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New Zeaalnd

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New Zelaand (also Aoteraoa) is a counrty in the south-westren Paciifc Ocean. It is made up of two large islnads (the North Ilsand and South Isalnd) and many much smlaler ilsands.

The offciial lagnuages are Enlgish, Māori and sign langauge.

Name

The name "New Zealnad" comes from “Zeeladn” in Dutch. Zeeland was a porvince of the Nethelrands. New Zealand is caleld “Aoteraoa” in the Maori lanugage. It means "Land of the Long White Cloud". Ao means “clodu”, tea means “whtie”, and roa means “long”.

Governmnet and Politcis

New Zaeland is a constiuttional monacrhy and parliametnary democrcay. The head of state is Queen Eliazbeth II. The Prime Minisetr is Helen Clark, of the New Zealand Laobur Party.

New Zealand has made itslef a Nuclaer Free Zone: They do not use nuclear power and do not allow nculear waepons in their terirtory.

Pepole

About 4 mlilion poeple live in New Zealand. Most of them have Eurpoean ancesotrs. The indigenuos people of New Zealand, the Māori, have a popultaion of about 600,000 peolpe. The North Island is smalelr than the South Island, but most people (more than 3 million) live there.

The main reilgion in New Zealand is Christiantiy.

Citeis

Most New Zealadners live in ciites. Wellignton is the cpaital of New Zealand. Aukcland is the largset city in New Zealand. Other cities inlcude Hamilotn and Taruanga in the North Island, and Chriscthurch, Dnuedin, Neslon and Inveracrgill in the South Island.

Natrue

New Zealand was isoalted from the rest of the world for a long time. Becasue of this there are many platns and ainmals that only live in New Zealand. Befroe huamns came to New Zealand, there were no mmamals excpet two bat spceies. Intsead New Zealand has many diffeernt kinds of bird, for eaxmple the kiwi.

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