◊ the maori is a rich oral culture, with stories and legends. the maori's legend of the creation describes the world being formed by the violent separation of ranginui, the father of the sky, and papatuanuku, mother terre, by their children.

□ new zealand is a very good country because you can kayaking, you can also hiking, then snorkeling, snowboarding at the mount cook, see the wildlife, and to conclude, biking and caving ! but if you don't want to do some activities like that, the hotels are open to relax you in the swimming-pool ( if there's one there ! hehe, but don't worry abou

Hi everyone ! i'm glad you come to visit my blog, i recapitulate in details what you will see : first, some global apparence about the new zealand, it's just to have some general knowledge if you never went there, then you have some documents about the maori culture, their legend and some other things you will see . in addition, some trips are in y

► the maori are the people of new ze a l a n d, arrived from their ancestral earth of h a w a i k i more than 1000 years ago. today, the m a o r i represent 14 % of the population. their language and their culture has an impact on all the aspects of the life in n e w z eal and. ► the culture maori is a varied art, it includes traditional and co

▪ the haka is a traditional dance of the maori people, popularized in the world by the team of new zealand, the all blacks. ▪ haka is more exactly the name which design the dances maori, who it's executed on the occasion of ceremonies, of welcoming parties, or departures at war. particular haka danced by all blacks is called ka mate.

→ in 1642, abel tasman, a dutch sailor, discovers new zealand. the dutch people will give the name of new zealand to this territory, in honour of the dutch province of zealand. → in 1769, captain james cook makes the tour of both islands, draws up a detailed map and proclaims their membership in the british crown. then , whalers, sealers went t

In new zealand : ~ number of inhabitants: 4,2 million inhabitants ~ official languages: english, maori ~ capital: wellington ~ currency: new zealand dollar (in december, 2010: 1€ = $1,77nz) ~ jet lag since france: + 12 hours (be: + 10 hours) in new zealand, the landscape is very impressive because you have white sand beaches then, suddenly you ca

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