Labels:text | screenshot | map OCR: NEW ZEALAND Official Name: The Dominion of New Zealand Capital: Wellington Population: 3.5 million Currency: New Zealand dollar Official language: English Overseas Territories: 3 Auckland LYING IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC, 990 miles southeast Manurewa of Australia, New Zealand comprises the main North and South Islands, separated by the Cook Hamilton Strait, and numerous smaller islands. South Island Mt. Egmont is the more mountainous; North Island contains NNORTH hot springs and geysers, and the bulk of the ISLAND population. The political tradition is liberal and egalitarian, and has been dominated by the National and Labour parties. Radical, WELLINGTON and often unpopular, reforms since 1984 have restored economic growth, speeded up economic diversification and strengthened New Zealand's posit ...