1 What do you know about New Zealand? Look at the map and the headings and answer the questions. 1 Where is it? 2 What is the capital city? 3 What other big cities are there? 4 What is New Zealand famous for? 5 What famous people are there?
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1. New Zealand is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island and the South Island.
2. Wellington has been the capital of New Zealand since 1865.
3. Auckland (1.5 Million People) – The Biggest City in New Zealand
Wellington (490,000 People)
Christchurch (360,000 People)
Hamilton (230,000 People)
Tauranga (135,000 People)
4. New Zealand is also famous for its spectacular landscapes.
North Island is known for its volcanoes and for its geothermal activity.
Many movie productions have chosen to make films in New Zealand, including the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
New Zealand is also known for sailing and rowing and other outdoors sports and activities.
New Zealand is also very famous for exports of fish, wool, sheep & lamb, beef, and dairy products.
The music band Split Enz gained international fame in the 1980's with some members (notably the Finn brothers) later regrouping as Crowded House.
There are many millions of sheep in New Zealand - some ten times the human population which is currently a little over 4 million. In the 1970s and 1980 there were as many as 70-80 million sheep.
5. New Zealand is famous for its indigenous people, the Maori.
Some famous New Zealand actors are Karl Urban, Jemaine Clement, Bret McKenzie, David Wenham, Sam Neil, Anna Paquin and Alan Dale. Peter Jackson, director of Lord of the Rings, is a New Zealander.
New Zealand was the first place to grant women the vote in 1893 (Kate Sheppard).