2. Answer: 3.3 billion of the Earth’s people live on about 3 percent of the Earth’s land

3. Term Outline Enquiry Questions Where did NZ come from? Where did NZers come from? Why is NZ unique? Who are the Kiwis? Role models and national identity What is NZ’s relationship with the world? What is the future of New Zealand? Lesson Key Questions What is New Zealand’s relationship with the Pacific Islands, Asia and Russia? What is New Zealand’s relationship with the UK and the USA? A conservation model? An economic miracle? A moral world leader? A Republic, a state

8. New Zealand as a conservation model – The Kakapo. The ancient, flightless Kakapo is the world's rarest and strangest parrot. It the only flightless and nocturnal parrot, as well as being the heaviest in the world, weighing up to 3.5 kilograms (8 lbs). In the absence of any carnivorous predators it developed the habit of nesting, rearing and feeding its young on the ground, which made its eggs and chicks easy prey to introduced mammalian predators, especially cats. There are currently only 62 Kakapo left in the world and all of these are kept on remote islands of New Zealand that are free of any predators. The Department of Conservation (DoC) has established a breeding and rearing plan that has had some success, but the Kakapo is a very slow breeder, with females only laying one egg every two years. Without the intervention of dedicated conservationists, these amazing and unique animals would certainly now be extinct. Write a structured paragraph in your books that explains why conservation is important for New Zealand’s future.