New Zealand Portal

New Zealand
*Aotearoa* ( Māori)
New Zealand Aotearoa ( Māori)
	Flag Coat of arms
	Location of New Zealand, including outlying islands, its territorial claim in the Antarctic, and Tokelau
ISO 3166 code	NZ

Portal topics: Activities; Culture; Geography; Health; History; Mathematics; Nature; People; Philosophy; Religion; Society; Technology; Random portal

The New Zealand Portal

Shortcut

P:NZ

New Zealand ( Māori: Aotearoa [aɔˈtɛaɾɔa]) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island (Te Ika-a-Māui) and the South Island (Te Waipounamu)—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island country by area and lies east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps, owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland.

A developed country, it was the first to introduce a minimum wage, and the first to give women the right to vote. It ranks very highly in international measures of quality of life, human rights, and it has one of the lowest levels of perceived corruption in the world. It retains visible levels of inequality, having structural disparities between its Māori and European populations. New Zealand underwent major economic changes during the 1980s, which transformed it from a protectionist to a liberalised free-trade economy. The service sector dominates the national economy, followed by the industrial sector, and agriculture; international tourism is also a significant source of revenue. New Zealand is a member of the United Nations, Commonwealth of Nations, ANZUS, UKUSA, OECD, ASEAN Plus Six, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, the Pacific Community and the Pacific Islands Forum. It enjoys particularly close relations with the United States and is one of its major non-NATO allies; the United Kingdom; Samoa, Fiji, and Tonga; and with Australia, with a shared " Trans-Tasman" identity between the two countries stemming from centuries of British colonisation. ( Full article...)

Refresh with new selections below (purge)

Good article - show another

This is a Good article, an article that meets a core set of high editorial standards.

Brigadier Miles, 1940–41

Brigadier Reginald Miles, CBE, DSO & Bar, MC (10 December 1892 – 20 October 1943) was a professional soldier who served in the New Zealand Military Forces during the First and Second World Wars.

Miles was a New Zealand entrant into the Australian Royal Military College, Duntroon, from which he graduated in 1914. He served as an artillery officer in the First World War and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for his actions during the German spring offensive. He remained in the military after the war, holding artillery commands for the next several years. When the Second World War broke out, Miles was the Quartermaster General of the New Zealand Military Forces. In 1940, he was seconded to the 2nd New Zealand Division as its commander of artillery. He saw action during the Battle of Greece and later during Operation Crusader in North Africa. Captured during fighting near Tobruk in late 1941, he was held in a prisoner of war camp in Italy but escaped in April 1943 with five other officers, including fellow New Zealander James Hargest. By October, Miles had made his way to Spain where, overcome with depression, he committed suicide. ( Full article...)

List of Good articles

General images

The following are images from various New Zealand-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1Water pollution sign on the Waimakariri River (from Geography of New Zealand)
Image 2Topography of Zealandia, the submerged continent, and the two tectonic plates (from Geography of New Zealand)
Image 3One of the few extant copies of the Treaty of Waitangi (from History of New Zealand)
Image 4Poet Selina Tusitala Marsh, 2019 (from Culture of New Zealand)
Image 5 European settlers developed an identity that was influenced by their rustic lifestyle. In this scene from 1909, men at their camp site display a catch of rabbits and fish. (from Culture of New Zealand)
Image 6New Zealand is antipodal to points of the North Atlantic, the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco.
Image 7Percentages of people reporting affiliation with Christianity at the 2001, 2006 and 2013 censuses; there has been a steady decrease over twelve years. (from Culture of New Zealand)
Image 8The scalloped bays indenting Lake Taupō's northern and western coasts are typical of large volcanic caldera margins. The caldera they surround was formed during the huge Oruanui eruption. (from Geography of New Zealand)
Image 9The first Government House in Auckland, as painted by Edward Ashworth in 1842 or 1843. Auckland was the second capital of New Zealand. (from History of New Zealand)
Image 10Strong winds in the Cook Strait produce high waves which erode the shore, as shown in this image (from Geography of New Zealand)
Image 11 Pavlova, a popular New Zealand dessert, garnished with cream and strawberries. (from Culture of New Zealand)
Image 12 HMS North Star destroying Pomare's Pā during the Northern/Flagstaff War, 1845, Painting by John Williams. (from History of New Zealand)
Image 13The kiwi has become a New Zealand icon. (from Culture of New Zealand)
Image 14 Roger Douglas, the architect of New Zealand's 1980s neo-liberal reform programme (from History of New Zealand)
Image 15 Michael Joseph Savage, Labour Prime Minister 1935–1940. This portrait was hung on the walls of many supporters. (from History of New Zealand)
Image 16A modern wharenui (meeting house of a marae) exhibited at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (from Culture of New Zealand)
Image 17A beach barbecue – an established part of New Zealand culture (from Culture of New Zealand)
Image 18Tribute to the Suffragettes memorial in Christchurch adjacent to Our City. The figures shown from left to right are Amey Daldy, Kate Sheppard, Ada Wells and Harriet Morison (from History of New Zealand)
Image 19 George V with his prime ministers at the 1926 Imperial Conference. Standing (left to right): Monroe ( Newfoundland), Coates ( New Zealand), Bruce ( Australia), Hertzog ( Union of South Africa), Cosgrave ( Irish Free State). Seated: Baldwin ( UK), King George V, King ( Canada). (from History of New Zealand)
Image 20 Aoraki / Mount Cook, as seen from Hooker Valley (from Geography of New Zealand)
Image 21The Māori are most likely descended from people who emigrated from Taiwan to Melanesia and then travelled east through to the Society Islands. After a pause of 70 to 265 years, a new wave of exploration led to the discovery and settlement of New Zealand.
Image 22Rural landscape close to Mt Ruapehu (from Geography of New Zealand)
Image 23 The Original All Blacks during the " haka", 1905 (from Culture of New Zealand)
Image 24 Lorde as part of the 2014 Lollapalooza lineup (from Culture of New Zealand)
Image 25The Forty-Fours viewed from the north; the leftmost islet is the easternmost point of New Zealand. (from Geography of New Zealand)
Image 26Putting down a hāngī (earth oven) (from Culture of New Zealand)
Image 27Prime Ministers John Key and Helen Clark (from History of New Zealand)
Image 28Tekoteko from the gable of a wharenui, Te Arawa (20th century) (from Culture of New Zealand)
Image 29 Knox Church, a Presbyterian church, in Dunedin. The city was founded by Scottish Presbyterian settlers. (from Culture of New Zealand)
Image 30Vigil in Wellington for the victims of the Christchurch mosques attacks (from History of New Zealand)
Image 31A meeting of European and Māori inhabitants of Hawke's Bay Province. Engraving, 1863.
Image 32Men of the Māori Battalion, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, after disembarking at Gourock in Scotland in June 1940 (from History of New Zealand)
Image 33Hinepare of Ngāti Kahungunu, is wearing a traditional korowai cloak adorned with a black fringe border. The two huia feathers in her hair, indicate a chiefly lineage. She also wears a pounamu hei-tiki and earring, as well as a shark tooth (mako) earring. The moko-kauae (chin-tattoo) is often based on one's role in the iwi. (from Culture of New Zealand)
Image 34The Waikato River flowing out of Lake Taupō (from Geography of New Zealand)
Image 35 Zealandia rejecting Australian Constitution in 1900 (from History of New Zealand)
Image 36 Art deco in Napier (from Culture of New Zealand)
Image 37A 1943 poster produced during the war. The poster reads: "When war broke out ... industries were unprepared for munitions production. To-day New Zealand is not only manufacturing many kinds of munitions for her own defence but is making a valuable contribution to the defence of the other areas in the Pacific..." (from History of New Zealand)
Image 38 Fiordland is dominated by steep, glacier-carved valleys. (from Geography of New Zealand)
Image 39 Scorching Bay, Wellington, in summer (from Geography of New Zealand)
Image 40Central Plateau in winter (from Geography of New Zealand)
Image 41The 1935 Labour Cabinet. Michael Joseph Savage is seated in the front row, centre. (from History of New Zealand)
Image 42The Mission House at Kerikeri is New Zealand's oldest surviving building, having been completed in 1822 (from History of New Zealand)
Image 43Kapa haka is performed at a School Strike for Climate in Christchurch 2019. (from Culture of New Zealand)
Image 44"First Scottish Colony for New Zealand" – 1839 poster advertising emigration from Scotland to New Zealand. Collection of Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, Scotland. (from History of New Zealand)
Image 45Scottish Highland family migrating to New Zealand, 1844, by William Allsworth. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington. (from History of New Zealand)
Image 46An annotated relief map (from Geography of New Zealand)
Image 47Māori whānau (extended family) from Rotorua in the 1880s. Many aspects of Western life and culture, including European clothing and architecture, became incorporated into Māori society during the 19th century. (from History of New Zealand)
Image 48Cook Island dancers at Auckland's Pasifika Festival, 2010 (from Culture of New Zealand)
Image 49Residents of Dunedin celebrate the news of the Armistice of 11 November 1918. (from History of New Zealand)
Image 50New Zealand Division in 1916 (from History of New Zealand)
Image 51Richard Seddon, Liberal Prime Minister from 1893 to his death in 1906 (from History of New Zealand)
Image 52 Elizabeth II and Muldoon's Cabinet, taken during the Queen's 1981 visit to New Zealand (from History of New Zealand)
Image 53Children's and young adult author Margaret Mahy, July 2011 (from Culture of New Zealand)
Image 54A Māori ancestor ( tekoteko) depicted in a wood carving at the Tamatekapua Meeting House in Ohinemutu ( c. 1880) (from Culture of New Zealand)
Image 55An aerial view of the Auckland urban area, showing its location on the Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana (from Geography of New Zealand)

More Did you know? - show different entries

...that Wellington is the only city in New Zealand to have electric passenger trains?

...that with the change of electoral systems to MMP, New Zealand elections are less distorted?

...that New Zealand was a pioneer in using aerial topdressing to spread fertiliser over farmland?

...that large-scale Muslim migration to New Zealand began in the late 1980s with the migration of Fijian Indians after the first Fiji coups of 1987?

...Selection

Selected article - show another

George Arthur Emilius Ross (some sources say Aemilius, Æmilius, or Emileus; 1829 – 23 November 1876) was a New Zealand farmer and provincial politician. A cultured and well-educated man, he suffered a breakdown while at Oxford University and relocated to Christchurch for health reasons before he finished his degree. After a short period as a cadet to learn the basics of sheep farming, he became a major land owner. He was an elected member of the Canterbury Provincial Council (1858–1861; 1862–1865) for the rural Rakaia electorate and was on the Canterbury Provincial Executive Council on a number of occasions (1859; 1863–1867) including nearly two years as provincial treasurer. Well-liked as an individual, he was chaotic as a businessman and went bankrupt after a harsh winter in 1867 that caused great loss of stock. He suffered a mental breakdown and disappeared from public life thereafter, with his young wife, Sibella, sustaining the family by running a school that her parents had financed for them. Ross died young aged 48 and his wife outlived him by five decades, bringing up a family of eight children by herself. The West Coast town of Ross was named after him during his lifetime. ( Full article...)

More selected articles

Selected picture - show another

Muriwai, also called Muriwai Beach, is a coastal community on the west coast of the Auckland Region in the North Island of New Zealand. The black-sand surf beach and surrounding area is a popular recreational area for Aucklanders. The Muriwai Regional Park includes a nesting site for a large colony of gannets. ( Full article...)

More selected pictures

Did you know (auto-generated) - load new batch

... that if James Stuart-Wortley had not falsified his age for the 1853 general election, Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke would now be New Zealand's youngest-ever member of parliament?
... that to promote The Simpsons Movie in 2007, 20th Century Fox gifted a sculpture of a doughnut to the town of Springfield, New Zealand?
... that when public radio stations aired Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in solidarity with Ukraine on 10 March 2022, the bass voice of Anthony Robin Schneider was heard live from Frankfurt and recorded from Auckland?
... that New Zealand author Patricia Grace did not include a glossary for Māori terms in her book Potiki because she "didn't want the Māori language to be treated as a foreign language in its own country"?
... that the New Zealand tree Dracophyllum fiordense has distinctive spirals at the ends of its leaves?
... that a hut on New Zealand's Copland Track had to be moved after being hit by a mudslide just 13 weeks after opening?
... that a Māori military settlement at Māngere Bridge, New Zealand, was established in the 1840s to protect Auckland?
... that Michaela Foster, a New Zealand footballer playing in the 2023 World Cup, is known for her mana?

Topics

Recognised content

Extended content

This is a list of recognized content, updated weekly by JL-Bot ( talk · contribs) (typically on Saturdays). There is no need to edit the list yourself. If an article is missing from the list, make sure it is tagged (e.g. {{ WikiProject New Zealand}}) or categorized correctly and wait for the next update. See WP:RECOG for configuration options.