First Children Encyclopedia

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1

What’s unusual about New Zealand’s kiwi birds?


Australia and the Pacific


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Dunedin

Aoraki (Mt. Cook)
3,744 m (12,283 ft)

Rugby

New Zealand

and the Pacific

Extreme sports
New Zealand is the world capital for
extreme sports. Bungee jumping, sky diving,
and white-water rafting are all popular.

Maori war dance
Most people in New Zealand
are European, but about one in ten
are Maoris – New Zealand’s native
people. On special occasions, Maoris
paint their faces and perform a war
dance called a haka.

Moving house
Earthquakes are common in New
Zealand, so people live in wooden
houses for safety. When people
move home, they can carry their
house away on a lorry.

Hundreds of islands are scattered


across the Pacific Ocean. Two of


the biggest form the mountainous


country of New Zealand.


Queenstown

Bungee jumping

South Island


Takahe

Oysters

Royal albatross

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