What+do+we+know+about+New+Zealand?

As a class we have brainstormed all the things we know about New Zealand. =The facts we are sure of we have put in the biggest, boldest font size.= The facts we are unsure of are in normal font.
 * Those we are fairly sure of are in bold font.**

=have lots of sheep= In the first timezone for the world's new day =Unique accents= =only country - kiwi bird - national bird=

**lots of well known movies have been made there**
=hot mud springs= capital - Auckland or **Wellington** =North and South island=
 * rugby world champions**-

=**Rugby is their most popular sport**= =Southern hemisphere= =Maori people - do special dance - Haka - funny face at the end to scare the opponents= Colin Thiele wrote books set in NZ =the flag is similar to Australian flag= very cold Air NZ is major air line the 2 major cities are on the 2 islands =smaller than Australia= =Russell Crowe from NZ= lots of mountains Olympics held there- kiwi was mascot its own species of reptiles - tuatara they have silver fern have glaciers made "CREEPY" T.V. show =they are a part of the Commonwealth= =they are part of the ANZACS=
 * make law-enforcement shows**
 * once upon a time it was part of Australia**