New Zealand is a country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean<\/strong> consisting of 2 main islands, both marked by volcanoes and glaciation<\/strong>. Capital Wellington<\/strong><\/em>, on the North Island, is home to Te Papa Tongarewa<\/strong>, the expansive national museum<\/strong>. Wellington\u2019s dramatic Mt. Victoria and the South Island\u2019s Fiordland<\/strong> and Southern Lakes stood in for mythical Middle Earth in Peter Jackson\u2019s “Lord of the Rings”<\/strong> films. <\/p>\n The history of New Zealand dates back at least 700 years to when<\/strong> it was discovered and settled by Polynesians<\/strong>, who developed a distinct M\u0101ori culture<\/strong> centred on kinship links and land. Also the first European explorer to sight New Zealand <\/strong>was Abel Janszoon Tasman <\/strong>on 13 December 1642<\/em>. <\/strong>Captain James Cook<\/strong>, who reached New Zealand in October 1769<\/strong> on the first of his three voyages was the first European explorer<\/strong> to circumnavigate and map New Zealand. <\/p>\n From the late 18th century, the country was regularly visited by explorers and other sailors, missionaries, traders and adventurers. In 1840 the Treaty of Waitangi<\/strong> was signed between the British Crown and various M\u0101ori chiefs<\/strong>, bringing New Zealand into the British Empire and giving M\u0101ori “equal rights” with British citizens. There was extensive British settlement<\/strong> throughout the rest of the century. War and the imposition of a European economic and legal system led to most of New Zealand’s land passing from M\u0101ori to P\u0101keh\u0101<\/strong> (European) ownership, and most M\u0101ori subsequently became impoverished. <\/p>\n From the 1890s the New Zealand parliament<\/strong> enacted a number of progressive initiatives, including women’s suffrage and old age pensions. The country remained an enthusiastic member of the British Empire<\/strong>, and 110,000 men fought in World War I (see New Zealand Expeditionary Force). After the war New Zealand signed the Treaty of Versailles<\/strong> (1919), joined the League of Nations,<\/strong> and pursued an independent foreign policy, while its defence was still controlled by Britain. <\/p>\n The culture of New Zealand<\/strong> is largely inherited from British<\/strong>, Oceanian and European customs, interwoven with Maori and Polynesian tradition<\/strong>. An isolated Pacific Island nation, New Zealand was comparatively recently settled by humans. Initially M\u0101ori only, then bicultural with colonial and rural values, now New Zealand has a cosmopolitan, multicultural culture that reflects its changing demographics<\/em>, is conscious of the natural environment, and is an educated, developed Western society. <\/p>\n M\u0101ori culture<\/strong> has predominated for most of New Zealand’s history of human habitation<\/strong>. Polynesians reached the islands of New Zealand<\/strong> about 1280. Over the ensuing centuries of Polynesian expansion and settlement, M\u0101ori culture developed from its Polynesian roots<\/strong>. M\u0101ori established separate tribes, built fortified villages (P\u0101), hunted and fished, traded commodities, developed agriculture, arts and weaponry, and kept a detailed oral history. Regular European contact began from 1800, and British immigration<\/strong> proceeded rapidly, especially from 1855. <\/p>\n The colonists had a dramatic effect on the Maori<\/strong>, bringing Christianity, advanced technology, the English language<\/strong>, numeracy and literacy. In 1840 M\u0101ori leaders signed the Treaty of Waitangi<\/strong>, intended to enable the tribes to live peacefully with the colonists. <\/p>\n However, after several incidents, the New Zealand land wars<\/strong> broke out from 1845, with M\u0101ori suffering a loss of land<\/strong>, partly through confiscation, but mainly through widespread and extensive land sales<\/strong>. Maori retained their identity, mostly choosing to live separately from settlers and continuing to speak and write Maori. <\/p>\n With mass migration from Britain<\/strong>, a high Maori death rate<\/strong> and low life expectancy for Maori women, Maori population <\/strong>figure dropped between 1850 and 1930.<\/strong> Work by demographer I<\/strong>. Poole shows the drop may not have been as great as previously believed as most Maori did not register birth until a child benefit was paid by the 1931 Labour Government. From about 1860 Maori<\/strong> became the minority race in New Zealand<\/strong>. M\u0101ori culture has regained much of its lost influence as Maori have integrated into New Zealand society<\/strong>. <\/p>\n 1) Auckland<\/strong> 1) ChristChurch Casino<\/strong> Welcome To Newzealand New Zealand is a country in the southwestern Pacific [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1588,1587,2112],"tags":[2113,2114,2115,2116,2117,2118,2119,2120],"class_list":["post-173592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-destination-info-en-ca","category-news-en-ca","category-north-western-europe-en-ca","tag-auckland-en-ca","tag-culture-of-newzealands-en-ca","tag-history-of-newzealands-en-ca","tag-new-zealand-tour-guide-en-ca","tag-newzealand-en-ca","tag-sky-city-en-ca","tag-sky-tower-en-ca","tag-wellington-en-ca"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.travelsmantra.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.travelsmantra.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.travelsmantra.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.travelsmantra.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.travelsmantra.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.travelsmantra.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.travelsmantra.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.travelsmantra.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.travelsmantra.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.travelsmantra.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}History Of New-Zealand<\/h3>\n
Culture Of Newzealand<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Popular Destinations At Newzealnad<\/h3>\n
\n 2) Queenstown<\/strong>
\n 3) Christchurch<\/strong>
\n 4) Rotorua<\/strong>
\n 5) Wellington<\/strong>
\n 6) Dunedin<\/strong>
\n 7) Milford Sound<\/strong>
\n 8) Taupo<\/strong>
\n 9) Wanaka<\/strong>
\n 10) Napier<\/strong>
\n 11) Bay Of Islands<\/strong>
\n 12) Picton<\/strong>
\n 13) Lake Tekapo<\/strong>
\n 14) Nelson<\/strong>
\n 15) Hamilton<\/strong><\/p>\nNight Clubs At Newzealand<\/h3>\n
\n 2) Sky City<\/strong>
\n 3) Welsh Dragon Bar<\/strong>
\n 4) City Views At Night<\/strong>
\n 5) The Thistle Inn<\/strong>
\n 6) The Holy Grail<\/strong>
\n 7) The Court Theatre<\/strong>
\n 8) Cokers<\/strong>
\n 9) Dux De Lux<\/strong>
\n 10) Winning It In Wangarei<\/strong>
\n 11) Sky City Tower<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"