NEW ZEALAND

Name:New Zealand
Local name (Maori):Aotearoa
Status:sovereign state
Surface:268.7 ths. sq. km
Population (2003):3 951 ths.
Capital:Wellington (Te Whanganui ā Tara)
Official languages:English, Maori


Current national symbols

Historical symbols:
United Tribes of Maori (1835-1840)
British New Zealand (1840-1907)
Dominion of New Zealand (since 1907)
Australasia (United team of Australia and New Zealand at the Olympic Games 1908-1912)

Ethnic and local symbols

New Zealand dependencies:
Cook Islands
Niue
Tokelau
New Zealand Antarctic Territory


The Commonwealth   Pacific Community

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