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The Māori word pākihi can mean "open country" or "barren land", or alternatively "a clearing in forest" or "place where fern root was dug up". [1] Both these ideas are encompassed by the use of pakihi in New Zealand English to refer to open country, mainly on the West Coast of the South Island, from which forest was once cleared but which no longer allows tree growth.
New Zealand is a predominantly urban country, with 84.3% of the population living in urban areas, and 51.0% of the population living in the seven cities with populations exceeding 100,000. [311] Auckland, with over 1.4 million residents, is by far the largest city. [311] New Zealand cities generally rank highly on international livability measures.
The economy of New Zealand is a highly developed free-market economy. [23] It is the 52nd-largest national economy in the world when measured by nominal gross domestic product (GDP) and the 63rd-largest in the world when measured by purchasing power parity (PPP).
Later in the year, the New Zealand Division excelled in the open country fighting that was brought about by the Allied counter-offensive. Held back in the early stages of the campaign, it was first employed in the Battle of Albert on 21 August as the lead element of IV Corps.
Fonterra is the largest processor of milk in New Zealand, processing 82 percent of all milk solids as of 2018. Other large dairy companies are Open Country Dairy (7.4%), Synlait and Westland Milk Products (3.4% each), Miraka (1.4%), Oceania Dairy (1.1%), and Tatua Co-operative Dairy Company (0.7%). [25]
New Zealand fur seals currently numbering in the thousands [7] have recolonized the islands following the end of commercial sealing. [8] [9] [10] Hector's dolphins [11] and bottlenose dolphins (occasional) are present at Jackson Bay, and migratory southern right and humpback whales are also present. [12] Great white sharks have also been ...
New Zealand is a predominantly urban country, with 84.3% of the population living in an urban area. About 64.8% of the population live in the 20 main urban areas (population of 30,000 or more) and 43.8% live in the four largest cities of Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington, and Hamilton. [69]
The Christchurch radio market is the second-largest in New Zealand, with 511,700 listeners aged 10 and over. The three largest stations in Christchurch by market share are Newstalk ZB, More FM, and The Breeze. [356] As with other New Zealand radio markets, most radio stations in Christchurch are centralcast out of Auckland.