1. New Zealand became the first country to give women the right to vote.
2. Some of the movies filmed in New Zealand are Pete's Dragon, the three Hobbit movies, Goodbye Pork Pie, The Chronicles of Narnia The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Hunt for the Wilderpeople and the lord of the rings .
3. The longest place name in the world is in New Zealand.it is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu is a hill near Porangahau in Hawke’s Bay on the North Island.
Kia Ora Zoe,
ReplyDeleteMy name is Rachel and I am working on the Summer Learning Journey (SLJ) programme this year. It is wonderful to see that you have joined us. Welcome to the SLJ!
I have been working on the programme for the past four years and I really love my job because I have the chance to learn new things every year. This year I am learning cool new facts about New Zealand, including the fact that we have the longest place name in the world. It is, by far, the biggest and longest word that I have ever seen. What about you? Had you heard that we have the longest place name before reading the NZ Facts website? I actually watched a couple of videos the other day on Youtube to figure out how to pronounce Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu properly. They were really helpful! Feel free to check them out, if you're interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmyT8U0OzAk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOb-XPZjUDA
I hope that you will have time to continue the learning journey with us and share more cool facts about this awesome country that we call home. There are 59 other activities waiting for you to explore.
We'll pop back in a couple of days to see if you have had time to post another activity. Hope to see you online again soon!
Bye for now,
Rachel