GeoPointe - New Zealand

Official Name: New Zealand
Location: Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Australia.
Capital: Wellington on North Island

Area:	total: 268,680 sq km
	land: 268,680 sq km
	water: 0 sq km

Lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
Highest point: Mount Cook 3,764 m

Lake Taupo In Tongariro NP., New Zealand

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Population: 4,115,771 (July 2007 est.) Nationality: New Zealander(s) Ethnic groups: New Zealand European 74.5%, Maori 9.7%, other European 4.6%, Pacific Islander 3.8%, Asian and others 7.4%. Religions: Anglican 24%, Presbyterian 18%, Roman Catholic 15%, Methodist 5%, Baptist 2%, other Protestant 3%, unspecified or none 33%. Languages: English (official), Maori (official).

Temperate with sharp regional contrasts.

Government type: Parliamentary democracy.
Independence: 26 September 1907 (from the United Kingdom).
National holiday: Waitangi Day (Treaty of Waitangi established British sovereignty over New Zealand), 6 February (1840).