What country is New Zealand?

New Zealand is an independent country, belonging to no country, located in the South Pacific, a highly developed capitalist country, and was once rated as the cleanest country in the world. Historically, New Zealand, like Australia, was an overseas colony of Britain, but since 19 17, New Zealand has declared itself an independent country. However, it is still a federal country, so the flag of New Zealand also has a symbol of Britain.

New Zealand (English: New Zealand) is located in the southwest of the Pacific Ocean, facing Australia across the tasman sea to the west. The whole country consists of two big islands, namely South Island and North Island, Stewart Island and some small islands nearby. Cook Strait lies between the north and south islands. It has a mild maritime climate. The whole territory is mountainous and the plain is narrow. The total area is about 270,000 square kilometers, the coastline is about10.5 million kilometers, and the territorial sea area is about 4 million square kilometers. As of March, 20021,the total population of New Zealand was 5 1 1, with 60,000 people, with Wellington as the capital.

From 65438 to 0350, Maori settled in New Zealand. 1642, Dutch sailors landed in New Zealand. From 1769 to 1777, Captain Cook of England visited New Zealand five times. Since then, Britain has immigrated to New Zealand in large numbers and declared its occupation. 1840 On February 6th, Britain forced Maori chiefs to sign the Treaty of Waitangi, and New Zealand became a British colony. /kloc-became independent in 0/907 and became a British dominion, with politics, economy and diplomacy under British control. From 65438 to 0947, New Zealand became a sovereign country, but it still belonged to the Commonwealth.

New Zealand is a developed country, with a GDP of S $322 billion in 2020 and a per capita GDP of S $60,000 to S $30,000. The economy is dominated by agriculture and animal husbandry, and the export of agricultural and animal husbandry products accounts for about 50% of the total export. The export volume of mutton and dairy products ranks first in the world, and the export volume of wool ranks third in the world. The World Bank ranks New Zealand as one of the most convenient countries to do business in the world, and its economy has successfully changed from agriculture to an industrialized market economy with international competitiveness. New Zealand is a member of international and regional organizations such as the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.

New Zealand is rich in forest resources, with a forest area of 865.438+10,000 hectares, accounting for 30% of the country's land area, including 6.3 million hectares of natural forests and 0/0.8 million hectares of artificial forests. The main products are logs, logs, wood pulp, paper and cardboard. Fish is abundant.

Although after 65,438+0,000 years of human logging, 25% of New Zealand's land is still densely forested, and the national forest coverage rate reaches 29%, most of which are located in plateau areas.

New Zealand's forests are characterized by mild evergreen rainforests, which contain huge tree ferns, vines and epiphytes ―― it looks like an ordinary jungle. The giant kauri is one of the largest plants in the world, which grows in the relatively small North Island depression and Coromandel Peninsula.