New Zealand
New Zealand
..........most recently referred to as the "Home of Middle Earth"......Land of the Long White Cloud....Aotearoa.........A State of Australia.....
Some pics that I have taken of New Zealand can be located here
I live in New Zealand....it is not another state of Australia so dont let any Aussies try and tell you otherwise.
We are a small country of 3 million people...and we call ourselves "Kiwis" but when we do this we're referring to the bird and not the small fuzzy fruit. Dont confuse the 2.... the kiwi bird is an endangered species of bird found only in New Zealand. It is very shy, only comes out at night and cant fly.
Yes there are alot of sheep here, apparently more sheep than people....check out these Sheep Jokes
If you think you know a bit about New Zealand, put it to the test with this NZ Quiz
Although we do speak english..there are a lot of words we use that completely baffle anyone else.....check out this NZ Kiwi Slang Dictionary
Anyone who is a bona-fide kiwi will know who the "dog" and "Wal" are...for everyone else.....check out the link: Footrot Flats
Here's a map of New Zealand
I currently live in the Central North Island in Hamilton, last stop before the hell of the North, Auckland.
As far as New Zealand goes....we do the following:
We drive on the left hand side of the road
We talk in Celsius not Farenheit :Temperature Converter
Our seasons are:
Spring; Sept-Nov, Summer; Dec-Feb, Autumn;Mar-May and Winter;
June- Aug
Our time zone is GMT +12 hours.... which means...if your
American, we are about 17 hours ahead of you. Cos NZ is small all
the country is in the same time zone.: Time
Zone Converter
We are metric and talk in kilometres and centimetres and litres and millilitres.
We use decimal currency.: Currency Converter
Things infamous/interesting/hot, to come out of New Zealand include (randomly generated order):
#ZED#STELLAR#PETER JACKSON & LOTR#RUSSELL CROWE#AMERICA'S CUP#ALL BLACKS#HAKA#L&P#SIR EDMOND HILARY#
#KIRI TE KANAWA#SIR PETER BLAKE (RIP)#PAVLOVA#SAM NEILL#CROWDED HOUSE#SHORTLAND STREET#BUNGY JUMPING#