
- There are about four million people who live in New Zealand. Three million of those live on the North Island, and one million live on the South Island.
- New Zealand has about the same land area as the state of Oregon.
- Nearly a thousand species of ferns grow in New Zealand. Forty-four of those species are only found in New Zealand.
- New Zealand was the first country in the world to allow women to vote (in 1893).
- Kiwis are the national bird. The fathers take care of the eggs for three months until they hatch.
- New Zealand has thirteen species of penguins.
- There is a cave on Whatipu Peninsula on the North Island that had a wooden dance floor in the 1920s. It's appropriately called the Ballroom Cave.
- Jogging was invented in New Zealand.