New zealand is a nation of two separate cultures: Maori and Pakeha (non-Maori). Maori are the indigenous people of New Zealand. read more
The name New Zealand originated with Dutch cartographers, who called the islands Nova Zeelandia, after the Dutch province of Zeeland. No one is certain exactly who first coined the term, but it first appeared in 1645 and may have been the choice of cartographer Johan Blaeu. read more