New Zealand declared independence in 1947 and became its own country. Until 1977 New Zealanders were still British subjects .In 1983, New Zealand was declared “The Realm of New Zealand.’’

It is an island country in the south- western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses. It is situated about 2000km southeast of Australia across the Tasman Sea. The population of New Zealand is mostly of European descent; the indigenous Maori are the largest minority. The most commonly spoken language is English. New Zealand is a developed country that ranks highly in international comparisons on human development, protection of civil liberties and political rights.

New Zealand has a population of about 4.3 millions of which approximately 78 percent identify with European ethnic groups. It is a predominantly urban country, with 72 percent of the population living in sixteen main urban areas and 53 percent living in the four largest cities of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Hamilton.

Weather has played a large and sometimes direct part in human history. Weather is a set of all the phenomena occurring in a given atmosphere at a given time. It refers; generally, to day-to-day temperature and precipitation activity.

Lying between 37 and 47 degree south of the tropic of Capricorn the two islands of New Zealand have a moderate, maritime climate. This is to the fact that the weather can change with great rapidity because the smaller landmass is surrounded by water and situated in the Roaring Forties.

New Zealand is a country that can be visited all the year around. The temperature rarely goes beyond zero degree and goes up to thirty degrees. The climate is wild, most of the time from cool temperature to warm temperature; in the north it can have subtropical temperature and in the south a quite cool temperature.

The mountains chains that divided the west and east of New Zealand give each side different climate. The west side of New Zealand is the wettest and the east side is the driest and it separated from only around 1000 km. Most part of New Zealand has between 600 and 1600mm rainfall in winter than in summer.

But for some areas of the southern part there is less rainfall in winter. The warmest month in New Zealand is usually January of February and the coldest month is July. The west side is receives some more hours of sunshine but most of islands have a minimum of 2000 hours of sunshine throughout the year. New Zealand has a pleasant temperature. Spring starts as from September till November and can be from cold to frosty and from warm to hot.

The quite beautiful period of the year in New Zealand is spring. The summer starts from December to February. There will be high temperature, long sunny days and mild nights. Autumn starts from March to may. In this occasion the temperature are a little cooler than in summer not so hot and warm. One will discover the colourful changing leaves; these areas are known for their autumn splendour. The winter period in New Zealand begins from June and ends in August.  The weather in New Zealand is approximately one of the most   convenient one could ever love to experience.