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Wednesday, January 23, 2008

paradise land

New Zealand is notable for its geographic isolation, being separated from Australia to the northwest by the Tasman Sea, approximately 2000 kms across. Its closest neighbours to the north are New Caledonia, Fiji and Tonga.It is the home of tourists attracting a large numbers of travellers every year.The country has extensive marine resources, with the seventh-largest Exclusive Economic Zone in the world, covering over four million square kms more than 15 times its land area.The dramatic and varied landscape of New Zealand has made it a popular location for the production of television programmes and films, including the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the The Last Samurai.

Large festivals in celebration of Diwali and Chinese New Year are held in several of the larger centres, and the world's largest Polynesian festival, the Pasifika Festival, is an annual event in Auckland. Cultural links between New Zealand and the United Kingdom and Ireland are maintained by a common language.New Zealand is regarded by some as a haven for extreme sports and adventure tourism. Its reputation in extreme sports extends from the establishment of the world's first commercial bungee jumping site at Queenstown in the South Island of New Zealand in November 1988;[46] its roots in adventure tourism can be traced all the way back to Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest in 1953.

Because of its location in the roaring forties latitudes and its exposure to omnipresent winds coming through Cook Strait, the city is known to Kiwis as "Windy Wellington".Wellington is home to the National Opera Company, City Gallery, the Royal New Zealand Ballet, St James' Theatre, Downstage Theatre, Bats Theatre, the Arts Foundation of New Zealand and the New Zealand International Arts Festival.You can spend the night in some of the best wellington hotel which provide world class facilities.Others hotels where you can spend leisurely and comfortably are auckland hotel and christchurch hotel at a cheaper price.

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