Mount Taranaki is the second highest mountain in the North Island, and the dominant geographical feature of the region. A Māori legend says that Mount Taranaki previously lived with the Tongariro, Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu mountains of the central North Island but fled to its current location after a battle with Tongariro. A near-perfect cone, it last erupted in the mid-18th …

In 1892, following the canvassing of provincial administrators by Ernest Hoben, the New Zealand Rugby Football Union (NZRFU) was formed by the majority of New Zealand's provincial unions, but did not include Canterbury, Otago or Southland. The first officially sanctioned New Zealand side toured New South Wales in 1893, where the Thomas Ellison captained team won nine of …

Queenstown (Māori: Tāhuna) is a resort town in Otago in the south-west of New Zealand's South Island.It has an urban population of 15,800 (June 2022). The town is built around an inlet called Queenstown Bay on Lake Wakatipu, a long, thin, Z-shaped lake formed by glacial processes, and has views of nearby mountains such as The Remarkables, Cecil Peak, Walter Peak and just …

Geraldine (Māori: Heratini) is a town in the Canterbury region in the South Island of New Zealand. It is about 140 km south of Christchurch, and inland from Timaru, which is 38 km to the south.Geraldine is located on State Highway 79 between the Orari and Hae Hae Te Moana Rivers and 45 kilometres to the east of Fairlie

Name Date Location Deaths Method Notes Christchurch mosque shootings: 15 March 2019: Christchurch, Canterbury: 51: Firearms 51 killed and 49 injured. Occurred at two mosques in Christchurch: Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre.Brenton Harrison Tarrant pleaded guilty to murder and engaging in a terrorist act, and was sentenced to life imprisonment without …

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, covering 268,021 square kilometres (103,500 sq mi). ). New Zealand is about 2,000 kilometres …

New Zealanders (Māori: Tāngata Aotearoa), colloquially known as Kiwis (/ k iː w iː /), are people associated with New Zealand, sharing a common history, culture, and language (New Zealand English).People of various ethnicities and national origins are citizens of New Zealand, governed by its nationality law.. Originally composed solely of the indigenous Māori, the ethnic makeup …

New Zealand English (NZE) is the dialect of the English language spoken and written by most English-speaking New Zealanders. Its language code in ISO and Internet standards is en-NZ. English is the first language of the majority of the population.. The English language was established in New Zealand by colonists during the 19th century. It is one of "the newest native …

History. New Zealand's party system did not arise until the late nineteenth century. Prior to this, members of Parliament stood as independent candidates, and while some MPs joined factions, these typically were formed around prominent individuals such as Julius Vogel, and did so after election not before.. The Liberal Party, which was formed in 1891, was New Zealand's first …

Lumsden had a population of 492 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 72 people (17.1%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 66 people (15.5%) since the 2006 census.There were 228 households. There were 258 males and 237 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.09 males per female, with 99 people (20.1%) aged under 15 years, 99 (20.1%) aged 15 to 29, …