New zealand

THE VEGETATION

The mildness of the temperature and the abundance of the rain favor the development of the forest: the “bush” of the New Zealand is very original by his flora and his fauna, because there are a lot of kinds of animals who are rare and that we can only find in New Zealand and nowhere else. At the north where the temperature is hot, the forest is subtropical type, with tall conifers , the kamis ; in the mountains of the south island appears, at the opposite, the nothofagus , a beech tree with resistant leafs that we find only in Tasmania and in the Chilean Patagonia; but there are lot of conifers ( rimu , totara), and the under forest is very dense; the creepers, the epiphyte , the tall trees fern give at the vegetable formation a different aspect of the conifer’s forest where the zone is in the northern hemisphere and is temperate. In the parts where the access is hard, we can find the typical animals of the New Zealand, in particular strangely birds like the “kiwi” , which is the country’s emblem.  

The forest often give way to low formations: the grassy clump of the “tussock” who appears in the part most dry (the east of the South Island) or the “alpine meadow” of the tall mountains. But the forest often had been destroyed by the humans and stand by the posture or the heaths.

TRADITIONS OF NEW ZEALAND

Lifestyle and traditions

The lifestyle of the New Zealanders looks like at this one of the habitants of an occidental country, in Anglo-Saxon version; the British influence stay presented at few levels: pubs, beer, passion of rugby, cricket and yachting, play of bowls, schoolboy in uniform , scones and tea time.

The new zealandese’s identity is consolidated since the last war and with the no English-speaking originated of the south of the Europe and Asia. The Maori’s legacy who had been pushed back and neglected is today a renaissance , in particular by the music and the tattoos. But there is an isolation between the traditionalist and the young maoris of the cities caused by the ancestor handing down.

THE POOLS

I choose the FRANCE my best team for me!                                 

I haven’t put the national hymn because you know it .

The emblem:   

Here is the match schedule for me with the informations:

Saturday September 24  20:30 New Zealand v France Auckland Eden Park

Sunday September 18  20:30 France v Canada Napier Mclean park

Saturday September 10  18:00 France v Japan  North Shore North Harbour Stadium

Saturday October 18:00 France v Tonga  Wellington  Wellington Regional Stadium

THE INTERWIEW: to know a little more about New Zealand, I am going to questions by e-mail a new Zealander:

-Hello Matthew what opinion have you of New Zealand?

-Hello Thibaut , what I can say? I love my country, we have one of the best equip with rugby of the world, I am proud of it  , because I like specially the rugby. But I believe that in New Zealand we have  got incredible landscapes :  geysers ,volcanoes, mountains , tropical forest, glaciers, lakes, we miss nothing. Furthermore we can make sports activities varied according to places. We can even relax by baths of water warm natures thanks to volcanoes. But it is necessary to travel to see all this. And to finish we have also the maori culture which is interesting, it is worth going to visit at least a museum.

-Thank you Matthew for these informations!

THE ITINIRERARY:

   FIRST DAY: CHRISTCHURCH

Arrived at the airport of Christchurch and transfer by car deprived in your hotel. At night in your hotel.

 SECOND DAY : CHRISTCHURCH / GREYMOUTH / HOKITIKA (5 hours of train + 35 min)

 The route by train TranzAlpine is classified as one of the most beautiful route by train to the world. You will pass in the heart of Arthur Pass's national park

Visit of huge landscapes that we can watch only by the train or the hiking . Arrived at Greymouth early in the afternoon and taken care by your rented car. Then we go to the road towards Hokitika, town of the quotation the West very renowned for the New Zealand green stone (Jade), in Maori in the city of Pouanamu.

THIRST DAY: HOKITIKA / FRANZ JOSEF GLACIER (134 km  approximately 1:45 am)

Today, hiking up to the region of the glaciers Franz Josef and Fox. Nowhere you could see all the nature, ice, subtropical vegetation and ocean met at nearness. They are two only glaciers to the world of this latitude, to advance near the sea.

FOURTH DAY: FRANZ JOSEF / QUEENSTOWN (354 km - approximately 4:30 am)

Departure towards Queenstown, we followed magnificent lakes to the crystalline water and the mountains. You can stop in the town of Wanaka known for the winter sports and his magnificent lake, as well as Arrotown having known a “gold rush” in the 1800s.

FIFTH DAY: QUEENSTOWN

Visit of the region of Queenstown. Numerous activities are available on Queenstown, visit of the vineyards in the surroundings, the hikes, the sports extremes, bungee jumping or parachute jumping for example, rafting, boating jet, cruise, visit of the city...

SIXTH DAY: QUEENSTOWN

Departure and return.