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The information and communications technology industry in New Zealand is a rapidly growing sector. [1] The technology sector overall employs over 120,000 people, [2] and technology is New Zealand's third largest export sector, [1] accounting for $8.7 billion of exports, [3] with information technology creating 50,000 full time jobs, [3] and ...
New Zealand. / 41.300°S 174.783°E / -41.300; 174.783. 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.
The economy of New Zealand is a highly developed free-market economy. [23] It is the 52nd -largest national economy in the world when measured by nominal gross domestic product (GDP) and the 62nd -largest in the world when measured by purchasing power parity (PPP).
List of prisons in New Zealand. There are eighteen adult prisons in New Zealand. Three prisons house female offenders, one each in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. The remaining fifteen house male offenders; ten in the North Island and five in the South Island. The facilities are managed by the Department of Corrections.
The England women's cricket team defeats New Zealand 4–1 in a five-match T20I series in New Zealand. April. The England women's cricket team defeats New Zealand 2–1 in a three-match ODI series in New Zealand. New Zealand and Pakistan draw 2–2 in a five-match Twenty20 International series in Pakistan. Horse racing
Wellington [b] is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the third-largest city in New Zealand, [c] and is the administrative centre of the Wellington Region. It is the world's southernmost capital of a sovereign state. [14]
The Sixth Labour Government governed New Zealand from 26 October 2017 to 27 November 2023. It was headed first by Jacinda Ardern (October 2017–January 2023) and later by Chris Hipkins (January 2023–November 2023), as Labour Party leader and prime minister . On 1 August 2017, Ardern succeeded Andrew Little as both leader of the Labour Party ...
Māori ( Māori: [ˈmaːɔɾi] ⓘ) [i] are the indigenous Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand ( Aotearoa ). Māori originated with settlers from East Polynesia, who arrived in New Zealand in several waves of canoe voyages between roughly 1320 and 1350. [13]