New Zealanders' culture

New Zealand's cultural level is very high, close to Europe and America. In the past 10 years, due to the migration of Asians, they gradually integrated into some Asian cultures.

Theaters are very common in New Zealand and are found in every region. Amateur artists often perform nifty performances, and the school stage is also for students. Especially before Christmas, there are many kinds of performances, but few are professional. Those who are interested in acting can go to drama school and perform in the theater after learning.

New Zealand has a world-famous symphony orchestra, and most people can play at least one instrument. Because each city has its own symphony orchestra and is often invited to perform abroad, its drum band ranks first in the world. In addition, there are some national performances, such as Maori songs and dances. Other ethnic groups also have their own performances. It is worth mentioning that the world-famous soprano Decanava is a New Zealander. Ballet is also very popular in New Zealand, with a high standard. Most girls have the foundation of ballet dance, and ballet companies often perform abroad.

New Zealanders have leisure to engage in artistic creation because of their leisurely life. Besides many famous writers, they are also famous for their paintings, sculptures and ceramics, so there are many galleries and museums. Every big city has at least one museum and every city has a gallery.

New Zealanders and the government are well protected because of their expensive old houses. Due to the short establishment of People's Republic of China (PRC), buildings or special buildings older than 100 are not allowed to be demolished or rebuilt. Most New Zealanders can build houses, make furniture and maintain cars. Generally, the maintenance of the house is done by oneself, and the clothes are sewn by oneself. There are few artificial hands. There are many courses in New Zealand's middle school night department, all of which are designed for the public's hobbies. Most of these courses are taught free of charge, even if the fees are very cheap.

Many sports in New Zealand are world-famous. Young people have many sports to choose from. Their football, sailing, boating and kayaking are the best in the world. In addition, mountaineering and skiing are also very popular. There are some beautiful mountains that people like to climb in South Island. Many famous climbers who climbed Mount Everest are New Zealanders. In order to encourage mountaineering activities, the New Zealand government provides hiking trails and cabins in many national parks for climbers to use. The convenience and perfection of its equipment are world-famous.

There are golf courses everywhere in New Zealand, and the membership fee is very low (probably not more than NZ $65,438+0,000), and the cost per course is not more than NZ $20, but there is no caddy service. There are two international airports in New Zealand: Auckland and Christchurch. There are 24 international airlines offering direct flights or flights to North America, South America, Australia, Asia, Britain, Europe and neighboring Pacific islands. As the hub of domestic network, Wellington also provides travel services to major cities on the east coast of Australia. Air New Zealand provides special student travel services through STA Travel Department.

The main scenic spots in New Zealand are very close and the transportation network is good. This makes it easy to travel independently in New Zealand. There are three main airlines in New Zealand: Air New Zealand. New Zealand's Anjie Airlines, Mount Cook Airlines, flies between major cities and frequented places. Commuter airlines provide services to other towns. Almost every town in New Zealand is connected by a long-distance bus and train service network provided by INTER CITY, MOUNT COOK, NEWMANS or TRANZRAIL. It has a long history and splendid culture. Maori carving skills are exquisite, from eaves to walking sticks. Their dances are unique, with bright national costumes, beautiful garlands, green emeralds around their necks and pudong skirts around their waists, which fully show the unique ethnic customs of Maori. Maori welcome dance has become the highest etiquette for New Zealand officials to welcome VIPs.

Maori are the first inhabitants of New Zealand. In the14th century, the Maori people came to settle in New Zealand from Polynesia, and became the earliest residents of New Zealand. They were named after the Polynesian language aotearoa, which means "green land with white clouds blossoming". 1642, Dutch navigator abel tasman landed here and named it "New Zeeland". From 1769 to 1777, Captain james cook, an Englishman, visited New Zealand five times and made surveys and maps. Since then, a large number of British immigrants have come here, and announced the occupation of New Zealand, changing the Dutch name "New Zeeland" of the island into English "New Zeeland". 1840, Britain forced Maori chiefs to sign the Treaty of Waitangi, and this land was incorporated into the territory of the British Empire. 1907 Britain was forced to agree to New Zealand's independence and become a Commonwealth dominion, and its politics, economy and diplomacy were still under British control. 193 1 year, the British Parliament passed the Westminster Act. According to this Act, New Zealand gained full autonomy in 1947 and retained its membership in the Commonwealth. In New Zealand, the laws and regulations on the construction of a single house are carefully and strictly formulated, ranging from the fence construction between adjacent houses to the construction of high-grade office buildings in the central business district. These materials can be obtained through the Internet. Residents who want to build their own houses can adopt two ways, one is to entrust a construction organization, and the other is to build their own houses, but they can only do so after a series of government approval procedures.

The first step is to go to the Municipal Urban Management Committee to check whether the land to be built meets the requirements of urban planning and construction. The Urban Management Committee has a set of real estate property registration geographic information system with huge data. Just enter the address of a plot, you can get the area size, land type, divisibility, building type, building height, municipal infrastructure and tree planting. In principle, no one can damage trees when building a house. Usually, trees under 10 can be transplanted, and trees over 10 can only be left in place. At the same time, you can also obtain previous buildings and building plans, building buildings and plans, previous property owners, transfer time of property rights, transaction price, sales agents, attorneys and other related property rights change files. After the proposed building confirms these conditions, it can be submitted to the national land planning and national land design, and the approval time is about 6~ 10 months.

After all the approval procedures are passed, it will enter the formal construction process. In order to ensure the safety of the house, every link of the building must be audited by the Municipal Urban Management Committee before it can enter the next step. Therefore, in order to save time and pass the government audit smoothly, most people choose a construction company with good reputation in the Municipal Urban Management Committee to carry out the main construction work. The government sells low-priced houses or low-rent houses mainly to meet the housing needs of low-income people. Set up a special office to manage the construction of low-rent housing or low-rent housing and examine the qualifications of applicants, mainly serving new immigrants and the elderly.

Ordinary low-cost or low-rent housing, with high building density and low specifications, only meets the basic living needs of homeowners. When residents can improve their housing conditions, they will immediately vacate their houses and the government will rent them to other citizens who are in urgent need of housing. Due to the rising real estate prices, more and more people apply for government housing, and the pressure of the Auckland municipal government is increasing, so the application threshold has been raised again and again. Even if the conditions are met, the waiting time sometimes takes more than two years.

As a part of the social welfare system, the New Zealand government has also made great efforts to build apartments for the elderly. Although apartments for the elderly are usually small in size, the standards of construction, decoration and facilities are relatively high.