New Zealand

New Zealand is a small country of 4 million people (provisional population on census night, 7 March 2006, was 4,116,900) but one of the largest in the South Pacific Ocean.

It punches well above its weight in matters such as Nobel prizewinners, internet use, primary produce, movies, golf, America's Cup, mountaineering, ice-cream-eating (not much of a chore when you produce the world's best), and peace-keeping missions.

Cities include Auckland (Polynesia's biggest city), Dunedin, Lower Hutt, Manukau, Porirua, and Wellington.