NEW ZEALAND

New
zealand

NORTH ISLAND
COOK STRAIT
Wellintong is the capital
of New Zealand.
SOUTH ISLAND
The population rouds about
4,428,016 people.

MAORIS(Glimpse - New Zealand Maori culture.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uIiDHgrDh0&feature=related

KAPA HAKA:
It´s a traditional maori performance art
form.
It includes:
HAKA: it´s a posture dance
POI: it´s a dance accompampained
by song and rhythmic movements.
WAIATA-A-RINGA: are action songs
Since 1972 there has been a regular
competition TE MATANINI organizated by
The Aotearoa Traditional Maori perfonming arts society.
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TOHUNGATANGA:
It´s the maoris religionn, the believe in TE AO MAORI.
The british colonised under european rules and their christian believes.
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Maori have been involved in new zealand politics since the declaration
of independence
of new zealand(1835) to the signing of the threaty of waitangi in 1840.
Maori have reserved seats in the parliament since 1868.

THE TREATY OF WAITANGI
It was a treaty of the british and the
maoris.
It promes to protect Maori land if Maoris
recognize british rule.

ABEL TASMAN
Dutch navigator, explored New Zealand in 1642.
He traveled 3 times to the
New
Zealand island, beginning in
1769.
JAMES COOK Britains annexed the islands
in
1840.

Traveling to new zealand…
• Go hiking:
• New Zealand is a country of
spectacular and diverse
beauty.
• You can walk through
rainforest, along golden-
sand beaches, at the foot
of mountains and up
mountains.

Traveling to new zealand…
• Go kayaking.
• Paddle the dark waters of an
ancient fiord or the sun-filled
calmness of a South Island
Sound. Lift your adrenalin with
a whitewater rush or lift your
soul with a pod of dolphins.

Travelling to new zealand…
• Go scuba diving.
• See the world of beauty
and wildlife underwater that
is so different but no less
spectacular than the world
above the water.

Travelling to new zealand…
• Go bungy jumping.
• It s New Zealand most
traditional thing too do.

AUCKLAND
Auckland is New Zealand's largest urban area
with a population of over 1.5 million people.
It is not the capital, it was at one time, but the capital was
moved to Wellintong.
Auckland is the centre of commerce and industry.
Auckland is the biggest polynesian city in the world,
and this cultural influence is reflected in many aspects of life.

WELLINTONG THE CAPITAL OF NEW ZEALAND
As the capital city, Wellington acts as the country's cultural,
administrative and political hub.
It is the storehouse for the nation's historic, cultural and artistic
treasures.

CHRISTCHURCH Christchurch enjoyed
the largest collection of
Gothic architecture in
the country, with
Christchurch Cathedral,
the Canterbury
Museum, Christ's
College School, and the
former University of
Canterbury, which was
converted to the
cultural centre of
Christchurch, the Arts
Centre.