New Zealand
Aotearoa (Māori)
Population:
5,109,702 (2023 est.)
4,991,442 (2021)
4,545,627 (2018)
Capital: Wellington
Internet country code: .nz
Government:
Official website: govt.nz
Data.govt.nz: data.govt.nz
New Zealand Tourism Board: tourismnewzealand.com
Etymology: Dutch explorer Abel TASMAN was the first European to reach New Zealand in 1642; he named it Staten Landt, but Dutch cartographers renamed it Nova Zeelandia in 1645 after the Dutch province of Zeeland; British explorer Captain James COOK subsequently anglicized the name to New Zealand when he mapped the islands in 1769.
Nanaia Mahuta, New Zealand’s Māori foreign minister, is the perfect diplomat
She is impossible to miss, understands both sides of the Māori debate and speaks up on foreign policy in a way that works well for Jacinda Ardern.
> theguardian.com/nanaia-mahuta-new-zealands-maori-foreign-minister
Three reasons why Jacinda Ardern’s coronavirus response has been a masterclass in crisis leadership
Imagine, if you can, what it’s like to make decisions on which the lives of tens of thousands of other people depend. If you get things wrong, or delay deciding, they die.
> theconversation.com/jacinda-arderns-coronavirus-response