Island nation
New Zealand is an island country in the south-west Pacific. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland.
New Zealand is an independent nation and a member of the British Commonwealth.
Size, shape and population
Comparable in size (270,500 sq km) and/or shape to Great Britain, Japan or Colorado in the United States, New Zealand has a diverse multicultural population of four million people, making it one of the world’s least crowded countries.
The majority of New Zealanders are of British descent. New Zealand’s indigenous Māori, a
Polynesian people, make up around 15 percent of the population.
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NZinProfile2006.pdf
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