Fun Facts About New Zealand (Summer Learning Journey)

1. The most popular films in the country include ‘Once were Warriors’, ‘The Whale Rider’, ‘The Piano’ and the ‘Lord of the Rings’ trilogy. This interested me because we have only just gone to Hobbiton where part of The Lord of the Rings trilogy was filmed and it was awesome. It was amazing how they made a gigantic artificial tree just for 3 or 4 scenes.

2. Another interesting fact is that the Auckland City Sky Tower is the tallest freestanding structure in the Southern Hemisphere at 328 meters high. I found this interesting because whenever my family and I drive through Auckland we play a game of who can spot the sky tower first because it is so tall that you can see it from a very long distance.

3. New Zealand is one of the world’s smallest countries with over 4 million people. Where as America has over 325.7 million. That's pretty amazing because the difference between the population is 321.7 million. WOW I can't even imagine how there city's look compared to Auckland.