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> Located roughly 1,000 miles from Australia, New Zealand features two main islands. The northern island is called the North Island; the southern island is called the South Island.
> The land mass of New Zealand is 103,738 square miles, making it about the same size as Colorado and slightly smaller than Japan and Italy.
> New Zealand is nearly 1000 miles long and roughly 180 miles wide.
> The indigenous Maori people first arrived in New Zealand between 800 and 1000 years ago. They named the island Aotearoa or “Land of the Long White Cloud.”
> In 1642 Abel Tasman, a Dutch navigator, became first European to visit New Zealand. The Tasman Sea separating New Zealand from Australia, was named after Abel.
> The total vineyard acreage of the country is roughly one third that of the Napa Valley’s.
> The first grapes were planted in NZ in 1819. The country’s first wines were produced in 1839.
> New Zealand is the most southerly and easterly winegrowing region in the world.
> New Zealanders drive on the left-hand side of the road.
> The longest word in English is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu. According to Wikipedia, it is Maori for “The top of the hill where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, who slid down, climbed up and swallowed mountains, who is known as the land eater, played on his nose flute to his loved one.” The locals have shortened the name to Taumata.
> New Zealand was the first country to grant women the vote.
> Many of the scenes in Lord of the Rings were filmed in New Zealand.
> New Zealand’s highest point is the South Island’s Mt. Cook at 12,316 feet. The country has 18 peaks above 9,800 feet and more than 25 ski areas including Turoa and Whakapapa in the north and The Invincibles, The Remarkables and Coronet Peak in the south.
> The primary wine appellations of New Zealand are Martinborough, Auckland, Gisborne, Hawke’s Bay, Marlborough, Nelson, Canterbury and Central Otago.
> About 80% of the New Zealand flora occurs only in New Zealand.
> There are more than 900 Asian restaurants located in New Zealand.
> In 1953 New Zealander Edmund Hillary was the first man to climb Everest. |
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