New Zealand is a beautiful country. Travellling acroos new Zealand by road is a good way to see the countruy. The Trans Alpine rail road is an experience to behold. The glaciers, Mt. Cook are breathtaking. The flora and fauna are untouched by predators. Those of you who are not used to driving on the left side of the road need not worry. The roads are pretty much empty.

1. The Tropic of Capricorn runs
through the middle of Australia.
The Tasman Sea separates
Australia from New Zealand.
New Zealand
• Dr. Pramila Kudva

2. • The history of New Zealand dates
back at least 700 years to when it
was discovered and settled by
Polynesians, who developed a
distinct Māori culture centred on
kinship links and land.
• Hawaii, Cook islands and other
around 100 islands form a part of
polynesia.

3. Genesis
There is an extremely small place in
Holland called Zealand. These
people from Holland decided to call
this land New Zealand and it stuck.
The first European explorer to sight
New Zealand was Dutch navigator
Abel Tasman on 13 December 1642.

4. The Maoris
New Zealand has two main islands and is home to the
Maori, who were originally from Polynesia
Māori call this land Aotearoa, the land of the long
white cloud.
Today, Maori make up less than 10 percent of the
population of New Zealand
Maori in New Zealand were confronted with the
European invaders. The Maori initiated a number of
wars against British colonizers, but in the end the
greater military power gained the advantage.

5. TranzAlpine
Journey
The Tranz Alpine train
operates daily between
Christchurch, Arthurs Pass
and Greymouth - from the
east coast to the west coast
of New Zealand's South
Island.
The Tranz Alpine is one of the
world's great train journeys
covering 223 kilometres (139
miles) one-way, taking just
under 5 hours.

6. TranzAlpine
Journey
Before the Otira
Tunnel - It runs
under the Southern
Alps from Arthur's
Pass to Otira – a
length of over 8.5
kilometres (5.3 mi).

7. Picturesque
South
Island

8. Pancake rocks
and blowholes
of Punakaiki
Pancake Rocks,
magnificent limestone
formations carved over
millions of years into
intricate caverns and
columns. One can
witness the awesome
blowholes at high tide.

9. Hot springs of Rotorua
• Rotorua is the main hub for geothermal
attractions, with plenty of mud pools, geysers.
Its trademark ‘Sulphur City’ smell.
• The reputed health benefits of its hot pools
quickly earned the area the name of
‘Cureland’.

10. • Te Puia is home to the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts
Institute and the world famous Pohutu geyser
• Rocks are hot with the geothermal activity

11. Hot Mud pools
In Te Puia’s Whakarewarewa Valley, there are bubbling mud pools and the
30m-tall Pohutu Geyser, which erupts many times daily.

12. Student training Centre at Te Puia

13. The Maori
at
Te Puia

14. Sheep and
sheep dogs of
Newzealand

15. Mirror Lake

16. Possum and the fragile ecosystem
• The Australian Brushtail Possum was first
released into New Zealand in 1837 fior fur
trade.
• By 1946 the possums where declared a
noxious pest in New Zealand.
• Possums eat about 21,000 tonnes of leaves
and flowers in just one night. That’s a lot of
forest disappearing while you sleep.
• Possums also eat native weta and giant
land snails. One possum can eat 60 giant
Powelliphanta snails in a single night.
• Possums carry a disease called bovine
Tb (tuberculosis) which they spread to
cattle.
• They eat eggs, chicks and even adults of
many other native birds including kiwi,

17. 2010–2011 earthquakes
Christchurch Cathedral

18. Mt. Cook
The highest peak is Mt.
Cook, which reaches
higher than twelve
thousand feet.
The shadow of the plane
taken from the sky.

19. Glaciers
Walk to Franz Josef Glacier

20. Fox glacier

21. Wellington
Wellington is the capital of the
country and is located on the
southern end of the North
Island.
Windy Wellington

22. Dolphin Watching Cruise
Bay of Islands

23. Fauna of NZ –
Endangered - KIWI
Kiwis eat worms. They are
nocturnal. Kiwi lays eggs
that are 20% of the body
weight!
They are monogamous –
only one partner for life.
Can live up to 50 to 70
years of age.
Possums pose a biggest
threat to them.
Have nostrils at the tip of
their bill

24. The kea is an unusual parrot. It is the
only truly alpine parrot in the world.
Innately curious, kea are attracted to
people wherever they enter its
mountain domain and are a feature
at South Island ski-fields and
mountain huts. Their attraction to
people and their paraphernalia is a
two-edged sword, providing both
new threats and new opportunities.
KEA – The Parrot

25. Tuatara
Female Tuatara lays 9 eggs
once in 4 years They appeared
on earth even before the
dinosaurs. They live up to 200
years

26. Fjord Crested penguins
– Endangered
Seals basking in the sun
• Penguins are about 2 feet
tall
• Less than 4 KGs in weight
• Nocturnal generally
• Fjord is formed when the
glacier recedes.

27. Alpaca at the
Agradore Farm
Rotorua

28. Hobbiton
Sir Peter Jackson director
had to remove a tree for
the shoot. He planted the
artificial tree to make up
for the loss.
Hobbiton Movie Set from
The Lord of the Rings and
The Hobbit film trilogy in
a two-hour guided tour.

29. Glow Worm
Caves
Glow rom is a species
of fungus gnat endemic
to New Zealand. Both
the larval stage and the
adult are luminescent.
Adult looks like a
mosquito.

30. Hadlee
Pavilion -
Christchurch

31. Dr. Pramila Kudva is a PhD
in Education from Mumbai
University. She has over
three decades of experience
as a teacher, teacher
educator. Currently she is
working as a principal of an
ICSE school in Mumbai.
She has several academic
publications to her credit.
E-mail: Pramilakudva2016@gmail.com
Website: www.teacherhelp.info