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1:   New Zealand (Aotearoa in Maori) is an independent state in the south-western Pacific Ocean, about 2000 km east of Australia. Its closest neighbours in the north are New Caledonia, Fiji and Tonga. New Zealand mainly consists of two islands, the north island and the south island, and a few smaller islands. The settler comes mainly from English speaking country with a big minority of native Maori. It’s over 4 million people who live on New Zealand. About three million of these people live on the northern island. New Zealand’s capital is Wellington and lies on the northern island, but the largest city are Auckland. It’s about 4 280 000 people who lives on New Zealand, ca 367 000 of these lives in Wellington. New Zealand is 268 680 km ², and is the 74th largest country in the world.
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New Zealand became a self-governmental British colony in 1856, dominion under the British crow 1907, and became independent in 1947. Their national day is 6th February and their national anthem is called “God Defend New Zealand”. The song is written by Thomas Bracken. Both of the national songs is equalise. It is also a Maori version of this song, witch is written by Thomas Henry Smith. New Zealand also uses “God Save the Queen”, but that is rare.

The main religion in New Zealand is Christianity, Protestant (70%), but there is also Catholic, Methodist and Jews. The average age for woman is 82, and for men is it 77. The inhabitants can be divided into 4 groups depending on witch ethnicity they are. The largest group, 79 %, is the Europeans witch mainly comes from Britain. 15% identifies them self as Maori tribe and the last group is the Asian and the Pacifica people, 7%. In New Zealand it is obligatory and free school for everybody between six and 16 years old. The school starts when you’re five years old, but 96% of the 4-year-old children go on to preschool. The school system has strongly been influenced by the British. After 1960 the Maori population has been more valid in the school system. There are seven universities and 25 collages in New Zealand, and the students have to pay tuition. New Zealand got its name after the Dutch province Zeeland, witch means “sea land”. The Maori name of the island is // Aotearoa, and //// means ”the long white clouds country”. //          New Zealand is a member of the UN, UN`s special organization, for example International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, WTO, Commonwealth, OECD, APEC, and The Pacific Island Forum. The strong maritime influence gives a temperate rain climate with a little difference on the summer- and winter temperature and with rain to all season. In February, that is the warmest month in general, is the temperatures in between 15-20 °C. It is somewhere between 1000 -2000 mm rain every year.

// If every people on the earth should have the same consumption as an average New Zealander, would we need 3,3 globes. //      2:        New Zealand   was ruled by Britain, so they have monarchy, which will say that Queen Elisabeth 2nd is their queen. Queen Elisabeth is ruling in all the former British colonies, witch is widely spread all over the globe. England had a massive colonization and has a role in many foreign countries today. New Zealand has two languages, English and Maori. Both are official, but they also have a sign language. Britain also has two official languages, English and Welsh. The English that the New Zealand people is writing look like the English that the British people use, but the sound isn’t the same. ** Similarity and dissimilarity  ** || ** New Zealand ** || Both of the countries have many big and famous cities, some of them in Britain are: London (in England), Edinburgh (in Scotland), Cardiff (in Wales) and Belfast (in North Ireland). In New Zealand we have Wellington, Auckland (both on the north island), Christchurch and Invercargill (the last two is on the south island). || ** New Zealand  ** || 3.    James Cook reached the island in 1769. New Zealand was visited by a number of Europeans and Americans after Cook reached the island. Becoming aware of the lawless nature European settlement and increasing interest in the territory by the French the British government sent William Hobson to New Zealand to claim sovereignty and come to an agreement with the Maouri tribe. Hobson selected Okiato as the capital in 1840, but the governmental seat was moved to Auckland in 1841. New Zealand had been a part of the New South Wales under the British rule. A big number of settlers, especially from the British Isles, came to the island in 1840 after New Zealand had become its own domination. The language was reduced when the Englishmen colonized the island. They gave the best and important jobs the British. When the British settlement started on the island a new dialect began to take form by adopting Mâori word to describe the flora and fauna of New Zealand, for which English didn’t have words of its own.
 * || ** Britain  **
 * ** Similarity  ** ||
 * ** Religion  ** ||   71% are Christian   ||   Over 70% are Christian   ||
 * ** Two official languages  ** ||   English and Welsh   ||   English and Maori   ||
 * ** Average woman  ** ||   82   ||   82   ||
 * ** Average man  ** ||   77   ||   77   ||
 * ** Education, primary school for girls  ** ||   100%   ||   99,5%   ||
 * ** Education, primary school for boys  ** ||   99,3%   ||   99,5%   ||
 * ** Joblessness  ** ||   5%   ||   3,8%   ||
 * ** Equal rights at work  ** ||   49,4%   ||   47,0%   ||
 * || ** Britain  **
 * ** Dissimilarities  ** ||
 * ** Areal  ** ||   244 820 km__  ²  __   ||   268 680 km__  ²  __   ||
 * ** Inhabitants  ** ||  60 943 912   ||   4 173 460   ||
 * ** Population density  ** ||  248,93 km__  ²  __   ||   15,53 km__  ²  __   ||
 * ** System of government  ** ||   Constitute   ||   Monarch   ||
 * ** Areal of water  ** ||   1,3%   ||   0%   ||
 * ** Time zone  ** ||   UTC + 0   ||   UTC + 12   ||
 * ** Winter  ** ||   Snow   ||   No snow   ||
 * ** Christmas celebration  ** ||   At home   ||   At the beach   ||
 * ** Number of language  ** ||   55   ||   21   ||
 * ** Gross National Income (GNI)  ** ||   33 650 Dollar   ||   25 750 Dollar   ||
 * ** Higher education  ** ||   2 287 833 people   ||   184 808 people   ||

media type="custom" key="2908189"Here is New Zealands national anthem. First he sings on Maori and then on English.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_English http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_zealand http://www.snl.no/article.html?id=692828#2