New Zealand / Aotearoa

New Zealand (Māori: Aotearoa) is an island country in the South Pacific Ocean containing two major islands — the North Island and the South Island — and several small outlying islands. Its capital is Wellington, and its largest city is Auckland. It has a population of around 5 million.

National symbol

Main gallery: National symbols of New Zealand.

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  National flag of New Zealand

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  Coat of arms of New Zealand

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  Coat of arms of New Zealand 1911-1956

Map

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  New Zealand's location in the South Pacific Ocean
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  Topography of New Zealand
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  Elevations of the New Zealand

Nature

Main category: Nature of New Zealand

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  Mounts Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu seen from the summit of Mount Tongariro
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  Aoraki/Mount Cook
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  Lake Tekapo
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  Milford Sound and Mitre Peak
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  Milford Sound Waterfall
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  The Emerald Lakes, Mount Tongariro
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  Lake Gunn
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  Waiau River
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  Pencarrow Head, Wellington
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  Pancake Rocks, Punakaiki
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  Tasman Valley, Canterbury
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  Akaroa Harbour, Canterbury
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  Mt. Taranaki
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  Akaroa
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  Rainforest in New Zealand
  (Ulva Island)
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  Forest
  in Oparara Basin
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  Kauri tree Agathis australis
  (de: Kauri-Baum)
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  Cyathea medullaris
  (Flora of New Zealand)
• Video
  of
  Huka Falls
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  Kitikite falls,
  Waitakere Ranges
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  Kahurangi
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  Bay in Piha, a beach of New Zealand
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  Whangapoua
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  Te Hoho Rock near Cathedral Cove,
  Coromandel Peninsula
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  Mackenzie District
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  Wairau Valley. Marlborough
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  Cape Fournier
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  kiwi
  → Birds of New Zealand
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  New Zealand native pigeon

Architecture

Main category: Architecture of New Zealand

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  Auckland 360° panorama, a view from Sky Tower to Auckland CBD. In the left: Auckland waterfront with Harbour Bridge
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  Sky Tower, Auckland
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  Parliament Buildings, Wellington
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  University of Otago Registry Building
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  Dunedin Railway Station
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  Ratana church
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  Mount Eden,
  place of a former Maori pa
  in Auckland volcanic field
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  Toilet of artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser in Kawakawa (2009),
  North Island
  (Māori Te Ika-a-Māui ).
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  Grain silo accommodation
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  Howick

Celebrity

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  Kate Sheppard, prominent suffragist
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  Ernest Rutherford, called the "father" of nuclear physics
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  Sir Edmund Hillary, first man to climb Mount Everest
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  Sir Peter Jackson, film director, screenwriter and film producer
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  Lorde (Ella Yelich-O'Connor), singer, songwriter and record producer
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  Helen Clark, Prime Minister, 1999–2008
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  Sir John Key, Prime Minister, 2008–2016
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  Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister, 2017–2023
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  Christopher Luxon, Prime Minister, 2023–present

Culture

Main category: Culture of New Zealand

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  All Blacks haka
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  Māori carving
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  Hobbit house of The Shire (Auenland, Matamata)
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  Seats of 52nd New Zealand Parliament,
  after 2017 election

See also

• Category:Featured pictures of New Zealand
• Category:Quality images of New Zealand
• Category:Valued images of New Zealand