1.Rugby

2.Cricket

3.Netball

4.Boating

5.Soccer

National Rugby Team is also known as „Kiwis“ or more rarely as „All Blacks“

Rugby Rules:

-In rugby, an "egg" is thrown instead of a ball, similar to American football. Two teams of 15 players each stand on the pitch

- You have to kick the egg with your foot. You have to shoot over the highest Rod from the Goal. Careful: You may only throw the egg backwards! 

-You are only allowed to attack a player with the egg.

- In rugby you have to get points to win. All attacks and devensive scenes give points.

- The try: The most points, five in number, are scored when a team succeeds in petting the ball in the opposing team's paint field. If a team completes such a move, it is called a try, which scores 5 points Beside the try they are other attacks To get points.

One Rugby match is 80 minutes long.

Netball: 
 

Netball is a basketball-like sport, and it is played with 7 players on the court. It is mainly played by women. The court is 30,5m by 15,25m and the 30,5m are separates in 3 parts: offensive, defensive and middelfield. Each part is about 10,6 m long. There is a middelcircle and two baskets on each side and on the floor around these baskets are circles. You can only score in these circles. 

Direkt denfens isn‘t alowed and you are also not alowed to drinnen the ball nur you are alowed to pass the ball . Each of the 7 played is only alowed to be in some parts of the court for example the mainatacker is only alowed to be in the offensive part and the circle  around the goal

 
There is a mild temperature all year around on the islands: Summer (December-February/20-25°C), Autumn (March-May/17-21°C), Winter (June-August/12-16°C), Spring (September-November/16-19°C)

For tourists it is the best to visit between November-April, when it is summer and autumn in New Zealand.

Landscape:
-  New Zealand is an island in the south Pacific Ocean, located south east of Australia

-  There is a north and a south island 

-        There are mountains in the south and the north

          >Highest Mountain: Aoraki (3724m)

-        It has 15.000 km of coastline

-        Lots of different beaches, some are calm, others are         
         wild

-        There are beautiful rivers, waterways and lakes

-        Has a lots of forests and farms where unique birds, insects, and plants live (see animals)

In many places, impressive stalactites hang from the ceilings and grow up from the cave floor over centuries, forming dripping water stalagmites.

Hobbiton

In the Mighty Waikato region, you can explore the Shire village with a guided walking tour of Hobbiton, which was featured as a movie set in the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit Trilogies.

 

Auckland Sky Tower 

It’s an Observation and Telecommunication Tower in Auckland, New Zealand. With a height of 328m, it’s the highest TV tower in the Southern Hemisphere.

Milford Sound
Located at the most northern and accessible end of Fiordland National Park. Milford Sound offers some of the world‘s most staggering coastal scenery with it‘s dramatic peaks and Dach blue waters.

Bay of Islands
The Bay of Islands is one of the most popular holiday destinations in New Zealand. It consists of 144 islands, many secluded bays and some great sandy beaches. Tourists can take a look at the amazing marine life including whales, penguins, dolphins and the big marlin.

Kaikuora
Kaikuora is a small coastal town in the South Island, where you might be able to spot seals, dolphins and sperm whales.

Queenstown
Queenstown is the most popular tourist destination on the South Island of New Zealand. You can spend the day skiing , hiking or mountain biking before dining in a restaurant or going to some of New Zealand‘s best bars there. 

-        Brown Kiwi

-        Common skink

-        Chevron skink

-        Hectors dolphin

-        Takahe

-        Tuatara

-        New Zealand Sealions

 

According to Maori folklore, bats (or pekapek) are the country's native animals

Fun facts:
- There are no animals that could kill you in NZ. There are no snakes.
- The heaviest insect in the world, the Gian Weki, lives in New Zealand.