NZ, Paradise of the hikers and in love with nature
The country is made of two large islands – the Island of North You Ika has Maui (Smoking island) and the Island of the South You Waipounamu (Jade island) – separated by the strait from Cook, and many smaller islands – Island Stewart, Tokelau. The two islands are traversed the North-East in south-east by a volcanic cordillera of origin. Only the plains are located in the island of the South – plate of Canterbury – at the east of the New Zealand Alps.
Aotearoa as calls it the maoris
The island of North is characterized by fertile coastal plains rising until volcanic tops dont.bon many these tops are craters (Egmont mounts, Ruapehu). Beside the lakes of crater (lake Taupo) are hot sources, geysers, sulphur springs, fumerolles.
The island of the South, because of the glacial and volcanic phenomena which governed the formation of the New Zealand archipelago, gave him a special character. Sometimes long glaciers there crown the tops of the New Zealand Alps and go down until a very low altitude. Periglacial lakes contrast there with the lakes of tectonic origin of the island of North. The Island of the South is larger, even if only one third of the population saw there.
The population of the Zealand News is made up to 80% from European origin and 9% of stock maorie. Maoris for the majority are located on the Island of North, in the area of East Cape, their cultural and linguistic cradle.
Approximately a half of the population is concentrated in the quatres big cities which are Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin.
The official languages of the country are the English and Maori. The culture maorie is oldest of Zealand News. It is primarily an oral culture which was collected at the end of the XIXe century by the European intellectuals. The songs or waiata form integral part of the culture maorie.
Natural parks in NZ
Taonga “treasures” is the name used by Maoris to describe the national parks and seems perfectly suitable to indicate them.
National Tongariro Park: It shelters three active volcanos – MT Ruapehu, MT Tongariro and MT Ngauruhoe. This park, oldest of Zealand News, is the places of the extrèmes and the surprises. It is a place to explore and discover. One crosses there nature in all his diversity: wash, bubbling mud, snow, deserts, forest.
National Westland Park: Sheltering the glaciers Franz Josef and Fox, this park is located at the western medium of the Island. One discovers the glaciers there touching the forests, of the lakes and the extraordinary landscapes.
National Fiordland Park: Can be the most beautiful area of the world! National Fiordland Park, in the south of the Island east made up of covered with snow mountains, alpine lakes, fiords and many lakes. The landscapes are splendid.
Mount Cook National Park: This alpine park is in the east of Westland National Park, it contains more the high mountains of Zealand News of which the MT Cook, culminating point of the country. It is the privileged place of the mountain dwellers, hikers and skiers.
Mount Aspiring National Park: In the south of the two parks of the zone, the area of the MT Aspiring shelters mountains, glaciers, lakes, valleys. This park is the starting point of a great number of excursions.