.
Underground hot springs filtered up through
the sand. When low tide, visitors can dig the
sand and make their own hot tubs for bathing.
30. Fiordland National Park
Fiordland was founded in 1952,
Fiordland National Park now has an area
of more than 1.2 million hectares. In
Fiordlands, here you will find a place
that has many glaciers carved deep
fiords, and the most famous of Milford
Sound.
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36. • Fiordland National Park occupies the
southwest corner of the South Island of New
Zealand. It is the largest of the 14 national
parks in New Zealand, with an area of 12,500
km² and a major part of the Te Wahipounamu
World Heritage site.
37. Queenstown
Queenstown is a resort town
in Otago in the south-west of
New Zealand's South Island.
This place is built around the
inlet called Queenstown Bay
in Lake Wakatipu, a long thin-
Z-shaped lake formed by
glacial processes, and has
spectacular views of nearby
mountains.
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42. Bay Of Islands
Bay Of Islands is a place
you should visit if you visit
New Zealand. This is one
place that is famous for
having 144 islands, with
many superb beaches and
secluded bays and an
abundance of marine life.
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45. Mount Cook
Mount cook or
Aoraki is the
highest mountain
in New Zealand,
reaching 3754
meters (12 316
feet). located in the
Southern Alps area
of Canterbury.
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50. Tongariro National Park
Tongariro National Park is the oldest
national park in New Zealand. This
park has been recognized by
UNESCO as one of the 28 mixed
cultural and natural World Heritage
Site. Tongariro National Park has an
area of about 795.98 km ².
Tongariro National Park is the
fourth national park was
established in the world. There are
3 active volcano is Mount Ruapehu,
Ngauruhoe, and Tongariro are
located in the middle of the park.
76. Pukeko, or Purple Swamphens
(Porphyrio porphyrio
The Pukeko is a
large, blue
purplish,
wetlands
dwelling bird.
The Pukeko has
a reputation as
a friendly
although very
territorial birds.
77. New Zealand Mallard Duck
Mallards are most likely
to be found on shallow
bodies of fresh water
such as wetlands and
ponds, on lakes and
even flooded fields.
They are a medium-to-
large dabbling duck that
is most recognizable by
the male's glossy green
head and white collar
around the neck. The
female is a mottled
brown with a brown bill.
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79. New Zealand Pheasant
Pheasants are
one of New
Zealand’s most
sought after
game birds.
Their bright
plumage and
superb eating
qualities make
them popular
with all game
bird hunters.
81. Tuatara
The tuatara is a
unique relic of the
past - the only beak-
headed reptile left in
the world. Every
species of this reptile
family, except the
tuatara, died out
around 65 million
years ago. Tuatara
can live for over 100
years, and are only
found on protected
offshore islands.
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83. Poisonous Mushrooms
Sky blue mushroom (Entoloma hochstetteri). It gets
its very distinctive blue color from pigments within the
body of the fruit known as azulene
90. Aquada speedster - Alan Gibbs
New Zealand inventor
Alan Gibbs conceived
the world's first high
speed amphibian. The
Gibbs Aquada
transforms from car to
boat at the touch of a
button.
Powerful enough to tow
a water-skier, the
Aquada combines the
thrill of an open-top
sports car with the
exhilaration of a high
performance speedboat.
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92. Atomic whizz - Ernest Rutherford
New Zealand scientist and Nobel
Prize winner Baron Ernest
Rutherford was the first in the
world to split the atom in 1919.
During his lifetime, Ernest
Rutherford (1871-1937) was
responsible for a series of
discoveries in the fields of
radioactivity and nuclear physics
that helped shape modern science.
Einstein described Rutherford as
"the man who tunneled into the
very material of God". He was
known as the ‘father of nuclear
physics’.
93. Aviation pioneer - Harry Wigley
New Zealand tourism
pioneer Sir Henry
[Harry] Wigley made
aviation history in 1955
when he made a world-
first snow landing in a
plane with modified
retractable skis. Less
than a year after the
retractable ski prototype
was tested, the Mount
Cook Company ski plane
business was up and
running.
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95. Blokart sailor - Paul Beckett
Created, designed and
manufactured in New
Zealand, the blokart is a
three-wheeled land yacht
invented by New
Zealander Paul Beckett.
Beckett set out to design
a wind-powered toy that
was portable and
universally easy to use.
The blokart can be folded
down into a lightweight,
suitcase-sized bag, and
goes anywhere from
beaches to parking lots,
sport grounds. Blokarts
can also travel on ice.
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97. Bungy dare-devil - A J Hackett
Hackett devised a system
of plaited elastic bands,
and publicized his bungy
style by jumping from the
Eiffel Tower in 1987. He
opened the world's first
commercial bungy site in
1988, and New Zealand
has become the home of
the bungy with more than
100,000 visitors taking
the plunge each year.
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99. Cycling monorail - Geoff Barnett
The Shweeb - the world’s first
human-powered monorail racetrack.
Since the Shweeb Velodrome
opened in Rotorua in 2007, more
than 30,000 riders have raced the
futuristic machines at speeds of up
to 70kph.
But the Shweeb is more than a
tourist activity as the Rotorua
tourism venture is also the prototype
for a form of mass transport that is
being marketed internationally as an
environmentally-friendly solution for
short-distance urban journeys.
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101. Eggbeaters & hairpins - Ernest
Godward
His many inventions included an eggbeater,
a burglar-proof window and, in 1901, the
world’s first spiral hair pin - an international
success that allowed him to set up as a full-
time inventor.
Godward is probably best known for his
‘economizer’ - the Godward Vaporiser was
an early form of carburetor that allowed
vehicles to run on kerosene, gasoline oil,
fuel oil, petrol and even bootleg liquor. He
invented 72 models of the economizer, and
by the 1930s was recognized as the world’s
leading authority on the internal
combustion engine.
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103. Jet-boat - William Hamilton
The world’s first
propellerless boat was
developed in 1954. Since
then, the Hamilton Jet has
been the means to explore
and access waterways all
over the world.
Sir William Hamilton went
on to invent the hay lift, an
advanced air compressor, a
machine to smooth ice on
skating ponds, and the
water sprinkler amongst
other thing.
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105. Jogging maestro - Arthur Lydiard
New Zealand athletic trainer Arthur Lydiard invented jogging -
the method of building up physical fitness by gradually
increasing stamina. This system is used by millions of people
worldwide as part of their everyday health and fitness regime.
Lydiard’s training technique saw his protégés Peter Snell and
Murray Halberg win gold medals on the same day at the 1960
Rome Olympics.
106. Jumping genius - Dr Keith Alexander
New Zealand Engineering
Innovator of the Year 2011,
Associate Professor Dr Keith
lexander’s trampoline
replaces the traditional steel
coil rings with glass-
reinforced rods.
The Canterbury University-
designed Springfree
Trampoline is said to reduce
injury incidents on
trampolines by up to 80%. It
was voted consumer product
of the year in the USA and
Canada, and has also won an
Australian design award.
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108. Referee whistle - William Atack
New Zealand referee
William Atack became the
first sports referee in the
world to use a whistle to
stop a game in 1884.
The referee’s whistle is
now the norm for
umpiring, but until Atack
came out on the ground
whistling, referees had to
raise their voices to
control games.
109. Zorbing - Akers brothers
An attempt to walk on
water inspired Kiwi
brothers David and
Andrew Akers, along with
scientist Dwayne van der
Sluis, to create the Zorb -
a giant ball that spins
down hills at up to 50kph.
Thrill seekers are strapped
into the hollow plastic ball
- surrounded by a thick air
cushion - then sent off on
a crazy downhill spin.
112. Education in New Zealand
• New Zealand has a reputation as a provider of
quality education offering excellent study
opportunities and support services in a safe
learning environment.
• New Zealand's national education system is
based on the British system. Research
indicates New Zealand students are ranked
amongst the top in the world academically.
113. Education in New Zealand
• Education has been strongly emphasized since
the early years of the colony, and virtually the
entire population is literate. There is a
correspondence school that caters to children
living in remote places, and various continuing
education and adult education centers provide
opportunities for lifelong education.
114. Education in New Zealand
• Education in New Zealand is free and secular
between the ages of 5 and 19; it is compulsory
between the ages of 6 and 16. In practice almost
all children enter primary school at age five, while
many of them have already begun their
education in preschools, all of which are
subsidized by the state. Education is administered
by the Ministry of Education. Elected education
boards control all of the primary and secondary
state schools.
115. Education in New Zealand
• There are also more than 100 private primary
and secondary schools, most of them Roman
Catholic or run by other religious groups. They
receive state subsidies and must meet certain
standards of teaching and accommodation.
State primary schools are coeducational, but
there are still many single-sex secondary
schools.
116. Education in New Zealand
• Schooling in New Zealand starts at the age of
5.
• primary level - New Zealand children spend
the first six years
• When they reach the age of eleven, they
either pursue two more years at their primary
school or at a specialist intermediate school.
This schooling phase is called the intermediate
years and this precedes high school.
117. High School/Secondary School
• High school in New Zealand usually begins at
13 years of age beginning at the year nine
level. Core subjects are offered during year
nine and 10 - English or Maori, Science,
Mathematics, Social Studies and Physical
Education. Generally a couple of elective
subjects are also taken
118. • Students begin the National Certificate of
Achievement (NCEA) in Year 11, working
towards a qualification to gain entry into their
tertiary institution of choice.
119. • Hence, 6 years from primary schooling
followed by two years of intermediate
schooling culminate in 5 years of high
schooling for a total of 13 years in the NZ
education system.
