Another in the Flags of The World collection.. This one a swap from a friend in New Zealand . I love these cards with all the country's statistics.Thank you Maria for this kind swap.
Posted :21 March : Arrived Sydney31 March : Traveled 10 days.
\NEW ZEALAND :Tena Koutou Katoa Aotearoa = Greetings from New Zealand. Aotearoa (Maori)
NEW ZEALAND. Covers and area of some 268,021 KM 2.
CAPITAL CITY : of New Zealand is Wellington;
POPULATION : of New Zealand is 4,757,37o
LOCATED in the South Pacific region : Australasia.
UNIQUE; HONGI .is a greeting at formal gathering where you press noses togeather.
NEW ZEALAND : is a nuclear free country..
SPORT: Rugby the National game where New Zealand's National team befrore each game challenge their opponents with a "HAKA" a Maori war dance .
FAMOUS :Edmund Hillary 29th May 1953 The first person to climb Mount Everest with Sherpa Tenzing Nargay.
"LAND OF MIST AND MAGIC" New Zealand has amazing landscapes and was ideal for the filming of The Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit trilogies
HISTORY :Abel Tasman 1642 dicovered New Zealand .:
James Cook ;1769 landed in New Zealand and drew detailed and accurate maps.
TREATY OF WAITANGI : February 6th 1840 signed between the British Crown and Maori Chiefs at Waitangi in the Bay of Islands and is the founding document of New Zealand.
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