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May 1, 2009 I have just arrived in New Zealand from the west coast and as I head eastward I notice that the landscape is predominately mountainous with large coastal plains and small hill. For tourists there is stunning coastal scenery, unique wildlife and native New Zealand forest walks.

May 3, 2009 The kinds of religions in New Zealand vary from Baptist to people who don't even have a religion. In the whole population of New Zealand there are Anglican 15%, Presbyterian 11%, Roman Catholic 12%, Methodist 3%, Baptist 1%, Pentecostal 2%, other Christian 9%, other 3%, unspecified 17%, and people with none 26% Even though there aren't that many Roman Catholics but they also had chapels so I decided to take a visit. It was like a large house with a rectangular tower to the side. On the inside were basic wooden benches lined up in two rows and going down the middle was a long rug, leading to the alter at the front of the church. So basically to me it seemed like any old church but none the less, it was nice.


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May 7, 2009 I heard there would be a trading plane coming back from Australia, one of it's main trading partners at 3:00 pm. When the plane landed men started rushing to the door to haul the cargo from the bottom compartment. As they were passing wooden creates down the long line of men leading to a cart that would probably take it to a storage shed, I was able to get a glimpse of the contents. I'm guessing they were imports. There was machinery, equipment, petroleum, electronics, textiles, and plastic. Once the plane was empty the pilot switched and more cargo was loaded on the aircraft which was probably the exports. I saw some dairy products, meat, wood, fish, and machinery.

May 10, 2009 I decided to look around the mines and other places on the island where natural resources can be found. There was iron ore, gold, and limestone from the rocks in caves or mines, coral and sand from the beach and reefs, timber from the trees in the forest. There is also natural gas and hydropower.