7 Fun Facts About New Zealand
New Zealand is one of the most fascinating places in the world! Just for fun, we’ve compiled some fun facts about New Zealand!
7 Fun Facts About New Zealand
- Are you an animal fanatic? New Zealand may be the perfect spot for holiday, because only 5% of New Zealand’s population is human. The other 95% are animals; one of the highest human-to-animal ratios in the world.
- The Lord of the Rings film brought in about $200 million. Bonus Fact: The beer that the characters drank on camera was a custom New Zealand brew called Sobering Thought; a dark 1% stout created by Harrington’s Brewery.
- The world’s first driving dogs were in New Zealand.
- Bats are the only land mammals native to New Zealand.
- Captain James Cook, who navigated to New Zealand, was said to have discovered that a deficiency in Vitamin C was the culprit behind scurvy.
- Try this one. When on holiday in New Zealand, ask your friends if they’d like to go visit Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu. It’s a hill overlooking Hawkes Bay, and the rough Maori translation: “The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his nose flute to his loved one.” Every beloved needs to hear a nose flute solo from their lover, right?
- According to Barrington Freight, from any place in New Zealand, you’re never further than 128 km from the sea.
Links to Other Fun Facts About New Zealand
- 69 Facts About New Zealand That’ll Blow Your Mind
- 25 Things You May Not Have Known About New Zealand
- 15 Things You Might Not Know About New Zealand