New Zealand

New Zealand is an island nation in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The country geographically comprises two main landmasses—that of the North Island, or Te Ika-a-Māui, and the South Island, or Te Waipounamu—and numerous smaller islands. New Zealand is situated some 1,500 kilometres (900 mi) east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and roughly 1,000 kilometres (600 mi) south of the Pacific island areas of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. Because of its remoteness, it was one of the last lands to be settled by humans. During its long period of isolation, New Zealand developed a distinctive biodiversity of animal, fungal and plant life. The country's varied topography and its sharp mountain peaks, such as the Southern Alps, owe much to the tectonic uplift of land and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Auckland.

In Maori[]

Aotearoa ko te iwi motu i roto i te tonga-Kiwa. Te whenua fakasiokālafi Kei rua ngā whenua-e matua o te Te Ika a Maui, ranei Te Ika-te-Māui, me te Waipounamu, ranei Te Waipounamu-a maha motu iti. takoto Aotearoa te etahi 1,500 kiromita (900 mi) rawhiti o Ahitereiria puta noa te Moana Tasman me whakatuma 1,000 kiromita (600 mi) tonga o te wāhi moutere Kiwa o New Caledonia, Whītī, ko Tonga. No te mea o tona tūhāhā, ko reira tetahi o nga whenua whakamutunga ki te kia noho e te tangata. I roto i te wehe tona wā roa, whakawhanakehia Aotearoa he koiora motuhake o te kararehe, fungal me te whakato ora. mahere whenua rerekē o te whenua, me ona tihi maunga koi, pērā i te māeroero, nama nui ki te faateiteiraa nekeneke o te whenua, me te puia hūnga. he pa whakapaipai Aotearoa a Te Ūpoko o te tini Tāmaki Makaurau.