NEW ZEALAND CULTURE

THIS ISLAND DISCOVERED DISCOVERED BY POLYNESIA IN 1200 TO 1300 C.E. AFTER THAT IT WAS SETTLED BY MAORI AND AREAS WERE NAMED AFTER THE ORIGINAL IWI TRIBES. IN 1769 JAMES COOK CLAIMED FOR ENGLAND.

EXTENSIVE ENGLISH WAS NOT UNTIL 1840'S. WHALERS FROM THE U.S. AND BRITAIN MARRIED OR HAD CHILDREN WITH MAORI WOMEN. MISSIONARIES CAME HERE IN 1814. BY 1860'S GOLD HAD BEEN DISCOVERED BY THE CHINESE FROM AUSTRAILIA AND HONG KONG. THEY NOW OWN CAFES AND ARE MARKET GARDENERS.

THREE MILLION MAURI LIVE IN THE NORTH ISLAND, AND 800,000 LIVE IN SOUTH ISLAND. MAORI CUKTURE IS BEING REINVENTED AND ARE INCORPORATED. THERE ARE THREE ISLANDS IN NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND, SOUTH ISLAND AND STEWART AS WELL AS SMALLER ISLANDS. THE SOUTHERN ISLANDS ARE 98000' HIGH. THEY HAVE THREE ACTIVE VOLCANOES. AND THEY HAVE SUBTROPICAL TO CONTINENTAL CLIMATE.
BY 1996 85% ARE OF EUROPEAN ORIGIN, WITH THE MAORI AT 200,000 FOLKS. THE KIWI BIRD IS A FLIGHTLESSS AND NOCTURNAL BIRD ONLY ON NEW ZEALAND AND IS THE SYMBOL FOR THE ISLAND. THEY EAT DAIRY PRODUCTS AND FISH. CHICKEN IS A RESTAURANT DELICACY. A FAVORITE FOOD IS MEAT PIE.
THEY DRINK BEER. SINCE 1975 THEY HAVE DEVELOPED MORE TROPICAL FOODS. THEY ARE NOW PRODUCING WINE. THERE IS NO NEW CUISINE AS SUCH.

THE OLD FASHIONED MAORI CUISINE IS SEAFOOD, MUTTON, BIRDS, PORK OR FOWL, AND LAMB THAT IS COOKED IN EARTHEN OVEN WITH HEATED STONES THAT STEAM. THE FOOD IS BURIED AND REMOVED. NEW ZEALAND EXPORTS DAIRY, MEAT, FISH FRUIT AND PROCESSED WINE, DEER/VENISON, SMOKED FISH, CHEESES AND YOGURT. MANY LARGE FOOD COMPANIES ARE MOVING THEIR PROCEDING PLANTS TO AUSTRALIA. UNFORTUNATELY LOGGING OF PLANTATION PINE FORESTS IS A MAJOR INDUSTRY. THEIR FOOD SUPPLY IS NOW IN SURPLUS, AND IMPORTS ARE LARGELY LUXERY IEMS FROM AUSTRALIA.. FRESH FRUITS ARE OUT OF SEASON. THEY DO NOT WANT INDUSTRIALIZATION. MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLY HAS A GARDEN AND PRODUCES FRESH FRUIT. THEY TRADE WITH THE U.S., ENGLAND, JAPAN, RTUSSIA, AUSTRALIA, TAIWAN AND CHINA.

NEW ZEALAND IS NO LONGER A WELFARE STATE. THE MAQORI POVERTY IS EVIDENT AND HAS CLASS SOCIETY BASED ON INCOME. MAORI MAINTAIN STATUS BASED ON EARNED RESPECT OF OLDER FOLKS. THEY GIVE CULTURAL PERFORMANCES OF MAORI DANCES.

NEW ZEALAND HAS A SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR THE UNEMPLOYED, DISABLED, AND SICK, FOR DOMESTIC PURPOSES AND RETIRED PEOPLE. THEY HAVE A NO FAULT ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION FUNDED BY EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE LIVES.

THEIR IS AN INCREASE OF WOMEN ENTERING THE WORKFORCE OR IN PARTNERSHIP TO HAVE BUSINESSES.

AUCKLAND IS A BUSTLING CITY LIKE SAN FRANCISCOCITY LAKE IN SAN FRANCISCO AND EXCEPT IN MUSLIM, HINDU AND CHINESE , MARRIAGE IS BY CHOICE. IF UNDER 20, THEIR PARENTS MUST CONSENT. THE NUCLEAR FAMILY PREDOMINATES. THE LOCATION OF JOBS TUNDS TO BE DEERMINE THE CHOICE OF A LIVING PLACE. THE MAORI HAVE REVISITED THEIR TRADITIONAL SOCIAL ORGANIZATION. INTO FAMILY LINEAGE TO RECLAIM THEIR IDENTITY AND NEGOTIATE UNDER THE TREATY OF ENGLAND. THEY ALSO HAVE FAMILY REUNIONS.