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New Zealand
What is the name of the country which has volcanoes and rivers of ice, deer and sea-elephants? It is New Zealand, called the Land of the Long White Cloud by the Maoris.
New Zealand is an island country. It is made up of some islands: the North and South Islands and Steward Island, a small land mass just to the south of the South Island. Most of its people live in North Island, and that is where you find big volcanoes like Egmont and Tongariro and the boiling pools and geysers and lakes of bubbling mud. Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington are the biggest cities. Wellington is the Capital.
South Island is larger than North Island and has the highest mountains. There you can find the snow-capped Southern Alps, rising 3.764 metres to the tip of Mount Cook (named after Captain Cook, of course, because he visited the islands before sailing on westwards and discovcring the eastem coast of Australia).
South Island is very beautifiil with its Alps and lakes, its glaciers and fiords. Have you ever heard of Milford Sound? That is one of the most picturesque of the fiords, with cliffs rising straight up out of the water, the whole scene reflected in the water. Down there, too, are the Sunderland Falls, where water drops six hundred metres, making these falls one of the highest waterfalls in the whole world. So you can see there is plenty to look at in New Zealand. And plenty of things to do for tourists, because New Zealand is also famous for its fishing, snow sports, mountaineering, sailing and hiking.
The climate is pleasant at all seasons, without much difference between winter and summer. New Zealand does not have the terrible heat of Australian summers; the oceans temper its climate and the mountains bring down quite a lot of rain.
What do the people do? Farm mostly. Dairy products, meat and wool are the main exports. New Zealand ranks second only to Australia as an exporter of wool. There are many factories there too, with hydro-electric stations to produce Ihe power for them.
North Island is where you find the Maoris, the fine people who lived in these islands hundreds of years before the white man came. Most of them live near Auckland.
The Maoris, a Polynesian people, are the aborigines of New Zealand. After long stays in Indonesia and the South Pacific, which they explored for many years, they made their great journey to New Zealand about the middle of the 14th Century. They sailed in double canoes open to all weathers. They knew the winds, the ocean currents and the stars, and this eamed them the name of Vikings of the Sunrise.
The Capital of New Zealand since 1865, and one of its busiest ports, Wellington is at southem end of North Island, lying among hills on the westem side of a natural harbour. It is the third largest city in New Zealand. Auckland (the former capital) is the first largest city, and Christchurch is the second.
1. New Zealand is made up of three islands.
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2. Captain Cook discovered New Zealand.
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3. Sunderland Falls is the second highest waterfall in the world.
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4. The climate of New Zealand is mild due to the oceans.
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5. New Zealand is the main exporter of wool in the world.
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6. The Maoris were great sailors in Polynesia.
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7. The capital of New Zealand is the largest city.
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