New Zealand--Innovation in Pursuit

Author: Cai Jiahuo
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Publish Date: 2003-10-01
Features: The area of New Zealand is much larger than that of the homeland of the Polynesian people, and its climate is not as hot as that of the small islands near the equator. New Zealand is mainly composed of two islands, the South Island and the North Island, separated by the Cook Strait. The North Island has a warm climate and abundant rainfall, with numerous bays and peninsulas. The North Island also has vast plains, where the land is fertile and covered with forests. Compared to the modernization processes of many countries in the world, New Zealand's modernization process has its own distinct characteristics: the early immigrants and settlers who entered this island nation were not adventurers seeking gold and treasures, nor were they refugees pursuing religious freedom, nor were they convicts banished and sent to exile. New Zealand's modernization process undoubtedly has multiple reference values and implications. Even when viewed as a whole by developed countries, New Zealand's modernization process also has obvious importance. This country has generated some new ideas and policies to address major social and political challenges, and has thus provided certain reference significance for the healthy development of the international community.