A Glimpse of New Zealand

People keep asking me what New Zealand is like. So here it is, a glimpse of New Zealand, a place, a people, a way of life.

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (commonly called the North Island and the South Island), and numerous smaller islands, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands. The indigenous Māori named New Zealand Aotearoa, commonly translated as The Land of the Long White Cloud. The Realm of New Zealand also includes the Cook Islands and Niue (self-governing but in free association); Tokelau; and the Ross Dependency (New Zealand's territorial claim in Antarctica). It is half the size of France or the same size as the state of Colorado in area.

New Zealand is notable for its geographic isolation: it is situated about 2000 km (1250 miles) southeast of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and its closest neighbours to the north are New Caledonia, Fiji and Tonga. It enjoys a mild climate and its global opposite is Portugal and Spain.

During its long isolation New Zealand developed a distinctive fauna dominated by birds, a number of which became extinct after the arrival of humans and the mammals they introduced.

The population of New Zealand is just over 4 million people who are mostly of European descent; the indigenous Māori are the largest minority. Asians and non-Māori Polynesians are also significant minority groups, especially in urban areas. The most commonly spoken language is English.

New Zealand is a developed country that ranks very highly in international comparisons on human development, quality of life, life expectancy, literacy, public education, peace, prosperity, economic freedom, ease of doing business, lack of corruption, press freedom, and the protection of civil liberties and political rights. Its cities also consistently rank among the world's most liveable.

Queen Elizabeth II of England, 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 Queen has no real political influence, and her position is essentially symbolic. Political power is held by the democratically elected Parliament of New Zealand under the leadership of the Prime Minister, who is the head of government.

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[P0L0tube]

Wow this video is really beautiful New Zealand looks gorgeous I want to go there now !! All I knew about New Zealand before watching this video was that the Lord of the rings was filmed there... Over here in Oxford we have a cathedral called Christ Church too it's apart of the Oxford university and it also acts as a private boys school and thats were the Lord of the rings was written on christ church meadows opposite the cathedral under a tree buy the river, cool huh.

[ThisSuitsMe]

@P0L0tube ~ yeah that is cool. Christchurch here is the biggest city in the South Island and third biggest in New Zealand. People say it is more English than England, haha. It has a huge Cathedral, but the Oxford is a pub. Oh there is a private school like that called Christs College there.

[pastybashing]

new zealand look banging:P

[ThisSuitsMe]

@pastybashing ~ come visit!

[kirachoujin]

@ThisSuitsMe dude u do know that mandarin is the most spoken language

[ThisSuitsMe]

@kirachoujin ~ huh?

[PassportPatrolNZ]

WOW New Zealand is really beautiful i really want to go there thank you for sending me this video :) x

[1958MJJmusic]

hey whats invercargill like? :)

[zenox000]

Oh, is New Zealand and Australia One or i mean does both countrys have same goverment?

[MrVincNet]

Thank you for the pictoral tour of NZ I enjoyed it as I do all our exchanges ;-)

[bookworm838]

OMG. That was a most awesome video. Please do another one, but make the pictures stay longer. Even if its a ten minute video. Very picturesque. I enjoyed that very much. Loved the mountian and ocean pics. Great job. Thanks, Bob

[MrPatriotUa1]

Very beautiful country!!!!!!

[aslongustay]

love traveling....picturesque New zealand...gone to my favourites.

[Goggy021]

I was there :-)

When I recorded the TV commercial for men's underwear :-)

Live experience is better :-)

Another nice clip :-)

Fantastic!

GoGo

[iKiwi3]

Loved it =)

[yuyuhaki1]

New Zealand is very amazing indeed.