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1、NewZealandNationalFlagofAustraliaNationalFlagofNewZealand:theUnionJackandthestarsoftheSouthernCross南十字星座IntroductionOfficialnameNewZealandCapitalWellington惠灵顿Area270,534sqkm(ThesizeofthecountryissimilartoBritainorJapan.)Population4,173,460(July2008est.)structureGeographyHistoryCultureEco
2、nomicGovernmentandPoliticsGeographyTheGeographicalFeatures:NewZealandisintheSouthernPacificOcean,halfwaybetweentheequatorandtheSouthPole.It is locatedwithintheRingofFire,aregionencirclingthePacificOceanwherethemovementoftectonic[地质]构造的plates板块leadstovolcanicandseismic[5saIzmIk]地震activity
3、.Ithastwomainislands:NorthIslandandSouthIsland.MountCookMtCook库克山:thehighestpeak,3,754metershighLakeTaupoLakeTaupo陶波湖sitsincentralNorthIsland.Itcovers606sqkm;itis40kmlongand27kmwide.Inthesurroundingareaarenumerousgeysers喷泉andhotsprings.TheClutha克鲁萨:thelargestriver,336kmlongintheSouthIsla
4、nd.PlantsandAnimalsManyofNewZealand’snativefloweringplantsareunique.Arichvarietyoftrees,treeferns,groundferns,mossesandotherplantsmakeup“thebush”,asNewZealanderscalltheirforests.Besides,NewZealandhas250speciesofbirdsincludingthekiwi,aNewZealandbirdwithalongbeakandhair-likefeathers,whichc
5、annotfly.ItisthenationalsymbolofNewZealandandNewZealandersrefertothemselvesasKiwis.TreeFern:NewZealand'simpressivetreeferncangrowtoatoweringheightof15meters.Withmorethan150fernspeciesgrowinginNewZealand,theplanthasbecomeanationalsymbol.KiwiFruit奇异果Thebrownkiwi几维（一种新西兰产的无翼鸟）；,relatedtoemu
6、,isasmall,flightlessbirdfoundonlyintheforestandscrubareasofNewZealand.Itisnamedforitscall,whichsoundslike"kee-wee."Itfeedsprimarilyoninsects,spiders,worms,seeds,andfruits.structureGeographyHistoryCultureEconomicGovernmentandPoliticsHistory1.Maoricamebetween1,000and3,000yearsago.The first
7、 people to settleNewZealandweretheancestorsoftheMaori毛利人whoarethoughttohavecalledtheislandsAotearoa(“LandoftheLongWhiteCloud”).长白云之乡2.Europeanscameinthe17thcenturyAbelTasman:aDutchnavigator,thefirstEuropeantovisitNewZealandin1642CaptainJamesCook:thefirstEnglishmantovisitN
