NEW ZEALAND (Aotearoa)
LAND OF THE LONG WHITE CLOUD
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SOME FACTS & FIGURES ABOUT NEW ZEALAND
AREA..267,847 sq.km (103,416 sq.mls)
Total area one-sixth larger than Gt Britain & less than California.
LENGTH OF COASTLINE...6,880 km (4,300 mls)
HIGHEST MOUNTAIN...Mt Cook, 3,754 metres (12,315 ft)
LARGEST LAKE...Lake Taupo, 616 sq.km (238 sq.mls)
LARGEST GLACIER...Tasman Glacier, 29km long, 9km wide (18mls long 5.6 mls wide)
DEEPEST LAKE...Lake Hauroko, 462 metres (1,515 ft)
CLIMATE...Mild & equable. Hours of sunshine equal to Italy or Florida.
NATURAL RESOURCES...Largely a farming country,
NZ principal production & exports are meat, wool, forestry products & dairy products.
DISTANCES FROM OTHER COUNTRIES...USA 9,500 km (6,000 mls)
Great Britain 19,200 km (12,000 mls) Australia 2,250 km (1,400 mls)
Mustering near Mt Cook & Lake Pukaki.(Canterbury).....Sheep droving in the North Island.
Mount Cook. (South Canterbury).....Mount Egmont. (Taranki)
Lake Wakatipu (Queenstown).....Purakaunui Falls (South Otago)
New Brighton Beach. (Christchurch) 5 minutes from where I live.
This is an oil painting done by my great grandfather,
of
the Lion & Pembroke Peaks.(Milford Sounds)
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