In New Zealand, things change slowly. Life is quiet, unhurried and prosperous. The British explorer, Captain James Cook was the first European to visit New Zealand. He got here in 1796. Many traders followed him. At the first time, they were trading in wood, whale oil and other local products. They were classified as a tough crowd. Some were escaped criminals and others were people who wanted to leave industrial Europe. In 1840, New Zealand was a British colony. Many immigrants arrived from Europe, and the Maori natives were more numerous than other population. For the first Europeans, it was a hard life. Working very hard is main obligation. They had to clear the forests to make farmland then they brought sheep and cows from Australia. The farms slowly began to prosper. Besides it, New Zealand is well-known for its sheep and there are more than 60 million of them. They outnumber the 3 million people by twenty to one. New Zealand meat and dairy products go all over the world. Read more.
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