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单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,2012/9/22,#,Unit 1,Land,People and History,第1页,第1页,Geography,Situated in the southwest Pacific Ocean.,This long group of islands is made up of two main landmasses,the North Island and the South Island.,The third largest island,Stewart Island is south of the South Island.,第2页,第2页,North Island,The North Island has been formed mostly by volcanoes,South Island,The Southern Alps,runs almost the full length of the South Island.,The highest mountain in the country,3754m Mt.Cook is in the southern part of Alps.,第3页,第3页,Weather,New Zealand is in the southern temperate latitudes midway between the Equator and the South Pole.The climate is maritime.,slow-to change sea temperatures produce moderate temperatures.,The prevailing wind is westerly.,have extremes of winds and rain.,第4页,第4页,Wildlifeunique flora and fauna,A large number of native birds and plants,insects,spiders and snails,kiwi,moa,kakapo,tuatara,第5页,第5页,Environmental Issues,In 1991,the Resource Management Act came into effect.,In February the government announced that more conversation land will be mined.,The ozone hole,Environmental responsibility:no nuclear power plants or weapons,Significant voice at the“Earth Summit”,第6页,第6页,The New Zealanders,4.351 million,86%live in cities and towns,75%live in North Island,80%identify themselves as having European ancestry,Refugees from Europe arrived in the 1930s,7%identify themselves as being of Pacific Island origin,Official language:English,Te Reo Maori,NZSL,Religion:Christianity is the most common religion,First country to give woman the right to vote(1893),第7页,第7页,Maoritanga,Maoritanga means“Maori culture”and embraces the language,customs and traditions,There are many legends about Maui,protocols,tangi,hui,pakeha,The Treaty of Waitangi,The Second World War,第8页,第8页,History,First settlers of the islands,New ZealandAotearoa,”land of the long white cloud”was settled over 1000 years ago by voyagers from East Polynesia.,第9页,第9页,Relationship between Maori and Pakeha,In 1860s,war broke out between Maori and settlers,Settler society boomed after the gold rushes from the 1860s.,Maori and European soldiers fought alongside the British in the two world wars.,第10页,第10页,