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1、NewZealandFormalName:NewZealandLocalName:AotearoaLocation:OceaniaCapitalCity:WellingtonMain Cities:Auckland,Christchurch,HamiltonPopulation:3,825,000Area:270,990km2Currency:NZ$=100centsLanguages:English,MaoriReligions:Protestant,CatholicNationalAnthemGodofNationsatThyfeet, Inthebondsoflove
2、wemeet, Hearourvoices,weentreat, Goddefendourfreeland. GuardPacific'striplestar Fromtheshaftsofstrifeandwar, Makeherpraisesheardafar, GoddefendNewZealand.BasicFactsNewZealandisacountryinthe south-westernPacificOcean comprisingtwolargeislandsandnumeroussmallerislands.Theonlycountryintheworl
3、dinwhichallthehighestofficesonthelandhavebeenoccupiedsimultaneouslybywomen,isNewZealand.NewZealandersrankthe highestintheworldforcar-ownership,thereare2.5mcarsarefor4mpeople.NewZealandisoneofthe topfivedairyexportersintheworld.SheeprearingisthebackboneoftheNewZealandeconomy.Thehumanpopulat
4、ion4million,butthesheeppopulationofalmost40million!LandscapesLandscapesCityscapesCityscapesMaoriNewZealand,orAotearoa(LandoftheLongWhiteCloud),wasfirstsettledbyMaoribetween950and1130AD.Highlysophisticatedoceannavigators,MaorijourneyedsouththroughthePacificfromtheiroriginalhomeland,Hawaiiki
5、,believedtobenearTahiti.Maori,thetangatawhenua(peopleoftheland)weretheonlyinhabitantsofNewZealandforover600years,untilthearrivalofEuropeanexplorersinthemid1600s.NieuwZeelandIn1642theDutchexplorerAbelTasman“discovered”Aotearoa.HenamedhisdiscoveryNieuwZeeland(afteraprovinceinHolland).In1769,
6、CaptainJamesCookwasthefirstEuropeantoextensivelymapandexploreNewZealand,making twoscientificexpeditionstotheislandsandclaimingthemforBritain.Fromthe1790sonwards,Europeansettlementmainlyconsistedofwhalers,tradersandmissionaries,wholivedinscatteredsettlementsthroughoutthecountry.Itwasnotunti
7、l1840thatthenewcolonywasopenedformassEuropeansettlement.TreatyofWaitangiTheTreatyofWaitangiwassignedon February6, 1840,byrepresentativesoftheBritish Crown,andvariousMāorichiefs.TheTreatyestablishedaBritishgovernorinNewZealand,recognisedMāoriownershipoftheirla
