New Zealand Embassy
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | |
Phone: |
(+251) 11-515-1269 |
Fax: |
(+251) 11-552-6115 |
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About New Zealand Embassy
New Zealand
Population: |
4,401,916 (July 2014 est.)
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Location: |
Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Australia
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Continent: |
Oceania
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Major Urban Area: |
Auckland 1.452 million; WELLINGTON (capital) 410,000 (2011)
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Languages: |
English (de facto official) 89.8%, Maori (de jure official) 3.5%, Samoan 2%, Hindi 1.6%, French 1.2%, Northern Chinese 1.2%, Yue 1%, Other or not stated 20.5%, New Zealand Sign Language (de jure official)
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Ethnic Groups: |
European 71.2%, Maori 14.1%, Asian 11.3%, Pacific peoples 7.6%, Middle Eastern, Latin American, African 1.1%, other 1.6%, not stated or unidentified 5.4%
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Religions: |
Christian 44.3% (Catholic 11.6%, Anglican 10.8%, Presbyterian and Congregational 7.8%, Methodist, 2.4%, Pentecostal 1.8%, other 9.9%), Hindu 2.1%, Buddhist 1.4%, Maori Christian 1.3%, Islam 1.1%, other religion 1.4% (includes Judaism, Spiritualism and New Age religions, Baha'i, Asian religions other than Buddhism), no religion 38.5%, not stated or unidentified 8.2%, objected to answering 4.1%
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History: |
The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. That same year, the British began the first organized colonial settlement. A series of land wars between 1843 and 1872 ended with the defeat of the native peoples. The British colony of New Zealand became an independent dominion in 1907 and supported the UK militarily in both world wars. New Zealand's full participation in a number of defense alliances lapsed by the 1980s. In recent years, the government has sought to address longstanding Maori grievances.
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Coastline: |
15,134 km
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Climate: |
temperate with sharp regional contrasts
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Terrain: |
predominately mountainous with some large coastal plains
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Natural Resources: |
natural gas, iron ore, sand, coal, timber, hydropower, gold, limestone
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New Zealand Embassy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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