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New Zealand (Māori: Aotearoa [aɔˈtɛaɾɔa]) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island (Te Ika-a-Māui) and the South Island (Te Waipounamu)—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island country by area and lies east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps, owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and then developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand. In 1840, representatives of the United Kingdom and Māori chiefs signed the Treaty of Waitangi, which in its English version declared British sovereignty over the islands. In 1841, New Zealand became a colony within the British Empire. Subsequently, a series of conflicts between the colonial government and Māori tribes resulted in the alienation and confiscation of large amounts of Māori land. New Zealand became a dominion in 1907; it gained full statutory independence in 1947, retaining the monarch as head of state. Today, the majority of New Zealand's population of 5.25 million is of European descent; the indigenous Māori are the largest minority, followed by Asians and Pacific Islanders. Reflecting this, New Zealand's culture is mainly derived from Māori and early British settlers, with recent broadening of culture arising from increased immigration. The official languages are English, Māori, and New Zealand Sign Language, with the local dialect of English being dominant. A developed country, it was the first to introduce a minimum wage, and the first to give women the right to vote. It ranks very highly in international measures of quality of life, human rights, and it has low levels of perceived corruption. It retains visible levels of inequality, having structural disparities between its Māori and European populations. New Zealand underwent major economic changes during the 1980s, which transformed it from a protectionist to a liberalised free-trade economy. The service sector dominates the national economy, followed by the industrial sector, and agriculture; international tourism is also a significant source of revenue. Nationally, legislative authority is vested in an elected, unicameral Parliament, while executive political power is exercised by the Government, led by the prime minister, currently Christopher Luxon. Charles III is the country's king and is represented by the governor-general. In addition, New Zealand is organised into 11 regional councils and 67 territorial authorities for local government purposes. The Realm of New Zealand also includes Tokelau (a dependent territory); the Cook Islands and Niue (self-governing states in free association with New Zealand); and the Ross Dependency, which is New Zealand's territorial claim in Antarctica. New Zealand is a member of the United Nations, Commonwealth of Nations, ANZUS, UKUSA, OECD, ASEAN Plus Six, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, the Pacific Community and the Pacific Islands Forum. It enjoys particularly close relations with the United States and is one of its major non-NATO allies; the United Kingdom; and with Australia, with a shared "Trans-Tasman" identity between the two countries. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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Native Birds of Aotearoa
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Native Plants of Aotearoa
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The Meaning of Trees
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He Reo Wāhine: Māori Women's Voices from the Nineteenth Century
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Huia histories of Māori : ngā tāhuhu kōrero
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The Treaty of Waitangi Companion: Māori and Pākehā from Tasman to Today
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Natural history of Rangitoto Island, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand
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A Photographic Guide to Seashells of New Zealand
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Nineteenth century New Zealand artists: a guide and handbook
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An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
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The Shellfish of New Zealand
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Nature Study Notes: 100 of the most abundant insects birds and wild flowers in New Zealand
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Trees from other lands for shelter and timber in New Zealand: Eucalypts
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New Zealand Birds and How to Identify Them
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Papers and botanical notebooks of Thomas Frederick Cheeseman, 1867–1923
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Upper Thames and Little Barrier Island
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Motutaiko Island, Loranthus discovery at Waihi and Tokaanu (near Taupo)
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New Zealand Forestry Part 1
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Through South Westland: A journey to the Haast and Mount Aspiring New Zealand
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A classified list of Mr. S. William Silver's collection of New-Zealand birds (at the Manor-House, Letcomb Regis)
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145 Varieties of New Zealand Ferns
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Memoirs on the extinct wingless birds of New Zealand
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Ferns which grow in New Zealand and the adjacent Islands. Plainly described.
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Auckland Area, 1869–1873
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An epitome of the natural history of the insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, Otaheite, and other islands in the Indian, Southern, and Pacific oceans
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The Kea: a New Zealand problem
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Rambles on the golden coast of the South Island of New Zealand
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Quartz Reefs of the West Coast Mining District
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- A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas in His Majesty's Ship the Endeavour
- Dick Sand, A Captain at Fifteen
- Died in the Wool
- Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe : exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829 /
- Voyage Autour de Monde, Execute par Ordre du Roi, sur la Corvette de Sa Majeste La Coquille
- Seize mille lieues à travers l'Asie et l'Océanie
- Distant Homes; or, The Graham Family in New Zealand
- Tutira: the story of a New Zealand sheep station
- Wild Pork and Watercress
- Utu
- The Woman in the Hill
- A voice for children: the Office of the Commissioner for Children in New Zealand, 1989-2003
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