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As the land that brought you the very first sunrise and the world’s first commercial bungy, New Zealand is never one to avoid excitement. Located at the very extremes of the earth, New Zealand tests the limits of both mankind and Mother Nature.
1. First to Summit Mt. Everest: Sir Edmund Hillary, of Auckland, New Zealand.
2. World’s Heaviest Insect: The weta grasshopper weighs in at a whopping 71g.
3. World’s Longest Place Name: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu Hill in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand.
4. Most Socially Progressive Country in the World: New Zealand was the first to grant women suffrage in 1893.
5. World’s Smallest Dolphins: Hector’s dolphins, the world’s rarest, only live in New Zealand.
6. Most Simultaneous Geyser-related Deaths: Four tourists were killed in 1903 when the Waimangu exploded.
7. Most Boats per Capita in the World: The “City of Sails,” Auckland, deserves its title.
8. First Person to Split the Atom: Ernest Rutherford, of Nelson, New Zealand, did so in 1919.
9. Southernmost Capital: Wellington, New Zealand at 41°17‘S.
10. Most Sheep per Capita: Sheep out-number Kiwis 15 to 1.
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