NZ to Europe flight time: up to 25 hours
http://www.newzealand.com/int/getting-here/
NZ to Oz (Australia) flight time: 3 hours to Sydney
http://www.newzealand.com/int/getting-here/
Price of a return flight to NZ:
It is now Sunday 6 November. If I were to fly home for Xmas, leaving Madrid on the 20th of December, and returning to Spain on the 1st of Jan, the cheapest flight that eDreams finds me costs €1741.04.
That is why I am not going home for Christmas. The Madrid-Auckland flight time is listed as 36 hours and 25 minutes. That is another reason.
In 2007, the sheep to person ratio in NZ was about 10:1.
http://population.govt.nz/myth-busters/myth-8.aspx
Bonus sheep fact:
(From An Encyclopedia of New Zealand 1966) New Zealand's first sheep were set ashore by Captain Cook on 20 May 1773.
Population: As of 2011, the resident population of New Zealand is over 4.4 million. The population is estimated to increase by one person every 10 minutes and 46 seconds.
http://www.dol.govt.nz/immigration/knowledgebase/item/4026
Surface area: The Surface area (sq. km) in New Zealand was reported at 267710.00 in 2008, according to the World Bank.
Wikipedia says we are the country with the 75th largest surface area. Spain is ranked 52nd (505,992 sq km - including Spanish territories on or near the coast of Africa), and France is 42nd (640,294 sq km, but this includes overseas territories and departments. The UN source reports 551,500 square kilometres / 212,900 square miles as the geographic European area of France).
Weather in my home town, Napier:
- The average temperature in Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand is 13.8 °C (57 °F).
- The warmest average max/ high temperature is 23 °C (73 °F) in January & February.
- The coolest average min/ low temperature is 4 °C (39 °F) in July.
- On balance there are 116 days annually on which greater than 0.1 mm (0.004 in) of precipitation (rain, sleet, snow or hail) occurrs or 10 days on an average month.
- There is an average range of hours of sunshine in Napier, Hawkes Bay of between 4.5 hours per day in July and 8.1 hours per day in January.
"New Zealand has mild temperatures, moderately high rainfall, and many hours of sunshine throughout most of the country. New Zealand's climate is dominated by two main geographical features: the mountains and the sea."
Check out their weather map, to have a look at current temperatures in NZ.
I'm sure there are more things that I should add, but anyway. That'll do for now. Watch this space.
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