TIME OF NEW ZEALAND
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PEOPLE OF NEW ZEALAND
The main populations - New Zealanders; consist of the Anglo-New Zealanders (about 2.4 million., 1973, assessment) and Maori (over 230 thousand people.). In addition, Britons live in a small number of Scots, Anglo-Australians, Dutch, Irish, Samoan, Cook Islands Aborigines, Chinese, Indians, etc.

CLIMATE OF NEW ZEALAND
The climate of New Zealand, straight and wet. The difference handful of seasonal temperatures, a lot of rain falls, but a lack of sunny days is not there. However, climatic conditions vary from one area to another country. This is partly due to a large longitudinal length of New Zealand, leading to what is in the far north of its warm and humid climate, without frost, and in the extreme south in the inner part of the island - cold and dry.

HOLIDAY IN NEW ZEALAND
There are many magnificent forest reserves, long sandy beaches and endemic species such as kiwi fruit.
There are various types of entertainment: hiking, skiing, splavlenie on rafts, etc. Here you can swim with dolphins, playing with newborn lambs and watch whales.
In this country there are excellent opportunities for virtually all types of sports and recreation, that one can imagine: paragliding, hang, parachute jumping, climbing, pedestrian walks, hikes, travels the cave, riding a mountain bike, ski sports, skiing at horses, boats, rafts on splavleniya, canoeing, sailing under sail, surfing, windsurfing, sailing and diving with a mask.
New Zealand - one of the most popular places in the southern hemisphere for skiing and other winter sports because of the fact that there is often snow falls. Most of their fans come here from June to October. There are many different types of tours and ski resorts on the island as Southern as well as on the North Island.

WHAT PRIVEZTI FROM NEW ZEALAND
First of all, pay attention to woolen products, inexpensive and high quality. There are interesting style wooden hand-Maori.

POINTS OF NEW ZEALAND
New Zealand is famous for its rich and diverse nature - geyser, mountains and lakes, caves and forests, glaciers and beaches. Widely developed environmental movement can save all this splendor in almost original condition, even in an area of major cities.
North Island - snow-covered mountain tops in Tongariro National Park, geysers and mud puddles in the vicinity of Rotorua, endless green meadows, surrounded by dense forest in the slopes of mountains and the coast is a never-ending sandy beach. Ski season in the mountains of 3 months - from June to September, sometimes in the most sunny days of spring (September-October), combined with the bath ski season.
The city-port of Auckland, its famous University, is strikingly picturesque - from inspection sites, which tops extinct volcanoes, you can simultaneously see and the Pacific Ocean and Tasman Sea. In Wellington - a botanical garden, located on the slope of the high mountains.
South Island - it countless ferdy, glaciers, turbulent mountain streams and rivers, where the water trout, impenetrable jungle, tropical rain forests on the coast, palm groves and mountain ranges with peaks in the height of 3000 meters. The island is a wonderful place for fishing, rowing with kayaks, travel on bicycles, alloy on foot rafts and long hikes. Almost all trips begin at Piktone or Christchurch, which is similar to a typical provincial town in southern England.
An interesting Mount Cook National Park, which contains the highest peaks of New Zealand, the quiet town of Queenstown at the foot of the mountain ridge Remarkabelz, many beaches and rocky bay.

KITCHEN NEW ZEALAND
Traditional cuisine country that affected the islands long before the arrival of Europeans, virtually unknown to tourists. Numerous persons from all edges of light brought here culinary traditions of their homeland, so now the country can try dishes virtually all peoples of the world. But prevails, of course, Anglo-Saxon kitchen.
New Zealand - one of the leading manufacturers of meat and dairy products in the world, so the foundation of almost all local dishes - lamb, beef and pork. The traditional meal - fish or meat with fried potatoes, as well as natural steaks and roast. As a garnish generally used his local potatoes and sweet variety - "kumara." Other vegetables are, more often than not, in the form of complex and garnish salads.
Seafood quite rare in the traditional kitchen, but in any restaurant menu can be found in oysters, lobster, shellfish and a host of different varieties of fish. New Zealand also produces many first-class type of French cheese: bri, kamamber, ble de bres and montan-ble.
Traditional desserts New Zealand - cake with whipped cream and fruit, a big round cake with fruit and cream, jams and a variety of dry biscuits English type.
Of the alcohol preference for beer, which is considered one of the best in the world for quality. The most popular brands - "Lion Red", "OB Natural", "DB Draught", "Speight", "Canterbury Draught" and others, some varieties are made directly to utility rooms pub, where and sold.
New Zealand produces a lot of first-class wines, but almost no local brands as foreign tourists do not speak, so to the choice of wine should be treated with great care. Also, large quantities of alcoholic beverages imported from other countries, primarily - South Africa and Chile.

RELIGION OF NEW ZEALAND
The majority of the population, indigenous as well as whites, Protestants. There are two sects Maori - ratana and ringatu, which represents the teachings of the mixture of indigenous and Christian beliefs.

HOLIDAYS OF NEW ZEALAND
January 1-2 - New Year
February 6 - Waitangi Day (the date of signing of the peace agreement between the Europeans and Maori in 1840)
March-April - Easter
April 25 - Day Anzak - Day of Remembrance killed in world wars
June - Queen's Birthday (usually indicated on the first Monday of June)
October 24-25 - Labour Day (usually indicated on the third Monday in October)
December 25 - Christmas
December 26 - Boxing Day
Each region also has its own specific annual holidays.

TRANSPORTATION OF NEW ZEALAND
The car certainly be considered a convenient mode of transport for travel to New Zealand (presence of international human sample required). But we should not forget that in New Zealand left-hand traffic. Buses - the most common method of movement in the country. In addition, they are modern and comfortable, with air conditioners, toilets, often equipped with television. During the long journeys always stop so you can snack, a couple of cigarettes to smokers vykurit. Tickets for these flights is expensive. Students of international student card, can save 20-50%. City bus is available in major cities such as Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin.
At the ferry can be reached with the North Island on the South. Ferries are comfortable, equipped with bars, restaurants, salons. Ferry tickets can be purchased at a discount, if you order tickets in advance, that is, for the week. Difficult of all, get tickets to storm the school holidays. Discounts at this time is virtually impossible to obtain.

NEW VISA ZELANDIYU
New Zealand visa arranged within two weeks.
Documents required for registration of the visa:
- passport (validity period of 6 months);
- photography;
- Internal photocopy of passport (all pages);
photocopy-labor record (all filled pages);
- certificate from the employer, indicating the positions, mean or average income, working times in this institution, the period of leave, guarantee the preservation job upon return from leave. Help should be on letterhead bearing the signature and seal of leadership;
- power of attorney from the second parent to child export abroad, if a child leaves with one of the parents;
- photocopies of birth certificates of children;
- copy of certificate of marriage;
- photocopy the original or confirmed booking international air travel
- a photocopy of the old passport (if survived);
- copy of constituent documents (if the owner or a co-founder of the firm);
There may require additional documents:
a copy of the document confirming the availability of funds for this trip (photocopy documents on real estate, photocopy credit card information (excerpt) on the availability of bank account).
Any documents confirming the financial situation.

Embassies
New Zealand Embassy in Russia
Address: Moscow, ul.Povarska, 44
Phone: (+7095) 956-35-79
Fax: (+7095) 956-35-83
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Russian Embassy in New Zealand
Address: 57 Messines Road, Karori, Wellington
Phone: (+644) 476-61-13