New Zealand
New Zealand
Capital: Wellington
Geography: New Zealand comprises two main islands (simply called the North and South Islands in English, or usually Te-Ika-a-Maui and Te Wai Pounamu in Māori) and a number of smaller islands. The total land area of New Zealand, 268,680 square kilometres (103,738 mi²), is a little less than that of Japan and a little more than the United Kingdom. The country extends more than 1.600 kilometres (1.000 mi) along its main, north-north-east axis. The most significant of the smaller inhabited islands of New Zealand include Stewart Island/Rakiura, Waiheke Island, an island in Auckland's Hauraki Gulf, Great Barrier Island, east of the Hauraki Gulf and the Chatham Islands, named Rekohu by Moriori. The country has extensive marine resources, with the fifth largest Exclusive Economic Zone in the world covering over four million square kilometres (1.5 million mi²), more than 15 times its land area.
Population: 3.7 million people
Language: two official languages- English and Maori
Religion: Christian
Time: Belorussian + 8 hours
Currency: New Zealand dollar (NZD)
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