The official languages are English, MДЃori and New Zealand Sign Language, with English predominant. If your business could benefit from a MapInfo product, then get in touch with us today. Reflecting this, New Zealand's culture is mainly derived from MДЃori and early British settlers, with recent broadening arising from increased immigration. Critchlow Geospatial has been providing the MapInfo suite of products to New Zealand and the South Pacific for close to 30 years. Today, the majority of New Zealand's population of 4.7 million is of European descent the indigenous MДЃori are the largest minority, followed by Asians and Pacific Islanders. In 1841, New Zealand became a colony within the British Empire and in 1907 it became a Dominion. In 1840, representatives of Britain and MДЃori chiefs signed the Treaty of Waitangi, which declared British sovereignty over the islands. In 1642, Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight New Zealand. Sometime between 12 CE, Polynesians settled in the islands that later were named New Zealand and developed a distinctive MДЃori culture. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, while its most populous city is Auckland. The country's varied topography and its sharp mountain peaks, such as the Southern Alps, owe much to the tectonic uplift of land and volcanic eruptions.

During its long period of isolation, New Zealand developed a distinct biodiversity of animal, fungal and plant life. Because of its remoteness, it was one of the last lands to be settled by humans. New Zealand is situated some 1,500 kilometres (900В mi) east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and roughly 1,000 kilometres (600В mi) south of the Pacific island areas of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga.

The country geographically comprises two main landmasses-the North Island (or Te Ika-a-MДЃui), and the South Island (or Te Waipounamu)-and around 600 smaller islands. New Zealand /njuЛђЛ€ziЛђlЙ™nd/В (В listen) (MДЃori: Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. Description of New Zealand Map and Geography (from google play)

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