Introduction to New Zealand Island

God bless my king, also known as God bless the queen. If the incumbent is a male monarch, the national anthem will be changed to "God Save the King". God Save the King is the national anthem of Britain and the Commonwealth. NZD, printed and issued by reserve bank of new zealand (Central Bank).

No more coins of 5 cents, 10, 20 cents, 50 cents and 1 yuan and 2 yuan will be issued, and the size of coins of 10, 20 cents and 50 cents will be reduced.

Paper money includes 5 yuan, 10 yuan, 20 yuan, 50 yuan and 100 yuan.

All major credit cards are widely accepted. New Zealand imposes a consumption tax of 12.5% on all goods and services. The population of New Zealand is 4 1 19900 (world ranking 122 in March 2006).

The population density is 15.229/km2 (world 193).

The descendants of European immigrants account for 78.8%, Maori account for 14.5%, and Asians account for 6.7%. 75% of the population lives in the North Island.

The population of South Island exceeded one million for the first time in 2006, with a population of 1.0 1.38 million.

The population of Auckland accounts for 30.7% of the total population of China.

The population of the capital Wellington accounts for about 1 1% of the total population of China.

Auckland is the most populous city in China. Christchurch on the South Island is the second largest city in China.

The official languages are English and Maori. English is common, and Maori is spoken.

70% residents believe in Protestantism and Catholicism. New Zealand is one of the most urbanized countries in the world. Compared with other developed countries, the most prominent feature of New Zealand is that there are no big cities. Of all the cities, only Auckland has a population of more than 500,000 (about 1, 3 1, 000). Oakland Oakland

Wellington Wellington

Christchurch, Christchurch

Hamilton Hamilton

Dunedin

Waikato

Rotorua is divided into 12 areas: Beidi, Auckland, Waikato, Fufu Bay, Hawke Bay, Taranaki, Manawatu-Wanganuil, Wellington, West Coast, Canterbury, Otago and Nan Di.

There are 74 regional administrative bodies, including 15 town halls, 58 district councils and chatham islands Council. The local time in New Zealand is 12 hours earlier than GMT, 4 hours earlier than Beijing time, 12 hours earlier than London and 17 hours earlier than new york. June 10 to March of the following year is daylight saving time, which is 1 hour earlier. Chatham islands, New Zealand is 45 minutes ahead of New Zealand.

Workers work 40 hours a week, and employees of government departments and companies work 35-37.5 hours a week. Some commercial centers and companies are open from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm from Monday to Friday, and government departments are usually from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm. The business hours of banks are from 9:30 am to 4:00 pm from Monday to Friday, and some banks extend their business hours to 8:00 pm on Friday. Our business hours are from 9:00 am to 5:30 pm from Monday to Thursday, and from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm on Friday. Some shops are open as usual on Saturdays and weekends. New Year's Day 65438+1 October1

February 6th National Day Waitangi Day

Easter Good Friday April 6

Monday, 9 April 2007

April 25th ANZAC Day

The queen's birthday is on the first Monday in June.

Labor Day 65438+ Fourth Monday in October

Christmas 65438+February 25th.

Boxing Day 65438+February 26th

Each region also has different anniversaries, such as Wellington Memorial Day 65438+ the fourth Monday in October. The legal age for marriage in New Zealand is 16 years old, but parents' consent and guardianship are required before 18 years old.

New Zealand allowed homosexuals to get married in 2005. There are 140 newspapers in China, including 29 daily newspapers and more than 4,700 magazines.

Independent Newspaper Co., Ltd. and Wilson-Horton Co., Ltd. are the first and second largest newspaper groups, accounting for 90% of the national daily circulation.

The main newspapers are: New Zealand Herald, the largest daily newspaper in New Zealand; Evening news; News; Local newspaper; TV guide (weekly); New Zealand Women's Weekly, Audience Magazine, etc.

The New Zealand Press Association is a cooperative news organization composed of all daily newspapers in New Zealand. Founded in 1880 and headquartered in Wellington. 24-hour transmission of domestic and international news to new daily and weekly newspapers.

Radio New Zealand was founded at 1925. National station 1, commercial station 30, music station 1, sound file 1.

1995, the commercial radio station broke away from Radio New Zealand and became an independent New Zealand commercial broadcasting company, which was sold to private individuals in July 1996. National TV stations pay attention to current affairs and domestic political news, covering 96% of the country.

Radio New Zealand broadcasts national programs to the South Pacific on a limited short wave.

New Zealand TV 1962 officially broadcast the program, which consists of TV 1 TV, TV 2 and 5 regional TV stations.

The signal of New Zealand TV station covers the whole country, and the audience rating is as high as 70%.

TV3 is the only private television station in New Zealand, which is controlled by a Canadian company.

1989110 was launched in October, covering 85% of the country's population. In addition, you can watch pay cable TV Sky TV in New Zealand. Air New Zealand

International domain abbreviation

. New Zealand

Long distance telephone code

64