New Zealand Visitors Travel Guide

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New Zealand is an country situated in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses called as North Island and the South Island, and numerous smaller islands, most notably and reknown are Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands. Elizabeth II, as the Queen of New Zealand, is the country’s head of state and is represented by a ceremonial Governor-General who holds reserve powers. The majority of New Zealand’s population is of European descent. The indigenous Maori are the largest minority population . Also Asians and non-Maori Polynesians are significant minority groups, especially in urban areas. The most commonly spoken language is New Zealand is English. New Zealand have very notable geographic isolation: it is situated about 2000 km southeast of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and its closest neighbours in the north are New Caledonia, Fiji and Tonga. The country owes its varied topography, and perhaps even its emergence above the waves, to the dynamic boundary it straddles between the Pacific and Indo-Australian Plates. New Zealand is part of Zealandia, a continent nearly half the size of Australia that is otherwise almost completely submerged. The country has extensive marine resources, with the seventh-largest Exclusive Economic Zone in the world, covering over four million square kilometres.

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New Zealand Visitors Travel Guide