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Asia, particularly East Asia, has recently become one of New Zealand's most important focuses of trade and diplomatic relationships. This international tie is bound to become even more important in the future. The Asia that New Zealanders...

CAPITAL: Wellington FLAG: The flag has two main features: the red, white, and blue Union Jack in the upper left quarter and the four-star Southern Cross in the right half. On the blue state flag the stars are red outlined in white. On the red national...

Helen Elizabeth ClarkPrime Minister (pronounced "HEH-len ee-LIZ-ah-beth CLARK") "My hopes for the future are simply expressed: a world where no child goes hungry or homeless, where all communities experience peace and decent...

New Zealand POPULATION 3,908,037 ANGLICAN 17 percent PROTESTANT 21 percent ROMAN CATHOLIC 15 percent MAORI CHRISTIAN (RATANA AND RINGATU) 1.5 percent OTHER CHRISTIAN 5 percent BUDDHIST 1 percent HINDU 1 percent ISLAM. 5 percent OTHER 1 percent...

New Zealand is a country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two large islands (the North Island and the South Island) and numerous smaller islands, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands. The indigenous Māori named New...

Fiji's military ruler said Thursday he was expelling New Zealand's top diplomat, sending already strained relations between the South Pacific nation and one of its biggest neighbors spiraling even lower.New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark called the expulsion "absolutely disgraceful," and said her government would...

Hone Tuwhare, the first Maori poet to be published in English and one of New Zealand's most celebrated verse writers, has died. He was 86.Tuwhare died Wednesday in a home for the elderly in the southern city of Dunedin. He had been in poor health...

Marta scored two goals in the second half to lead Brazil to a 5-0 win past a gritty New Zealand squad Wednesday in the opening match of Group D.The game between group favorites Brazil and overwhelming underdogs New Zealand was lopsided, with Brazil firing 26...

The small Pacific island of New Zealand offers many characteristics. Its physical characteristics include glaciers, mountains, t plains, hillsides, tropical forests, and volcanic plateaus, and sandy beaches. Its human characteristics include the native people of the region and the array of boating and coastline activity.