New Zealand is an island country which is located in the south western Pacific Ocean. New Zealand mainly consists of the two main landmasses which is the North Island and the South Island. The North Island is famously known to be as Te Ika-a-Maui and the South Island is famously known to be as Te Waipounamu. In New Zealand there are around 600 smaller islands which is unbelievable. New Zealand is located 2,000 kilometers which is around 1,200 miles in the east of Australia across the Tasman Sea which is famous sea and New Zealand is situated around 1,000 kilometers which is about 600 miles south of the Pacific Island of the Fiji and Tonga. Due to the remoteness of New Zealand it was the last space or we can say lands which was settled by the humans. New Zealand throughout its long duration or we can say period of the isolation it has now developed a distinct biodiversity of animal, fungal and also of plant life. The Capital of New Zealand is Wellington and the most populous city of New Zealand is Auckland. The official language of New Zealand is English, Maori and NZ (New Zealand) Sign Language. In New Zealand there are 74 % European which is a huge number of people who are residing, 14.9 % Maori and there are 11.8 % Asian people who are living. The people of New Zealand are commonly termed or we can say called as Kiwi which is a bird which is a long beak and this bird has short wings that cannot fly. In New Zealand there is Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy. The Current Monarch is Elizabeth II, Governor in General is Pasty Reddy and The Prime Minister of New Zealand is Jacinda Ardern. The total area of New Zealand is 268,021 km2. The Population of New Zealand is 47.9 Lakhs as per 2017. The GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of New Zealand in year of 2018 was 199 $ billion and the nominal GDP of 2018 was 206 $ billion. The currency of New Zealand is New Zealand dollar ($) (NZD).
The culture of New Zealand is highly driven Western Culture which is influenced by a distinctive and unique surrounding and the geographic isolation of the islands and there are also various types of waves of the multi ethnic migration which is followed by the British Colonization of the New Zealand. The culture of New Zealand is influenced predominantly by the European and Maori. The biennial Te Matatini festival which first was held in the year of 1972 which celebrates the Maori Culture which is the traditional dance of New Zealand and the song performances are known to be as “Kapa Haka”. The Maori Culture is a culture which is indigenous to New Zealand and it is still the part of Eastern Polynesian culture. The Maori Culture is developed from the Polynesian roots. They originated with the settlers from the eastern Polynesian islands and these arrived in New Zealand in the several waves of canoe voyages at the period between of 1250 and 1300. The Maori Culture forms a distinguishable and unique part of New Zealand’s culture and this Maori Culture is found throughout the whole world, due to a large diaspora and there is an incorporation of the motifs into a popular culture of New Zealand. Throughout the Maori community and to a little about lesser extent throughout the entire New Zealand as forming a whole, the word Maoritanga is most commonly used as an appropriate synonym for the Maori culture. The Maori’s are the originating in a certain area (indigenous) inhabitants of New Zealand. Pakeha culture which is usually synonymous with the New Zealand European Culture and this derives from that the British, particularly English people who colonized New Zealand in the 19th Century. In New Zealand the greeting method is a unique one where both the people press their noses briefly which is out of the box way of greeting. To say hello in New Zealand’s language. The cricket team of New Zealand has a culture which the other countries try to imitate as Australia’s former Coach Darren Lehmann says often that Australia and other countries need to imbibe the culture of New Zealand Cricket Team. The New Zealand athletes play with benevolent attitude whenever they are playing even when they are playing against their arch rivals Australia and this rivalry is popularly known to be as Trans Tasmanian Rivalry. The entire New Zealand country and the people present there are very much kind and they live in a harmony.
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