Dear Mereway, We are not connected to Australia at all. We are our own independent country and Australia is one of our neighbours. Australians have a differemt accent to us.
Kangaroos are native to Australia and the only ones found in New Zealand are in our zoos.
Alana, Geoffrey, Rachael, Scott, Stacey and Susan Our hills are definitely not plain or bleak. To tell you the truth most of the hills in New Zealand are bush covered. Our bush is quite unique and many tourists come especially to visit our National Parks. Jeremy, Jonathan and Matthew Heaps of birds live in our forests that are unique to New Zealand. As we do not have snakes or anything like that some of our birds are flightless.