Our capital city is Wellington.

Our largest city is Auckland.

Kiwi" is either a bird, a fruit or a native.

Sir Edmund Hilary was the first man to reach the peak of Mt. Everest- his face now adorns New Zealand's $5 bill.

90 mile beach is only 55 miles (88 Kilometres) long.

Languages are English and Maori.

The majority of people are Christian.

New Zealand means, "Land of the long white cloud“.

30 percent of the land is forest.

New Zealand is the first country to see the sunrise.

New Zealand has two national anthems- God Save The Queen and God Defend New Zealand.

There are nine sheep to every human in New Zealand.

There are 9 billion beef and dairy cattle.