NEW ZEALAND (AOTEAROA). The main facts Population: 4 million Area: 268,680 sq km Capital: Wellington Largest city: Auckland Government: parliamentary.

NEW ZEALAND(AOTEAROA)

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The main facts

• Population: 4 million

• Area: 268,680 sq km

• Capital: Wellington

• Largest city: Auckland

• Government: parliamentary democracy + constitutional monarchy

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Wellington – the capital

Volcano Ruapehu

Lake Taupo

Abel Tasman National

Park

Mt. Cook (Aoraki)

Auckland

Christchurch

History

• 1642 – Abel Tasman

• 1840 – Treaty of Waitangi

• 1907 – Dominion within the British Empire

• 1947 – full independence

Famous people

• Sir Edmund Hillary – a mountaineer

• Sir Peter Jackson – a film director

NEW ZEALAND (AOTEAROA). The main facts Population: 4 million Area: 268,680 sq km Capital: Wellington Largest city: Auckland Government: parliamentary.

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