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For other uses, see NZ (disambiguation) and New Zealand (disambiguation). New Zealand (Māori: Aotearoa [aɔˈtɛaɾɔa]) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island (Te Ika-a-Māui) and the South Island (Te Waipounamu)—and over 700 smaller islands.
Sea-kayaking from Hahei. Tourism in New Zealand comprised an important sector of the national economy – tourism directly contributed NZ$ 16.2 billion (or 5.8%) of the country's GDP in the year ended March 2019. [2] As of 2016 tourism supported 188,000 full-time-equivalent jobs (nearly 7.5% of New Zealand's workforce).
The culture of New Zealand is a synthesis of indigenous Māori, colonial British, and other cultural influences. The country's earliest inhabitants brought with them customs and language from Polynesia, and during the centuries of isolation, developed their own Māori and Moriori cultures. British colonists in the 19th century brought Western ...
Map of provinces after 1852. New provinces were formed by the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852. This Act established a quasi-federal system of government and divided the country into the six provinces of Auckland, New Plymouth, Wellington, Nelson, Canterbury, and Otago. [8][9] Each province elected its own legislature known as a provincial ...
The demographics of New Zealand encompass the gender, ethnic, religious, geographic, and economic backgrounds of the 5.3 million [6] people living in New Zealand. New Zealanders predominantly live in urban areas on the North Island. The five largest cities are Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Hamilton, and Tauranga.
List of airports by ICAO code: N#NZ - New Zealand; List of former Royal New Zealand Air Force stations; ... New Zealand] [includes IATA codes". UN/LOCODE 2006-2.
New Zealand portal. v. t. e. Wellington has been the capital of New Zealand since 1865. New Zealand 's first capital city was Old Russell (Okiato) in 1840–41. Auckland was the second capital from 1841 until 1865, when Parliament was permanently moved to Wellington after an argument that persisted for a decade. As the members of parliament ...
In 1841 the Diocese of New Zealand was established, based in Auckland, however no letters patent were ever issued. The Diocese of New Zealand was split in 1856 with the southern part becoming the Diocese of Christchurch. Christchurch was subsequently issued letters patent by Queen Victoria and became the "City of Christchurch". [10]