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A nice swap card and another Greetings from" card for the collection .. I like these as I learn something every time I receive one of these cards.and enjoy the facts and figures,, Thank you Tianyi.
Posted Auckland 17 October : Arrived Sydney 21 October : Traveled 4 days. Thank you..
NEW ZEALAND is located in the South Pacific ( Oceania ) and covers an area of 268,021 KM2.
CAPITAL CITY : is Wellington located in the North Island.
POPULATION: of New Zealand is 4,578,900 inhabitants.
EMBLEM.: The National emblem and bird is The Kiwi..
NAME.: Aoetaroa is the Name of New Zealand in The Maori Language and means "Land of the long white cloud "
ANIMALS.:There are over 30 million sheep in new Zealand and has the highest density of sheep / unit area in the world.
MOVIES.: The Lord of The Rings movie trylogy was filmed in some of New Zealands most beautiful areas being, Matamata , Wellington , Nelson , Canterbury , Mackenzie Country ,Southern Lakes and Fjordland.
VOTING.: New Zealand in 1893 is said to be the first country in the world to give Women the right to vote.
SPORT: Rugby Union is the unofficial National sport of New Zealand ,also they are very good at Cricket and Women's Netball .
FAMOUS KIWIS are: Russell Crowe , Sir Edmund Hillary , Peter Jackson , Jean Batten
POST CROSSING: New Zealand has over 1,700 Post crossing members.
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