Name: The Commonwealth of New Zealand
(Maori land- name for NZ too)
Area: 270 5340sq kms
Areas belong to NZ: Cook Is., Niue, Tokelau,
Karmadec Is., Chatham Is.,
Bounty Is., Auckland Is. Population: 3 761 000
Political structure: republic
Capital city: Wellington
Largest city: Auckland (173 000)
The Head of Government: Prime Minister
The Head of State: British monarch
(Dominium of GB)
Official language: English, Maori language
Currency: New Zealand’ s dollar = 100 cents
Main sources of income: industry, tourism (nature, unique
animals, culture of Maori)
agriculture (cows, some sheep,
potatoes, corn, oats, fruit
and vegetables, wood mining)
Export: wool, meal, butter, gold and iron)
Climate: mild oceanic (wet winters, cold summers )
North Is.: subtropical oceanic climate
South Is.: mild oceanic climate
Inhabitants: British origin, immigrants from Ireland, Poland


The Commonwealth of New Zealand is the official name, but Maori land is name for New Zealand too. New Zealand consists of 2 main islands (North and South) and has an area of about two hundred and eighty thousand sq kms. NZ has a very small population of almost three million eight hundred thousand. Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau are Self-Governing Territory Overseas and Karmadec Is., Chatham Is., Bounty Is., Auckland Is. belong to NZ too.
New Zealand is a republic and has a capital city Wellington but Auckland is the largest city with a population of about one hundred seventy thousand.
The Head of Government is the Prime Minister, but the Head of State is the British monarch. New Zealand is a dominium of GB. The official language is English and language of Maori.
The currency of New Zealand is NZ’ s dollar, which has hundred cents.
The most important sources of income are industry and agriculture. They breed cows and some sheep; they cultivate potatoes, corn, oats, fruits and vegetables. NZ is known for wood mining.
New Zealand exports a lot of products (wool, butter, gold and iron).
But tourism makes a lot of money too.