South pacific. New ZealandIt is the largest island nation in the Polynesian archipelago in the Pacific Ocean and the second largest country in Oceania.
With an area of 260,000 square kilometers, a little smaller than China's Yunnan Province, and the longest distance from north to south is more than 1,600 kilometers.
New Zealand is mainly composed of:North IslandwithSouth IslandThe two islands make up 99% of the total area, and the shortest distance between the two islands is 32 km.
There are also more than 150 smaller islands scattered across the South Pacific Ocean.
CapitalWellingtonLocated at the southern tip of the North Island, Wellington is the world's closest capital to Antarctica.
New Zealand also has the largest penguin species in the world.
There are more than 3,000 in the South IslandGlaciers,Leave a large number of glacial lakes and fjords, as well as *** glacier hikes for tourists to burn money.
Isolated. New Zealand is far from most countries in the world.
It is about 1,000 kilometers away from the South Pacific islands of New Caledonia, Tonga and Fiji, and at least 1,600 kilometers away from Australia, which hates each other.
After 80 million yearsIsolated. , with unique flora and fauna.
About 1,500 of the approximately 2,000 species of native plants are not found anywhere else in the world.
Before the arrival of humans, the only mammals were bats, and there were no snakes.
It is also because there are no ferocious natural predators, and many animals that did not survive the second episode in the cruel Eurasia survived here.
For example, the wedge-toothed lizard, which became extinct elsewhere 100 million years ago.
Because there are no beasts of prey, the only natural predator is the eagle.
New Zealand has evolved many birds that can't fly but burrow, such as the national bird, which looks like a kiwiKiwi.
In order to prevent the extinction of the native biome by the flora and fauna microorganisms of the outside world, New ZealandThe customs entry policy is strict to **,Hiking boots should be cleaned of mud from the soles of their shoes when entering the country.
Maori. It was also because of its suburban location that New Zealand became one of the last large islands to be settled by humans.
It was only around 1300 that immigrants from the Polynesian Islands migrated from the islands of the South Pacific in canoes and became the indigenous people of New ZealandMaori.
Today, Māori make up 16% of New Zealand's population
The Maori are a type of Polynesian, and some scholars believe that the Maori may have come from Taiwan, China.
They also gave the place the name Otearova, which means:The land of the long white clouds.
Maori people like to touch their noses when they meet and greet each other, and the people are brave, and legend has it that they have eaten people.
Like to dance oneHaka,It is said that ancient tribes used awkward dances to deter their opponents.
This method is healthy and environmentally friendly, so New Zealanders have to dance awkwardly before sports competitions, and the opponent first blindfolds and does not know what the operation is.
Earth Power. New Zealand is located on the Pacific Plate with AustraliaPlate junctions,Earth's most powerful forces rule here.
Volcano**There is a lot of activity, and many volcanoes are concentrated in the North Island.
There are some volcanoes that are still activeTongariro National ParkIt is the filming location of the Doomsday Volcano in "The Lord of the Rings".
There are a variety of hiking programs in the park, all of which are very difficult and require a lot of physical equipment.
400 times per year, including 1 time per year for those above Richter 6.
In the city, you can see 185 empty chairs placed on the ruins in order to commemorate the victims of the big **.
Also boasts an abundance ofGeothermal resources,The geothermal world of Waiotap is known as the Devil's Bathhouse.
There is also a geyser that erupts regularly every day, and the only downside is that the smell of sulfur is so stinky that Aqiu feels that the demon can't stand it.
The impact of the two tectonic plates is also forming near Kaikoura in New ZealandDeep Ocean Trench,It attracts people who like to be active in the deep seaSperm whale.
New Zealand now has maturityWhale watching by boatActivity, the wind and waves are particularly strong, before seeing the whale, Yaqiu first seasick and fainted to the point that his martial arts were wasted.
Legend of the mountains and seas. Tectonic plate collisions make New Zealand oneMountainous country,Mountains and hills make up more than three-quarters of the land area.
Half of the South Island is coveredSouthern AlpsOccupy, 19 peaks above 3,000 meters above sea level, the highest peakCook Peak3764 meters high.
There is very little arable land that can be planted, and the arable land area accounts for only 5 percent of the total area6%。
The largest plain is the Canterbury Plains in the eastern part of the South Island, which produces most of New Zealand's produce.
But so far, New Zealand is not self-sufficient in food and needs to import from Australia.
Initially, the plants brought by the Maori from the tropics were all dead and they had to survive by fishing and hunting.
They often catch a kind of moa that is taller than a human to eat, but they didn't expect the Maori to have a strong taste, and they directly ate it to extinction.
The Europeans are coming.
December 1642,NetherlandsThe explorers set off from Indonesia and reached the west coast of New Zealand, naming New Zealand after the Dutch province of Zealand.
Before they could go ashore to observe, four Dutch sailors were killed by the Maori, and the Dutch felt that the natives here were too ** to stay for a long time.
The landing place is also called "** Bay", which is the ** Bay on the west coast of New Zealand's South Island today.
A hundred years later, one calledCookThe British are more shrewd, and they heard that the Maori are not easy to mess with, so they did not come hard.
A chieftain was found to make a relationship, a map was drawn, and the strait between the North Island and the South Island was namedCook Strait.
In 1788, the British added New Zealand to the colony of New South Wales in Australia.
Rich in timber, whales, flax and seal skin, a favorite of China's wealthy, this fresh island quickly attracted a lotEuropean businessmen.
Some of them were convicts sent to Australia from England, and the first merchant ship to come to New Zealand was called the Fantasy.
The Europeans also brought**Teach,The first missionaries taught the Maori to read and write and to grow wheat and corn in order to convert the Maori people.
In 1840, New Zealand had a universityUniversity of Otago.
Today, 70% of New Zealand residents claim to be of European descent.
Most of their ancestors came from the United Kingdom, but some came from Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and other European countries.
Waitangi Regulations.
The arrival of Europeans caused great disruption to the order of life of the Maori people.
The diseases they brought with them caused a large number of Maori deaths, and the last pure-blooded Maori is said to have died in 1933.
Europeans also often bully people to be honest and honest, defrauding Maori lands with extremely low **.
However, in many of the clashes that broke out, the British regular army was beaten by the Maori guerrillas without temper at all.
Even if they failed, the Maori did not surrender, hiding in the jungle to professionally make trouble for the British ** team, and were never truly conquered by the British.
After a long struggle, the Maori gained national dignity and legal equality.
Today, Māori is also the official language that New Zealanders can use in court, and many whites are learning Māori.
One signed between the British Crown and the Maori in 1840Treaty of Waitangi, which is considered to be the founding document of New Zealand.
New Zealand finally broke away from Australia and became the British Empire's left-behind child in the South Pacific.
The establishment of the English legal system also confirmed the Maori right to own land and culture.
Today, the signing house of the Treaty of Waitangi is a tourist attraction.
For a long time, New Zealand was heavily influenced by British dads, and its government, education and culture were modeled after the United Kingdom.
The diet is also influenced by the British, that is, there are many good ingredients, but the processing methods are difficult to explain.
Pure pastures. New Zealand's northern and southern islands are vastFertile grassland,Coupled with a mild and humid temperate maritime climate, pasture grass can be grown all year round, making it ideal for grazing.
Since the 50s of the 19th century, New Zealand has introduced a kind of beautiful sheep with excellent wool quality from Australia.
Soon, New Zealand's wool, dairy products, meat were exported to Britain in large quantities, and New Zealand, like Australia, becameThe best pastures in the British Empire.
With the introduction of cryon-freezer technology, New Zealand has become the world's largest exporter of meat and dairy products.
The current world-wide mechanical ** equipment and frozen meat are all early inventions in New Zealand.
Today, New Zealand, with half of its land on pasture, has the highest number of livestock per capita in the world.
New Zealand dairy products have always been sold all over the world with high quality and low prices, and the export volume can compete with the entire European Union.
It is also the world's largest producer and exporter of deer antler velvet, accounting for 30% of the world's production.
Tourists can visit farms in New Zealand on open-top tractors, ** sheep shearing, as well as grassland style races such as greyhound racing and horse racing.
War years. In 1907, Britain was forced to agree to New Zealand as a Dominion, and New Zealand gained essentially independence from then on.
During the war years that swept through the world, this small South Pacific country had to get byGo out to the sugar daddylife.
The First World War helped Britain fight the war, and the number of young men who participated in the First World War accounted for 40% of the young and middle-aged men,* more than 560,000 people, 1 in 17 inhabitants**.
During World War II, seeing that British dads were too busy to take care of themselves, New Zealand hugged the thighs of the United States tightly.
1942 In 1944, there were about 100,000 U.S. troops stationed in New Zealand.
The New Zealand military actively sent its own navy and air force to participate in a series of battles in the Pacific.
Affluent and tranquil. Although the cost was enormous, during the war, New Zealand became the British and American forcesPacific Logistics Base.
Comprehensive agricultural products, but also successfully transformed from an agricultural country to an industrial country, machine manufacturing, metal processing industry, chemical industry, petroleum industry and textile industry rapid development.
Today, New Zealand is the world's leading clean, with a per capita GDP of $36,000 and an economically developed welfare state.
China has surpassed Australia to become New Zealand's largest partner.
New Zealand's salty and sweet landscapes, with magnificent mountain lakes and idyllic scenery, are some of the world's most popularMovie locations.
The Lord of the Rings series, The Chronicles of Narnia, Wolverine, Mulan, and other films were filmed in New Zealand.
Also attractedTourists from all over the world come from far and wide.
Currently, tourism accounts for nearly 10% of New Zealand's gross domestic product and provides nearly 10% of the country's jobs.
Coming from afar. There have never been natives in this faraway land, and people have come from afar.
It is influenced by Maori and is common among New ZealandersTenacious and brave, simple and friendly,There are top players in all walks of life, and they have a good reputation in countries around the world.
It may be that life is rich and peaceful, and people like to find some excitement.
Everyone in New Zealand isOutdoor enthusiasts,A member of the British mountaineering team who climbed Mount Everest for the first timeHillaryIt's a New Zealand beekeeper. List of high-quality authors
New Zealanders are not enough, and they have invented bungee jumping and developed skydivingExtreme sports.
Bungee jumpingOriginating at the Queenstown Kawarau Bridge, the service is particularly meticulous, and there are three options: hand in the water, head in the water and no water.
It doesn't matter if we don't dare to jump, we can buy tickets to go in and watch the excitement.
Love and wandering. Hundreds of millions of years of romance of mountains and seas, nearly a thousand years of you come and go.
On the loneliest island in the world, people share the thrill of nature and the unhurried scenery of life.
I hope that in our lifetime, we can all enter the hometown of Changbaiyun and continue thisThe story of an island nation of wandering and love