New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand, an independent state and a member of the Commonwealth , is situated to the south-east of Australia.

It’s a country consisting of two large islands.

The first to settle here were the Maori. Maoris is a Polynesian people. 

Smoke and steam are characteristic features of New Zealand. They come from volcanoes and geysers. That’s why the Maoris called New Zealand  the country of long white clouds. So earthquakes are common here.  Sometimes they have several quakes a day.

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New Zealand is situated to the south-east of …

• China

• the USA

• Australia

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Smoke and steam come from …

• geysers

• volcanoes

• cars and plants

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It’s a country consisting of … large islands.

• three

• two