Brief Introduction Capital: Wellington Area: total: 270000sq km The important Festival: National day: February 6 Population: 4070000 Language: English (official), Maori (official) Currency: NZD

New Zealand

Geography

Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Australia

Administrative divisions

16 regions; Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Canterbury, Gisborne, Hawke's Bay, Marlborough, Nelson, Northland, Otago, Southland, Taranaki, Tasman, Waikato, Manawatu-Wanganui, Wellington, West Coast

Economy – overview

Since 1984 the government has accomplished major economic restructuring, transforming New Zealand from an agrarian economy dependent on concessionary British market access to a more industrialized, free market economy that can compete globally. This dynamic growth has boosted real incomes (but left behind many at the bottom of the ladder), broadened and deepened the technological capabilities of the industrial sector, and contained inflationary pressures.

Culture and media

Newspaper:

Allied Press , Business to Business, Diario Filipino, Dominion Post, The, Harness Racing Weekly.

TV Station:

TV ONE, TV3 News,

The place of interest

Mt Eden

Underwater World

Rainbow's End