New Zealand

Mary Colson

Description

New Zealand offers complete coverage of this fascinating country, including sections on history, geography, wildlife, infrastructure and government, and culture. It also includes a detailed fact file, maps and charts, and a traceable flag.

Sujets

• Nueva Zelanda
• New Zealand
• Nouvelle-Zélande

Informations

• Publié par: Capstone Global Library
• Date de parution: 12 mars 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781406246605
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

Extrait

Countries Around the World New Zealand

Mary Colson

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Contents

Introducing New Zealand....................................................................4 History: becoming one nation..........................................................6 Regions and resources: landscape and living........................12 Wildlife: protecting the natural world.......................................18 Infrastructure: politics and people..............................................22 Culture: national identities..............................................................28 New Zealand today.............................................................................34 Fact file.......................................................................................................36 Timeline.....................................................................................................40 Glossary.....................................................................................................42 Find out more.........................................................................................44 Topic tools................................................................................................46 Index............................................................................................................48

Some words in the book are in bold,like this. You can find out what they mean by looking in the glossary.

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Introducing New Zealand

What do you think of when you picture New Zealand? Do you think of birds that cannot fly and people playing dangerous sports? Or do you imagine rugby players performing the fearsomehaka?

Located in the remote South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand is a land of mighty mountains, rushing rivers, spectacular volcanoes, and bubblinggeysers. Its nearest neighbour is Australia, over 1,600 kilometres (1,000 miles) away. The two main population groups are the Europeansettlersand theMāori, but people fromPolynesia, Asia, and other parts of the world live there as well.

Cultural life Māori myths and language dominate the country’s culture, along with European sports, such as cricket and rugby. When a New Zealander greets you, you will either shake hands or perform ahongi. This is a meeting of foreheads and noses.Hongimeans “one breath”.

Welfare matters New Zealand is a young, forward-thinking country of over four million people. It has had aparliamentarydemocracyfor about 200 years. In 1893, it was one of the first countries to allow women to vote. The country was one of the first in the world to create laws for old-agepensions, minimum wages, and child health services.

How to say... These words are in the Māori language. Good morningAta mārie How are you?Kei te pēhea koe? My name is…Ko ... ahau I come from…Nō ... ahau Goodbye!Haere rā

(aahta mahree-eh) (kay teh peh-heh-ah kweh) (kaw ... a-hoe) (naw ... a-hoe) (hi-eh-reh rar)