FACTS ABOUT NEW ZEALAND

FIRST OF ALL, AS YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED, IN

NEW ZEALAND A KIWI IS NOT A FRUIT. IT EITHER REFERS

TO A NATIVE FLIGHTLESS BIRD OR TO THE ISLANDERS

THEMSELVES. AND UNLIKE MANY OTHER DEMOGRAPHIC

LABELS, CALLING A NEW ZEALANDER A "KIWI" IS NOT

CONSIDERED OFFENSIVE!

IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING, THE FRUIT IS

CALLED A KIWIFRUIT

NEW ZEALAND WAS THE LAST MAJOR LANDMASS

TO BE POPULATED BY HUMANS

ALTHOUGH IT HAS SOME OF THE MOST AMAZING TOPOGRAPHY

IN THE WORLD, NO PART OF THE COUNTRY IS MORE THAN

130KM FROM THE OCEAN!

WELLINGTON IS THE SOUTHERN MOST CAPITAL

CITY ON EARTH

MILFORD SOUND HAS BEEN RATED THE WORLD'S TOP

TRAVEL DESTINATION BASED ON SEVERAL

INTERNATIONAL SURVEYS

ACCORDING TO THE CORRUPTIONS PERCEPTION INDEX

NEW ZEALAND TIES WITH DENMARK FOR BEING THE

LEAST CORRUPT COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.

BALDWIN STREET IN THE CITY OF DUNEDIN IS THE WORLD'S

STEEPEST STREET WITH A 38% GRADE

ALTHOUGH THE KIWI IS A FLIGHTLESS BIRD IT IS THE

LOGO FOR THE NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE