Our Perceptions of New Zealand

• Very hot climate


• Palm trees and beaches


• People wear shorts and T-shirts


• People sit and eat outside at restaurants


• The main dish served at a restaurant would be fish


• The people would be very sun tanned


• Many Ice cream shops and cold foods, for example salads


• Tropical Rainforests


• Large towns


• High population


• Makes a lot of stuff that we sell here


• Situated over the other side of the world


• Some people speak maori


• Very bleak countryside


• Twice as big as the UK


• I think it is attached to Australia


• The people look no different to us


• They speak English and maori


• There native culture is maori


• People have been living there for hundreds of years


• The climate is very hot.


• They have wet and dry seasons.


• Dry grass lands


• And lush forests

• Rare animals live there. eg. Koala bears, kangaroos and chinchillas

• Lots of beaches


• Water sports


• A rich wild life

• They have cites and villages