Demonym(s): New Zealander; ‎Kiwi‎ (informal)‎

Government: Unitary parliamentary constitutio...

Ethnic groups (2018): 71.8% European; 16.5% ...

Gini (2019): 33.9; medium

Distance from Vietnam to New Zealand

This means that New Zealand was the first country in which the vote for women was approved, in 1893. Long before in most of the countries in the world.

2. The kiwi is not only a fruit

If you travel to Aotearoa, you must be careful when using the word kiwi, since there they use it with three different meanings. A dry kiwi is a person who was born in New Zealand, a kiwi bird is a bird that is also used as a national symbol and, of course, there is the kiwi fruit to refer to the delicious fruit!

The livestock industry is one of the main industries in the country, particularly sheep. Did you know that for every person living in New Zealand there are at least 10 sheep?

This means that New Zealand was the first country in which the vote for women was approved, in 1893. Long before in most of the countries in the world.

2. The kiwi is not only a fruit

If you travel to Aotearoa, you must be careful when using the word kiwi, since there they use it with three different meanings. A dry kiwi is a person who was born in New Zealand, a kiwi bird is a bird that is also used as a national symbol and, of course, there is the kiwi fruit to refer to the delicious fruit!
 
3.30% of the country is a national reserve

If we think of New Zealand, we all come to mind its extensive green hills and forests full of lush vegetation. Mount Cook, Milford Sound, Tongariro, Coromandel… One of the reasons that make this country a natural paradise, as well as the great ecological awareness of its people, is that a third of the country is considered a protected national reserve.