COUNTRY: New Zealand

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Language: The official language of New Zealand are English and Maori,which are also part of basic education in the country.

Coin: The official currency is the New Zealand dollar. It isdivided into coins of 5.10, 20 and 50 cents, and wecan find banknotes of $ 5, $ 10, $ 20, $ 50 and $100.

Climate: The climate is mild, with temperatures rarely below 0 Cº or above 30Cº. The average daily temperature in Wellington, the capital, locatedin the center of the country is 5-9 Cº in the winter and 20.3 Cº inthe summer Due to its relative isolation, New Zealand developed a uniqueecosystem.

Population: 4,173,460 distributed as follows: 0-14 years: 20.9% (men 446.883/women 424,240) 15-64: 66.5% (men 1.390.669/women 1,385,686) 65 or more: 12.6% (men 238.560/women 287,422) (Figures for the year 2008)

Traditions: Much of New Zealand culture is derived from European roots and morerecently U.S., but it has distinctive characteristics of New Zealandenvironment, indigenous culture of the Maori, and the influence ofneighbours. Another current fact is that many Maoris are leaving their Mara to workin big cities, and this has caused some losses in the traditions, includingthe strong connection that the elderly have always had with the newest,and now it goes into decline.

Facts: In New Zealand the USA metric system is used for all weights,distances, speeds, temperatures and other common measures. In New Zealand vehicles travel on the left side of the street. Tipping is not usual in New Zealand. The time zone in New Zealand is 12 hours ahead of Greenwich. Betweenthe first Sunday in October and the third Sunday in March, the clocks inNew Zealand are advanced one hour.