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1、NewZealandoutstandinghistoricalfiguresEachcountryhasitsownnationalpride,thesenationalpridelikegorgeousconstellationsinthenightsky,foracountry'simage.SomagnificentlandhereinNewZealand,whatarethehistoricalworthremembered?1、JamesCook(CaptainJamesCook,1751-1798),oneofthegrea
2、testfiguresinNewZealand,afamousexplorerandnavigator,discoveredthecontinentofAustraliaandNewZealandforthefirsttimein1769.CookbymeridianpositionchangeobservationsofVenusasthebeginningoftheNewZealandofficiallyscientificresearch,madeaprominentcontributiontoNewZealand.TheCook
3、Islandsareaself-governingparliamentarydemocracyinfreeassociationwithNewZealand.The15smallislandsinthisSouthPacificOceanhaveatotallandareaof240km².TourismdrivestheEconomyasthecountry'snumberoneindustry,faraheadofoffshorebanking,pearls,marineandfruitexports.Apopularartform
4、ontheislandsistivaivai,oftenlikenedtoquilting.DefenseistheresponsibilityofNewZealand,inconsultationwiththeCookIslandsandatitsrequest.2、Richardj.Seddon(Richardj.Seddon,1845-1906)HeisNewZealandprimeminister,wasthelongest-servingprimeministerinthenewhistory,in1893topushthro
5、ughlegislation,toNewZealandtobecometheworld'sfirstcountrytogivewomentherighttovote.Richardseddon,leadtheNewZealandpeopleattendedthefamousAngloBoerwarhistory.Andfrom1899to1902theBoerwarisawarwithmultiplesignificancecentury,itnotonlychangedthesituationinBritain'soverseasex
6、pansion,alsohasahugeimpactonNewZealand,NewZealandbecamethefirstBritishcoloniesofcountry,andfrommanyaspects,suchasmilitary,medical,educationsupportintheUK,andthewarmakestheNewZealandpeople'spatrioticsentiment,women'ssocialstatushasimprovedsignificantly,Britain'snationalst
7、rengthdecreasescontinuouslyinthewar.Colonyinthelate19thcentury,withtherisingofthepeople,thedeclineofthedomesticeconomyandimperialism,thecompetitionbetweenBritainfacesanunprecedentedcrisis,atthebeginningoftheAngloBoerwar,hasthehelpoftheNewZealandandothercountriestoturnthe
8、tideinthewar,thissuggeststhatthedeclineofBritain'snationalpowerhasbeenthefactthatdoesnotdispute,andNewZ
