New Zealand Eyewitness Travel

T H E O C M O R A Y P L A C E THE GUIDES THAT SHOW YOU WHAT OTHERS ONLY TELL YOU EYEWITNESS TRAVEL NEW ZEALAND BEACHES • NATIONAL PARKS WILDLIFE • FORESTS SPORTS • GARDENS MAORI CULTURE • HOTELS RESTAURANTS • MUSEUMS EYEWITNESS TRAVEL NEW ZEALAND [...]...INTRODUCING NEW ZEALAND DISCOVERING NEW ZEALAND 1011 PUTTING NEW ZEALAND ON THE MAP: THE NORTH ISLAND 1213 THE SOUTH ISLAND 1415 A PORTRAIT OF NEW ZEALAND 1639 NEW ZEALAND THROUGH THE YEAR 4043 THE HISTORY OF NEW ZEALAND 4453 10 I N T R O D U C I N G N E W Z E A L A N D DISCOVERING NEW ZEALAND W hile most visitors are mountains, geothermal springs and drawn to New Zealand by forests New Zealand s new- found... timber trade and for farmland The independent spirit of New Zealanders can be said to derive from their determination to succeed in their new land The people of New Zealand came from a cross section of English, Scottish and Irish society, and all were united in their desire to make their country prosper SOCIETY New Zealand is an independent state New Zealand s parliament, based on the Statute of Westminster,... million years ago, New Zealand occupied a corner of Gondwanaland, one of the world’s two massive continents; the other is called Laurasia 135 million years ago, Gondwanaland began to split apart into the present-day continents At this time, New Zealand was still attached to Australia Today, the Tasman Sea separates New Zealand and Australia, and the continents continue to drift apart New Zealand is moving... New Zealand (1961), was one of the first to question prevailing versions of New Zealand history, which promoted colonial supremacy over “native” primitivism and biased interpretations of land Nga Morehu (The Survivors; 1988), a sculpture in mixed media settlement and the subseby Shona Rapira Davies quent land wars Dick Scott’s research in Ask that Mountadvent of New Zealand ain (1975) revealed to New. .. the islands of New but other than two bat Zealand are in the path of species, the only land mam“the roaring forties”, the mals are those introduced winds that circle this lower by early Maori and Kiwi, a New part of the globe, and are Zealand icon Europeans Comparatively separated from the nearest a recent settlement, with a poplandmass, Australia, by 1,600 km ulation of 4.3 million, New Zealand (990... which lay eggs Kowhai, sometimes described as New Zealand s national flower, has striking drooping yellow blooms in spring The silver fern or ponga, widely adopted as a national symbol, takes its name from the silvery underside of the fronds Manuka is a key pollen and nectar plant for bees A P O R T R A I T O F N E W Z E A L A N D BIRDS OF NEW ZEALAND New Zealand is famed for its unusual birds Evolving... climb above the competition to be noticed by pollinating alpine insects New Zealand fur seals are commonly seen lolling on rocks around the coasts 26 I N T R O D U C I N G N E W Z E A L N D New Zealand s National Parks and Reserves From the snow-capped volcanoes of Tongariro National Park to the sheer cliffs of Fiordland, New Zealand s national parks contain an aweinspiring range of scenery, beautiful... windows and a fine oriel tower CONTEMPORARY NEW ZEALAND ARCHITECTURE Although contemporary New Zealand architecture reflects international stylistic diversity, many architects are endeavouring to respond to the natural environment and to utilize ingredients from both Maori and European heritages Abstract art design on the exterior glazing The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, opened in 1998,... artists visiting New Zealand, such as William Hodges, whose work stylised the scenery into Romantic vistas Italian Girolamo Pieri Nerli and Dutchman Petrus van der Velden, both also had a romantic European view of the untamed land A few New Zealanders sought training in European academies, such as Charles Frederick Goldie By the 1900s art schools and societies had become established in New Zealand, but... Statute of Westminster, pays allegiance to the British sovereign through its governor-general Proposals that New Zealand become a republic have some support in the country New Zealanders take pride in their history of social reform The first in the world to give all women the vote in 1893, New Zealand had established compulsory, free primary schooling by 1877, and by 1938 a statesupported health system, . Wellington INTRODUCING NEW ZEALAND DISCOVERING NEW ZEALAND 10 PUTTING NEW ZEALAND ON THE MAP: THE NORTH ISLAND 12 PUTTING NEW ZEALAND ON THE MAP: THE SOUTH ISLAND 14 A PORTRAIT OF NEW ZEALAND 16 NEW ZEALAND. alt="" INTRODUCING NEW ZEALAND DISCOVERING NEW ZEALAND 1011 PUTTING NEW ZEALAND ON THE MAP: THE NORTH ISLAND 1213 THE SOUTH ISLAND 1415 A PORTRAIT OF NEW ZEALAND 1639 NEW ZEALAND THROUGH THE. TELL YOU EYEWITNESS TRAVEL NEW ZEALAND BEACHES • NATIONAL PARKS WILDLIFE • FORESTS SPORTS • GARDENS MAORI CULTURE • HOTELS RESTAURANTS • MUSEUMS EYEWITNESS TRAVEL NEW ZEALAND