New Zealandby Elyse Desmicht, Hanne Van Bruggen and

Joyce Van Dingenenhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHADXK9_

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New Zealand

We will tell you more about:2. New Zealand Facts3. Economy4. Education5. History6. Geography and climate7. Fauna and flora8. Arts9. Food 10. Sports11. Film

New Zealand

Facts

1. Facts

Design an ID-card for New Zealand

• Make 2 groups• Group 1 does facts 1 to 5 (Trotter)• Group 2 does facts 6 to 10 (Internet)• Complete on the blackboard• Who is first ??? • Prize = Zespri kiwi for each winning

group member

1. Facts New Zealand Dollar or “Kiwi” Dollar

1. Facts

National anthem “God defend New Zealand”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2ToGR1Sb98

1. Facts

New Zealand flag

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History

2. History

a) Legend has it…

2. History

b) The MaoriWho?

• First settlers of New Zealand

• Polynesians from Tonga and Samoa

2. History

b) The Maori

Maori expedition :

• Leaded by chief Ngahua• To find jade• 8 canoes of 30 metres• 100 Maori

2. History

b) The MaoriName of New Zealand :

• = Aotearoa• = land of the long white cloud• = Nieuw Zeeland in Dutch • = New Zealand in English

2. History

b) The Maori

Maori lifestyle : Tribes leaded by a chief• Large villages of wooden

houses• Houses : trunks, curved

reliefs, vivid colours • House of council : main

house, to discuss

2. History

b) The MaoriMaori activities :

• Fishing• Farming

• Fighting

2. History

b) The Maori Maori and Ta Moko :

• Art of tattooing• Men on the face• Women on lips and torso• Parallel, spiral and volute lines• Proof of resistance to physical pain• Mark of wealth

2. History

b) The Maori Maori as warriors :

Many conflicts between tribes• Well-trained and fierced soldiers• Weaponry : spear and wooden or jaden mace• Hei tiki • Hakahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXDenhUwQL8• Cannibalism

2. History

c) Other settlersThe Dutch :

1642 : Abel Trisman• = “ Pakeha” = white men• Failure at Murderer’s Bay

2. History

c) Other settlers The British:

• 1769 : Captain James Cook• Cook’s journal = inspiration

2. History

c) Other settlers Other Europeans :

• Late 1790s : North Island = trading place• The Musket wars

2. History

c) Other settersTreaty of Waitangi :

• Deal between Maori and British• British control • Maori protection and possession of land• 2 versions• Results into New Zealand Wars• 1947 : New Zealand independent

2. History

d) Current situation

• 400,000 Maori • 1 Maori for 12 Pakeha• Maori lifestyle ~ Pakeha lifestyle

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Economy

3. Economy

• Market economy = prices of goods/services are determined ina free price system set by supply and demand.

• 1. service sector 2. manufacturing /construction 3. farming/raw materials extraction• Dependent on international/free trade• Tourism

3. Economy : tourism

3. Economy

• New Zealand China Free Trade Agreement

• Since 1970s: - Brain Drain = large emigration of ind. with technical skills - Youth leaving

• “Kiwi lifestyle” : return

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Education

4. Education

• Three-tier model: 1. Primary school

2. Secondary school/ High school 3. Tertiary school• 1 + 2 = compulsory• 1. primary school/First school/ Lower school (8-10y) 2. Middle School/Intermediate School (8-14y) : 3-4years

3. High School/ Upper School 4. ( Sixth Form)

4. Education

• Tertiary education = not compulsory

= post-secondary education

- Colleges - Universities - Institutes of technology - Polytechnics

4. Education

• 3 Types of Schools: 1. State school

2. State integrated school

3. Private/registered/independent schools• 1+2 = government funded

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Geography

5. Geography

5. Geography

Wellington

Cook Strait

• 2 major islands: • North and South Island

• North Island => volcanism

• South Island => Southern Alps

• Capital is Wellington

• Cook Strait is a 20 kilometres wide strait that seperates the North and South Island

5. Geography

Mount RuapehuMount Cook

5. GeographyLake Taupo is New Zealand’s largest lake

5. Geography• New Zealand was created by plate tectonic movements

• drifted away from Antarctic and later from Australia

• new underwater continent is called Zealandia

• a part of Zealandia emerged above sea level

• New Zealand is still rising

5. GeographyVolcanoes

Geysers

New Zealand is situated on the boundary of 2 tectonic plates⇒ Results in volcanoes, geysers, and earthquakes

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Climate

5. Climate

Sea and mountains cause• mild temperatures• high rainfall• many hours of sunshine

“Four seasons in one day”• because of unexpected

cold fronts or tropical cyclones blowing in

15°C

9°C

Average temperature

5. Climate

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Fauna and flora

6. Fauna and Flora

• 80% of fauna is native

• Kauri forests in the North Island

• Mountain beech forests and tussock grasslands in the South Island

• Many ferns and mosses (link with high rainfall)

6. Fauna and Flora•North dominated by: giant Kauri tree largest Kauri is 51 metres high and over 2000 years old

6. Fauna and floraSouth is dominated by: • Mountain beech forests• Tussock grasslands

6. Fauna and flora

The NewZealand Kowhaitree has beautifulyellow flowers

6. Fauna and floraThe Pohutukawa tree is New Zealand’s Christmas tree because it blooms in December

6. Fauna and flora•National parks cover 20% of total area•2 World Heritage Areas:- Tongariro (North) 3 active volcanoes and Lake Taupo- Te Wahipounamu (South)• made up of 4 national parks• Mount Cook and spectacular glaciers

6. Fauna and flora

National parks • provide opportunity for

outdoor activities

6. Fauna and flora

Incredible variety of bird life• some of the birds became flightless• Why?

Kiwi TakaheKea

6. Fauna and flora

Kiwi :

• national symbol

• flightless• nocturnal• fierce and territorial• endangered

6. Fauna and flora

Kea :• playfull• extremely intelligent• passion for rubber

6. Fauna and flora

Takahe• indigo plumage• red beak• believed to be

extinct but rediscovered

6. Fauna and flora

Moa• only wingless bird ever known• tallest bird ever known• extinct

6. Fauna and flora

Tuatara• survived for 100

million years

• beak-headed

• only specy alive in this family of reptiles

• living fossile for paleothologists

• now living on protected offshore islands

6. Fauna and flora

Hector’s dolphin is only found in New Zealand waters

6. Fauna and flora

Restoration projects

What are New Zealand’s initiatives to protect endangered native birds?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTPrOC-30Nw

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Art

7. Arts

7. Arts7a ) pre-historic arts

7. Arts

a) Pre-historic arts :

• Very first arts of New Zealand• Between 500 and 800 years old• On limestone rock shelters• Over 500 sites in the centre of South Island• Animals, people, fantastic creatures• By early Maori

7. Arts

7. Arts7b ) Maori arts

7. Arts

b) Maori arts :

• Most important art of New Zealand• Source of inspiration• Highly spiritual• Information about spiritual matters, ancestry,…• Governed by the rules of the Tapu• The spiral, the chevron, the koru

7. Arts

b) Maori Arts

• 4 forms : - Carving : ~ In wood, stone, bone ~ As decoration ~ Hei Tiki , large scale stone faces- Ta Moko = Art of tattooing- Weaving ~ As gifts to important people- Painting- ~ Minor decoration

7. Arts

7. Arts7c) Explorer’s art

7. Arts

c) Explorer’s art :

• Exploration ships included artists • To record newly discovered things• Isaac Gilsemans • 1642

7. Arts

7. Arts7c) Explorer’s art

7. Arts

c) Explorer’s art :

Sir Joseph Banks & Sydney Parkinson• 1769• Fascination for Maori culture and country • First realistic depictions of Maori• Landscapes• Indigenous flora and fauna

7. Arts

7. Arts7d) Pakeha Art

7. Arts

d) Pakeha art :

Pakeha? • Fascination continues• Portraits of chiefs• Landscape art as promotion

7. Arts

7. Arts7 e) Maori renaissance

7. Arts

e) Maori renaissance :

• A distinctive New Zealand style of art• Features of traditional Maori art• Gordon Walters• School for Traditional Maori Arts

7. Arts

f) 21th century :

• Maori arts • European modernism• Ralph Hotere

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Food

8. Food

• Mix of influences• Distinctiveness : the way NZ eat : kiwistyle• Summer: BBQs “Maori hangi”• Fish and chips• Festivals: Wildwood festival (NZ wild foods), wine and

food festivals

hangi

venison tongue

lamb

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Sports

9. Sports

9. Sports

• rugby, cricket, bowls, netball, soccer, motorsport, golf, swimming, tennis , softball, rowing, yachting, cycling

• 1. RUGBY : country’s national identity : All Blacks : HAKA (the KA-MATE) 2. Cricket 3. Horse Racing 4. Extreme sports (bungee jumping, mountaineering,…)

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Film

10. Film

• Nature + variety in landscape = ideal for adventure films

• King Kong • Chronicles of Narnia• Xena• Hercules• Lord of the Rings (Entire film!)• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSr8jKqYIWM

Quiz !!!

Let’s see what you remember …

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