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Moving to New Zealand

Moving to New Zealand means moving to a beautiful country with a wealth of opportunity. New Zealand has 6000 kilometers of coast line and a population of just 4 million people, 39.5 million sheep and 9 million cattle.

Other interesting facts about New Zealand include:

• NZ was the first western democracy to give women the vote;
• NZ supplies 54% of world exports of sheep meat;
• NZ invented bungee jumping;
• Wellington is the most southerly capital city on the planet;
• Summer and winter temperatures in most NZ locations differ by less than 10 degrees C due to the moderating effect of the ocean; and
• NZ has the worlds largest flightless parrot (kakapo), the oldest reptile (tuatara), the biggest earthworms, some of the oldest trees, and many of the rarest birds, insects, and plants in the world.