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1、NewZealandBE1142110501424212黎懿SherryGeographyHistoryCultureSomebigcitiesinNewZealandTheGeographicalFeatures:NewZealandisintheSouthernPacificOcean,halfwaybetweentheequatorandtheSouthPole.It is locatedwithintheRingofFire,aregionencirclingthePacificOceanwherethemovementoftecto
2、nicplatesleadstovolcanicandseismicactivity.PotentialNaturalDisastersVolcanoEarthquakeIthastwomainislands:NorthIslandandSouthIsland.PopulationinNewZealandEuropeanMaoriAsianPacificIslandMixedOtherThepopulationinNewZealandisabout4.03millionaccordingtothe2005census.PopulationDi
3、stributionThreefourthofthepopulationinNewZealandliveinNorthIsland.PlantsandAnimalsManyofNewZealand’snativefloweringplantsareunique.Arichvarietyoftrees,treefernsgroundferns,mossesandotherplantsmakeup“thebush”,asNewZealanderscalltheirforests.Besides,NewZealandhas250speciesofb
4、irdsincludingthekiwiTreeFern:NewZealand'simpressivetreeferncangrowtoatoweringheightof15meters.Withmorethan150fernspeciesgrowinginNewZealand,theplanthasbecomeanationalsymbol.Thebrownkiwi几维（一种新西兰产的无翼鸟）；,relatedtoemu,isasmall,flightlessbirdfoundonlyintheforestandscrubareasofNe
5、wZealand.Itisnamedforitscall,whichsoundslike"kee-wee."Itfeedsprimarilyoninsects,spiders,worms,seeds,andfruits.MountCookMtCook库克山:thehighestpeak,3,754metershighTheClutha克鲁萨:thelargestriver,336kmlongintheSouthIsland.GeographyHistoryCultureSomebigcitiesinNewZealand1.Maoricameb
6、etween1,000and3,000yearsago.The first people to settleNewZealandweretheancestorsoftheMaoriwhoarethoughttohavecalledtheislandsAotearoa(“LandoftheLongWhiteCloud”).In1642,AbelTasman,aDutchsailor,discoveredbothNorthIslandandSouthIslandandnamedthemNewZealand.In1769,JamesCookclai
7、medNewZealandforEngland.3.TheTreatyofWaitangi1840TheTreatyofWaitangiwassignedon6thFebruary,1840byGovernorWilliamHobsonand50Maorichiefs.BythetermsoftheTreaty,GreatBritainformallyproclaimedsovereigntyovertheislandandagreedtorespectthelandownershiprightsoftheMaori,whoplacedthe
8、mselvesundertheprotectionoftheBritishgovernment.February6thisnowcelebratedasNewZea
