高三英语，Unit19.New Zealand.

The maori of new zealand.

The earliest people of new zealand, themaori ,came from  the island of polynesia in the pacific, which means” manyislands”.In maori history, the first traveler to reach new zealand in the year950 was a man called Kupe.He named the country AO-tea-roa,Which means “Mhm.theland of the long white cloud.”Following this Discovery, many islands traveled 3500kilometers .by sea in their narrow boats to this new country between 1100 and1350.They took with the dogs, rats and plants like the sweet potato ,andsettled mainly in North island where the weather was warmer.As the maori had nowritten language, the stories of modern history we are handed down fromgeneration to generation.

By 1840 about 2000 europeans, mainlyBritish, had come to settle in new zealand and the Maori signed an agreementwith these settlers.However, in later years, there were Fierce arguments overland rights and many battles were fought between the settlers and the maori.Asa result of these words and diseases,The Maori population fell from 100000to  42000.Their population has no increased to 435000 and today they makeup about 13 % of the population.

New zealand is also home to about 170000pacific islands from oceania who have settled mainly in auckland in Northisland.Both maori and pacific islands are encouraged to use their ownlanguages.The language which the more we speak is related to the languages ofTahiti and hawaii.Today there are special kindergartens for more children andthe movie language is now taught in more and more schools.You can also take adegree in maori or madrid studies at five of the country's universities.

The more we have insisted on keepingtheir own customs and way of life.Molly families are often large and uncles.Aunt grandparents, and other relations may come to stay with the family forlong periods.Maori families enjoy shying what they own and looking after oneAnother.

The common meeting place for maori is onthe marae.An area of land with a meeting house where all the important eventstake place.Is how they keep their way of life alive. Maori children are taughtat an early age what to do when they come to the marae.Special days for maoriare called huis.A “hui” may be a wedding ,burial,or conference.The happierevents are marked with speeches, singing and dancing.

When someone dies, all the relations oldand young come to the marae for the Maori burial service.Maori believe that thespirit stays with the body for three days. So during this time someone alwaysstays with the dead person.Many people will sleep and eat on the marae duringthese days and share their memories of the dead person.

New zealand

New zealand is an important agriculturecountry with a small population.Inside it is bigger than guangdong province.Yet  has a much smaller population.

Politics

In 1893, new zealand was the firstnation in modern times to allow women to vote. Long before many othercountries.In 1898, a law was passed which means that all people above a certainage where paid a weekly”old age pension.”However, in recent times, the old Agepension has only been paid to the poorest people because there has been anincrease in the number of people out of work.

Agriculture

.Most of the cattle farming is in Northisland.Sheep farms are formed on the more healy songs island.There are about 50million sheep in  new zealand ,about14 sheep for every new zealander.Themain export of the country are wool, lamb, beef, butter, forest products, fruitand vegetables.Ships carry live sheep to markets in the middle east where theyare killed at festivals.Some farmers have turned to keeping dear. And there arenow about 3000 deer farms in the country.The deal are farmed for the meat andfull, which are then shipped to many other countries.Goats are also kept.Apart.from their milk, the wool from their coats is used in expensive clothing.Newzealand wine is of high quality and is sold all over the world.

Sports and Free time

.Living in a country with plenty of spaceand a good climate,New zealanders love all kinds of sport.In summer people liketo go sailing, swimming, house driving, and rock climbing in the mountains.Themain school holidays are from mid December to early February when the days arelong and warm.Many families spend this time at the cottage by the seaside or gocamping in the hills or on the coast.

Natural beauty.

New zealand with its nature, beautymountains, rivers and  national parks, attracts the tourists from all overthe world.North island is famous for an area of hot springs, some of whichthrew hot water high into the air.Some of this heat near the earth's surface isused to make electricity.

Wild life.

As in Australia the first settlers foundmany strange birds and animals that exist nowhere else in the world.Some typesof Birds cannot fly.This is because they had no nature enemies until thearrival of humans and therefore did not need to develop flying wings.The kiwi ,whichis new zealand’s national bird ,is one of these types of Flightless Birds.