Australia and New Zealand

8. CITIES AND PLACES OF INTEREST

WELLINGTON

• capital city of New Zealand

• in the north of The North Island

• seat of the parliament

• huge harbour that connects North and South parts of New Zealand

• mount Victoria - beautiful nature and view of whole city

AUCKLAND

• city of North Island

• the largest city of New Zealand - 1,6 million inhabitants

• known as city of sails

• Auckland Harbour Bridge

QUEENSTOWN

• city of South Island

• surrounded by Southern Alps

STEWART ISLAND

• 3rd largest island of New Zealand

• further south than South Island

• mostly forested

• 80 % if the island is as national park - you can explore the wild nature of New Zealand

FIORDLAND

• national park on South Island

• most scenic spot of New Zealand

• you can set up a hike, go fishing or take a boat and sail through long fjords

• fjord = a long and narrow inlet with steep sides - created by glacier

• nature full of waterfalls, cliffs, amazing viewpoints and clean nature

TONGARIRO NATIONAL PARK

• 1st national park of New Zealand

• extreme variety of nature - deserts, active volcanoes, lakes, untamed forests

• untouched nature

GLACIER COUNTRY

• western coast of South Island

• 2 accessible glaciers - Franz Josef Glacier (the most accessible glacier in the world) and Fox Glacier

ROTORUA

• city on the North Island

• also known as thermal wonderland of New Zealand

• geysers

9. INDUSTRY

• highly developed and fast growing economy

• large GDP for a country, that has only 5 million inhabitants

• New Zealand’s economy depends on international trades - with Australia, Canada and China

• more export than import