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Like a flock of marauding sheep New Zealand facts keep coming! When you start looking for bite size chunks of information they don’t stop turning up. The same thought applies as on the other facts about New Zealand page. Both these pages begin to paint a picture for you the New Zealand tourist. 
More on New Zealand Climate!New Zealand weather and climate always throws up interesting facts. The moderating effect of the Pacific Ocean means summer and winter temperatures in New Zealand tend to differ by less than 10º Celsius. That’s an equable climate folks, little annual change in temperature.Inland from Dunedin, in Central Otago is where you’ll find the closest to a continental climate though. For those of you who have forgotten your lessons from school, a continental climate is a climate that is characterized by winter temperatures cold enough to support a fixed period of fallen snow each year, and relatively moderate precipitation occurring mostly in summertime. Fruit! Many of New Zealand's stone fruit crops such as peaches and apricots are grown in the Central Otago region. With summer temperatures reaching around 24º Celsius and winter ones about -2º C, rainfall average is a paltry 350mm annually. New Zealand Cars!Yep, That’s 2.5 million cars for four million people. New Zealand's car ownership rate is one of the world's highest. They make only about 2% of their journeys by bus and fewer than 1% by train. I guess with all that space there’s nothing like a drive into the country…
Big New Zealand Facts!New Zealand's highest point is Mount Cook (3,754 m or 12313 ft) the towering flagship of the Southern Alps mountain chain.This mountain range is colossal, larger than the French, Austrian and Swiss Alps combined! The deepest lake is Lake Hauroko at 462m or 1515ft, and the largest is Lake Taupo (606km or 234 miles). The longest river is the famous Waikato at 425km or 264 miles. New Zealand’s largest glacier is the Tasman Glacier, a formidable 29km or 18 miles long. If you’re going potholing then you’ll want to know that the deepest cave is Nettlebed at Mount Arthur at 889m or 2916ft deep. Boy that is some pothole. New Zealand SportsAbout a quarter of the population are registered with a club for one sport or another. We’re not talking a game of canasta or bowls on the green here (although bowls can be arranged). It’s rugby, cricket, golf and football all the way.
The country’s image and cultural identity is often linked with New Zealander's involvement in the wide variety of sports and leisure activities around them. New Zealand's international rugby success plays a dominant role in promoting this identity.
New Zealand MoneyThe currency of New Zealand is the New Zealand dollar. In that dollar you get one hundred cents. Check out our New Zealand Currency pages for details.So folks, armed with these New Zealand facts you can start to know your Kiwi from your New Zealand tea tree and your map of Auckland New Zealand from your physical map of New Zealand!
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