Population: People vs Sheep...and more

There are about 4 million people living in New Zealand, and about 40 million sheep! That’s 10 sheep per person!

 The Maori name for New Zealand is ‘Aotearoa’. It means “the land of the long white cloud”.

• The Hector’s Dolphin (the world’s smallest marine dolphin), and the world’s rarest sea lion, the Hooker’s sea lion, are only found in New Zealand waters.
• New Zealand is home to the world’s only flightless parrot, the Kakapo, as well as the Kea - the only alpine parrot in the world.
• The oldest living genus of reptile is the native New Zealand Tuatara. Tuataras have a life expectancy of 300 years. It is estimated that Tuataras can be traced back 190 million years to the Mesozoic era.