All About New Zealand ~ by Jovan
The total size of New Zealand is 268,680 square km. The population of New Zealand is 4.700 million (ah… just saying that that’s kinda a big number). Some of the major cities that we went to are Auckland and Queenstown. The capitol city is Wellington. Two of the biggest industries in New Zealand are mining and fishing. New Zealand officially became an independent country in 1947.
The first people that came here are the Maori people. They were settlers from Eastern Polynesia who came to New Zealand in waves. In the Maori language to say hello is Kia Ora. Everywhere we went everyone would say Kia Ora to say hi to us, which also means healthy life to you.There are two parts of New Zealand. North and South Island. A common symbol and an animal you can only find in New Zealand is the kiwi bird. The kiwi bird is a flightless bird. The average kiwi bird egg weighs 300 grams.
There is another common symbol in New Zealand, it is called the silver fern. It is grown everywhere in New Zealand. Its
feather is the symbol for the rugby team that they play with. For those who
don’t know rugby it is football but a little different.
Auckland Whale and Dolphin Safari ~ by Nix
We first landed on North Island in Auckland. When we were in Auckland we went on Whale and Dolphin Safari. We went on a big boat with 50 other people and it was 5 hours in the ocean. Tejas, Jovan, and I got super wet because we stood at the nose of the boat when it was leaving and the good thing is that we eventually moved and dried off. When we were out on the boat we saw birds that can fly but were sitting on the water. That means that there is an animal under it. We saw birds that would fly into the water like bullets and eat the fish on the top of the water. We saw a lot of dolphins, and three of them were swimming with our boat. I named the 3 of them Joey, Pooey, and Doey, so Joey is the baby, Doey is the mommy, and Pooey is the daddy.
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