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There are 3.6 million people living in New Zealand, give or take a hundred thousand.
New Zealand's icon is the kiwi a flightless bird. New Zealanders are known as kiwis. It's other icon is the Silver Fern.
The capital of New Zealand is Wellington which is known also as the Windy City. The largest city is
Auckland - the City of Sails. In the South Island, the largest city (and second largest in the country) is
Christchurch - the Garden City and the second largest is Dunedin - the Edinburgh of the South.
New Zealand is the holder of the America's Cup.
Prominent structures include the Christchurch Cathedral, Larnach Castle in Dunedin and the Sky Tower which is in Auckland. The Beehive in Wellington is the home of New Zealand's parliament.
The most popular sport in New Zealand is rugby. The All Blacks are THE best team in the world!
The official languages are English and Maori, though there are a lot more languages spoken here.
New Zealand is the home of culinary delights such as the pavlova, Neenish tarts, hokey pokey
icecream and L&P.
The country is divided into two main islands, North and South, which are divided by the Cook Strait.
Below the South Island is Stewart Island, and the two are divided by Foveaux Strait.
The country is 103,736 square miles (268,676 square kilometres) in area.
The North Island is 44,281 square miles (114,687 square kilometres) in area
and the South Island is 58,093 square miles (150,460 square kilometres).
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