Interesting Facts about New Zealand
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INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT NEW ZEALAND
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New Zealand means "Land of the long white cloud"
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New Zealand is an independent nation and a member of the British Commonwealth.
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A kiwi is New Zealand’s native flightless bird and a slang term for a New Zealander. Kiwis call the fruit “kiwifruit”
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Another native bird of New Zealand, the Moa, was one of the largest birds in history – standing up to 3.6m (12 foot) tall and weighing 300kg.
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New Zealand is the first country in the world to see each new day.
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Wellington, the Capital City of New Zealand is the southernmost capital city in the world.
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It was probably a New Zealander, Richard William Pearse, who took the world's first flight.
On 31 March 1902 Pearse managed to fly his home-made aircraft 91 metres in a field near Timaru.
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A New Zealander, Sir Edmund Hillary, was the first person to climb Mount Everest in 1953.
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Baron Ernest Rutherford was the first person in the world to split the atom (in 1919). Rutherford was awarded the Nobel Prize for his work.
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New Zealand is the birthplace of the meringue dessert known as the ‘Pavlova', named after the famous ballerina Anna Pavlova.
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Tongariro National Park was the fourth national park to be established in the world and the first in New Zealand, in 1887.
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The Hector's Dolphin, and the Hooker's sea lion are only found in New Zealand waters.
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New Zealand is home to the world's only flightless parrot, the Kakapo, as well as the Kea - the only alpine parrot in the world.
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The oldest living genus of reptile is the native New
Zealand Tuatara.
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New Zealand's highest point is Mount Cook (3,754 m or 12313 ft)
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New Zealand's deepest lake is Lake Hauroko (462 m 1515 ft)
It is also New Zealand's largest lake (606 km or 234 miles)
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The longest river in New Zealand
is Waikato River (425 km or 264 miles long)
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New Zealand's largest glacier
Is Tasman Glacier (29 km or 18 miles long)
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New Zealand's deepest cave is Nettle bed, Mount Arthur (889 m or 2916 ft)
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Hawke's Bay is the home to the town with the “Longest Place Name” in the World, according to The Guinness Book of World Records:
Taumata whakatangi hangakoauau o tamatea turi pukakapiki maunga horo nuku pokai whenua kitanatahu
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