South Island of New Zealand
Saturday, January 15, 2011
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One of the two main biggest island in New Zealand is the South Island and the largest city of this island the Christchurch also known as the Garden City.
Chatham Island is also one of the list of the New Zealand.
The highlights of this Island, which is the South Island include Mount Cook, Queenstown—the Southern Hemisphere's premiere four season alpine and lake resort, Dunedin—New Zealand's oldest city, the Franz Josef and Fox Glaciers, and the penguin colonies.
The South Island is sometimes called the "mainland". While it has a 33% larger landmass than the North Island, only 24% of New Zealand's 4.4 million inhabitants live in the South Island. In the early stages of European (Pākehā) settlement of the country, the South Island had the majority of the European population and wealth due to the 1860s gold rushes. The North Island population overtook the South in the early 20th century, with 56% of the population living in the North in 1911, and the drift north of people and businesses continued throughout the century...
The highlights of this Island, which is the South Island include Mount Cook, Queenstown—the Southern Hemisphere's premiere four season alpine and lake resort, Dunedin—New Zealand's oldest city, the Franz Josef and Fox Glaciers, and the penguin colonies.
The South Island is sometimes called the "mainland". While it has a 33% larger landmass than the North Island, only 24% of New Zealand's 4.4 million inhabitants live in the South Island. In the early stages of European (Pākehā) settlement of the country, the South Island had the majority of the European population and wealth due to the 1860s gold rushes. The North Island population overtook the South in the early 20th century, with 56% of the population living in the North in 1911, and the drift north of people and businesses continued throughout the century...
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