New Zealand

New Zealand is a country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main islands (North Island and South Island) and several smaller islands. New Zealand is a constitutional monarchy, a member of the Commonwealth of Nations (formerly the British Commonwealth). Elizabeth II is the head of State. She is represented by a Governor General.



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[hide] *Name 1  ==Name[ Edit] == Abel Tasman, which saw New Zealand as one of the first Europeans, calling it ' State land ', assuming that it was connected with the island States of South America. After in 1643 Hendrik Brouwer proved that this was not the case, the name was changed by Dutch cartographers in ' Nova Zeelandia ', the Dutch province of Zeeland. The British Lieutenant James Cook translated this in turn to New Zealand.
 * 2 History
 * 3 demographics
 * 3.1 Population
 * 3.2 Religion
 * 4 administrative divisions
 * 5 Geography
 * 5.1 Cities
 * 6 points of interest
 * 7 Climate
 * 8 Government and politics
 * Economy 9
 * 10 Flora and fauna
 * 10.1 Threats
 * 11 Sports and culture
 * 11.1 Language
 * 11.1.1 New Zealand English
 * 12 see also

The country also has a name in Maori, namely ' Aotearoa ' which means ' land of the long white cloud '. According to tradition, saw the Maoris, when she discovered the island, several centuries before the Europeans came, the land like a cloud on the horizon are. At that time the Maori had no name for the whole new Zealand archipelago, ' Aotearoa ' referred only to the current North Island of North Island. In the current language ' Aotearoa ', however, be seen as an alternative to ' New Zealand '.

The adjective is New Zealand and its inhabitants are called New Zealanders, so not New-Zeeland and Nieuw-Zeeland. ==History[ Edit] == Between 500 and 1300 the first Polynesians, who from then on Maori are called, in the North of the country they call Aotearoa. Some finds indicate earlier habitation, but there is no certainty about it. A few bats after there are no mammals came there for.

The arrival of humans and their pets has led to the extinction of many indigenous species.

The first Europeans who discovered New Zealand, Abel Tasman and his crew who were in december 1642 in the North of the South Island were in contact with local Maori.The encounter was very rough and after some men killed were, departed this Dutch Explorer to land have been without direction Tonga. In October 1769, the British Lieutenant James Cook called several times to land and he was able to trade with the Maori.

From about 1790 visited British, French and American whalers regularly the waters around New Zealand and a few decades later established the first Europeans in New Zealand. Because of the European interference and the sale of arms to Maoris, vomiting there regularly skirmishes between Maori and Europeans ( Pākehā which are called). In an attempt to put an end to the disputes over land, was on Thursday 6 February 1840 by some Maori chiefs and representatives of the British Crown signed the Treaty of Waitangi . From then on New Zealand was an independent British colony and there were agreements on the distribution of land.

As a result of breaches of the Treaty by the various parties, tensions ran high on regularly. There were many conflicts Between 1845 and 1872 place that together known as the Maori wars, the ' New Zealand Wars ' or ' The Land Wars '. The ' Dog Tax War ' in 1890 was the last major armed conflict. Even after that were not yet fixed, but mostly they all disagreements were resolved in the Court .

<p lang="en" len="280" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 1893, New Zealand as the first country in universal suffrage for women.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">During the First and Second World War many New Zealand soldiers fought in Europe and Africa along with the British army. The threat of a Japanese attack on New Zealand made sure that also in New Zealand itself soldiers were brought in the highest State of readiness. This attack, however, never came.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The years after the war New Zealand held a strong link with the United Kingdom although it in 1947, with the ratification of the Statute of Westminster have obtained full independence. In 1967 the country went by thepound sterling on the Dollar (and the imperial measurement system was replaced by the metric). From 1973 the British mother country went increasingly focus on Europe; This was at the expense of theCommonwealthpartners overseas.

<p lang="en" len="207" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Successive cabinets built from 1984 the predominantly agricultural country into a Socialist and independent industrial nation with a free market economy (while maintaining the strong agricultural sector).

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Socialist Government-Long came into conflict with the United Statesin 1984, after it was decided that submarines with nuclear weapons on board were no longer welcome in the territorial waters of New Zealand.The military cooperation with the United States came to an end. In 1985 there was also a conflict with France, that in the port of Auckland Greenpeace's flagship, the Rainbow Warrior, sank.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Until 1993, the parliaments of New Zealand elected every three years according to the past-the-post system. From 1996 are subject to a system of proportional representation. Thus also get smaller parties a chance and since then with coalitions ruled. Between 1990 and 1999 the national party had the lead, Labour was in power between 1999 and 2008 and since 2008 the national party reign again. ==Demographics<span class="mw-editsection" len="330" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Population<span class="mw-editsection" len="329" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Of the 4.365.113 (2013) New Zealanders living there basically three million on the North Island and one million on the South Island. The most densely populated region is Greater Auckland with approximately one million inhabitants.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">About 68% of the population is of European origin; predominantly come from the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany and Ireland, but also among other things from South Africa. Maori's for 14.6% of the population and are the original inhabitants of New Zealand. The remaining approximately 17% consists mainly of Asians and Oceanians (2006). The number of Asian immigrants is growing strongly since approximately 1990. ===Religion<span class="mw-editsection" len="327" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">According to the 2006 census, it is the most common religion Christianity, even though the number of Christians strongly diminishing. 55.6% of the population In 2006 was follower of Christianity, while five years earlier (2001 census) this almost 61% were. In ten years earlier (1996 census) there were 64%. Fifteen years earlier, there were 70% (1991 census) Christians, according to the Statistics New Zealand.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Anglican Church of New Zealand and the Roman Catholic Church are the main denominations. Both may approximately 13% of the population count to their trailer. The number of Anglicans is in five years dropped from 585,000 to 555,000 while the number of Catholics has increased from 486,000 to 508.000. The proportion of the population indicating no religion to have is in the same time greatly increased by 29.6% (2001 census) to 34.7% (2006 census): an increase of 1% per year. ==Administrative divisions<span class="mw-editsection" len="341" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">New Zealand is divided into 17 regions which each governed by an elected Regional Council. In addition, there are 74 territorial authorities (57 districts, 16 cities and the Chatham Islands). These are not subdivisions of the regions but a parallel form of Government that is responsible for other matters than the regions. Some territorial authorities are even in two different regions. There are also four overseas territories which fall under the administration of New Zealand:

==Geography<span class="mw-editsection" len="329" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == Relief map of New Zealand.<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The main land masses of New Zealand are the North Island and the South Island, which separated by the Cook Strait are. The South Island is the largest and is separated from North to South by the New Zealand Alps. The highest peak in this mountain chain is Aoraki/ Mount Cook (3754 m). In these mountains are located 17 spikes that protrude above 3000 m. The less mountainous North Island volcanismknows. From about the middle of the island runs a volcanic active zone to the Northeast. The highest peak is Mount Ruapehuon the North Island; an active volcano with a height of 2797 m.
 * Cook Islands
 * Niue
 * Ross Dependency
 * Tokelau

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Ranked by area is the third largest island in New Zealand's Stewart Island . It is located 30 km south of the South Island and is separated by the Foveaux Street. The highest peak is Mount Anglem Stewart Island (980 m). Population ranked Waiheke Island is the third Island, 18 miles off the coast of Auckland in the Hauraki Gulf is. Furthermore, New Zealand from a series of small islands, including the uninhabited Antipodes Islands, part of which is.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">New Zealand is the most isolated country in the world. The nearest neighbour is Australia, that New Zealand is approximately 2000 km North-West and which is separated by the Tasman Sea. To the North are New Caledonia, Fiji and Tonga. The only major land mass to the South is Antarctica. In New Zealand more than 1,600 km NNE-SSW direction measuring.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">New Zealand has a surprising agreement with Italyin terms of design. Both countries are about the same size and have the same shape. They are also about the same geographical latitude. Even the ' track ', the small peninsula on the dorsal surface of the ' boot ' (Christchurch, Garganorespectively) is present. ===Cities<span class="mw-editsection" len="326" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === Map of New Zealand.<p lang="en" len="24" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The largest cities are:

==Points Of Interest<span class="mw-editsection" len="339" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">New Zealand attracts many visitors. It is seen by many people as one of the most beautiful countries on the nature. The country has multiple national parks on offer, while it also different uninhabited islands has to offer. Also attend the original inhabitants, the Maori, still on the island. ==Climate<span class="mw-editsection" len="328" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">New Zealand generally has a temperate maritime climate. The North, which is closer to the Equator, is slightly warmer than the South, but the biggest climatic differences can be found between the west and East coast of the South Island. The mostly from the West blowing wind provides exceptionally high precipitation in the Southwest, where each year some 8000 mm of rain falls. East of the New Zealand Alps it is much drier. The sunniest regions are Nelson and Marlborough in the North of the South Island, where many vineyards can be found. There is an average of 650 mm annual precipitation. In the New Zealand Alps falls during the winter the precipitation mostly as snow and here are several to find ski resorts . Northland and Bay of Plenty in the North of the North Island have a subtropical climate and here are many kiwi plantations. ==Government and politics<span class="mw-editsection" len="340" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == New Zealand's Parliament buildings inWellington.<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">New Zealand is a Constitutional Kingdom and a parliamentary democracy. The country is independent of the United Kingdom since 1 January 1907, called Dominion of New Zealand. New Zealand has an unwritten Constitution.
 * Auckland (1.377.200)
 * Wellington (includes 393.400, Wellington, Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt, and Porirua)
 * Christchurch (380.900)
 * Hamilton (174.200)
 * 124.800 –Hastings ( Napier, Napier, Hastings and Havelock North includes)
 * Tauranga (121.500)
 * Dunedin (117.700)
 * Palmerston North (82,400)
 * Nelson (60.800)
 * Rotorua (56.200)
 * New Plymouth (52,500)
 * Whangarei (52.200)
 * Invercargill (49.200)
 * Kapiti Coast (40,200, Waikanae, Paraparaumuincludes, Paekakariki , Raumatiand)
 * Wanganui (39.700)
 * Gisborne (34.300)

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">New Zealand is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations and the head of State is Elizabeth II of New Zealand, which is represented by a Governor General, since August 2011 is that Sir Jerry Mateparae. The heir apparent is Charles, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall. In New Zealand is the official title of the head of State: Her Majesty, Elizabeth the Second, By the Grace of God, Queen of New Zealand and Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith (her Majesty, Elizabeth the second, by the grace of God, Queen of New Zealand and her other Areas and territories, head of the Commonwealth, defender of the faith).

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The country has a Parliament consisting of one room with normally 120 members. The electoral system ensures proportional representation and this has lead to some additional seats after elections, the so-called ' overhang '. So for example, since the Parliament elections of 2011 France 121 seats. Parliament is a Cabinet of about 20 ministers chosen. The Parliament in the capital Wellington. Leader of this cabinet is the premier, since november 2008 is that the centre-right National Party's John Key .There are currently eight parties represented in the Parliament. The parliamentary elections take place every three years, most recently on 26 november 2011.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">New Zealand is a member of the United Nations, APEC, OECD and ANZUS. After a disagreement in 1985 with the United States over nuclear weapons has the ANZUS Treaty, because New Zealand suffered some damage from any type of nuclear power and weapons. ==Economy<span class="mw-editsection" len="329" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">New Zealand is a modern industrialized nation with a free market economy and leans heavily on import and export. The main export products are meat (especially beefand sheep ), dairy products (especially cream butter and milk powder), fruit (especially apples and Kiwi fruit ), fish and wood. Most imported products are machinery, vehicles, petroleum and electronic equipment. The main import and export partners are the United States, Australia and Japan. Strong in emerging markets viticulture, tourismand film industry . In 2004, New Zealand started a discussion with China about free trade between the two countries. Since 1980, most radio and television stations, the telecommunications company, the post office and the railways privatized. The inflation of the New Zealand consumer price index belongs today among the lowest in the industrialized world. ==Flora and fauna<span class="mw-editsection" len="335" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == Satellite image of New Zealand.<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Department of Conservation (DOC) is the New Zealand Government Organization that deals with nature protection and conservation of natural heritage. The New Zealand Plant Conservation Network (NZPCN) is a non-governmental organisation in New Zealand deals with the protection and restoration of the original flora and their natural habitats.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Since New Zealand is 80 million years ago from Gondwanaland, has a fully separated from the rest of the world isolated nature developed. A part of the surface is covered with rain forest that nowadays to a large extent to the national parks is explained. Many animals live in these areas. There are dozens of species of ferns for. Tetrapathea tetrandra is a plant that occurs naturally in New Zealand. The pohutukawa, (metrosideros excelsa) is a plant, which is also naturally present in New Zealand and is planted as an ornamental shrub. Clianthus puniceus is a plant that is threatened with extinction in the wild, but in Belgium and Netherlands at garden centres for sale. In the past, it was a large part of the North Island overgrown with kauri forests. Nowadays, this largely disappeared by logging. The kauri-tree can be tens of meters high and thousands of years old.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">There are only two native mammals of origin, both bats, and few amphibians and reptiles, which often are viviparous . However, under these reptiles the tuatara or Tuatara, which no further living close relatives, and thus within the reptiles a unique place. Also the four types of New Zealand oerkikkers (Leiopelmatidae) are considered as living fossil. Because there are so few tetrapods, were and are there in New Zealand many ecological roles by birds and large insects taken. An example of such insects are theweta's, these are large crickets that have the same ecological role as the mouse. So were up to in historical times the large moa's major herbivores; the Kiwis related to them are still active, as well as the takahealso non-flying. Furthermore there are fossils found of large birds of prey. New Zealand has three native parrots, the kakapo, the kand the kea. On the South coast of the South Island and on some South Islands is the rare geeloogpinguïn for. ===Threats<span class="mw-editsection" len="333" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Nature in New Zealand also suffers under a number of threats. The arrival of man is often the cause of here. The importation of non-native animals such as rats, cats and dogs, voskoesoe's has ensured that many unique bird species are now threatened with extinction or, as the moa's and the huia, already are extinct. There are an estimated 120 non-native animals 328 exotic plants that are seen as undesirable by the New Zealand Government.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Especially the voskoesoe's imported from Australia in 2005 of which address massive damage to some 60 million roam. Voskoesoe in Australia where the natural enemies (and ironically is threatened with extinction), this species can reproduce unchecked in New Zealand. The only enemy is the car; the flattened voskoesoe is a common occurrence on the New Zealand roads. Through shooting and poisoning voskoesoe's trying the New Zealand Government to reduce the number of. Information signs at the various nature reserves are to be found. Recreationists are hereby asked to look out for poisonous bait. Didymosphenia geminata In 2004 is found in the Lower Waiau River. This Pebble whose previously only came for on the northern hemisphere. The single-celled organism called ' Didymo or rock snot ' is locally. The rotsbodems and can easily spread over-grow. Since 2004, it has further spread across the New Zealand inland waters. Government policy with regard to this exotic plant focuses on preventing further spread by placing signs in infected waters. Recreationists are hereby asked to no water to mix with other waters after recreation. One uses the policy of ' check, clean, dry '. Recreational water users should bring their stuff to check on water and, if necessary, to dry off. If this is not possible should be dried at least 48 hours to this stuff. ==Sport and culture<span class="mw-editsection" len="337" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == The Auckland's skyline at night.<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The New Zealand culture is an amalgamation of Maori and European culture. This is evident, among other things, at rugby matches, where players perform a Haka in advance. The most popular sport is rugby and if the national team-the All Blacks -plays, is many a New Zealander glued to the tube. Other popular sports are cricket and golf.Activities such as bungee jumping and zorbing have their origin in New Zealand (commercial). Also the football becoming more popular in New Zealand, the country qualified for the World Cup 2010 in South Africa, where it's 1-1 draw against Slovakia and played 1-1 against Italy, the then world champion.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In recent years New Zealand film producers to find the way to know. The beautiful nature and the varied landscape is very suitable for adventure films and the like to shoot where many outdoor shooting in needed. Many recordings for King Kong (2005), The Chronicles of Narnia and Brideflight are made in New Zealand and also the television series Xena and Hercules are listed there. The Black Sheep, the movies Lord of the Ringsand The Hobbittrilogy there are even fully incorporated. ===Language<span class="mw-editsection" len="325" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">New Zealand has three official languages: New Zealand English, Te Reo Maori (the Maori language) and New Zealand sign language.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-TEARALANG_4-0" len="173" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [4]  In practice, only English widely used, although great efforts have been made in recent years to promote the use of Te Reo. In addition, many other languages are spoken in New Zealand because the high racial diversity as a multicultural country. As you can due to the many Dutch immigrants who settled in the periods 1950-1960 and 1980-1985 in New Zealand settled in quite a number of cases also speak Dutch. ====New Zealand English<span class="mw-editsection" len="342" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">New Zealand English is close to Australian English in terms of the ruling, but has some differences that often by people from outside of these countries are not recognized. The most striking difference is in the pronunciation of the vowel. The Australian i-sound similar to the New Zealand e and the New Zealand i resembles the Australian you. New Zealand vowels are generally softer from a phonetic point of view. Some of these differences show that New Zealand English has more affinity with English in the South of England than Australian-English has. Some of these differences also show the influence of Māori. The most striking difference from Australian and other forms of English, with the exception of perhaps the South African English, is the flattened i of New Zealand English. The New Zealand accent also has a number of Scottish and Irish influences by the large number of settlers from those areas in the 19th century. At the time of the 2006 Census was English spoken by 3.673.623 people (91.2% of the total population).