Facts about New Zealand YOU might not know 1.The kea, a bird native to NZ, is known for pulling window wipers off cars and eating the strips of rubber from windows. 2.NO part of the country is more than 128km (79 miles) from the sea. 3.Only 5% of NZ's population is human- the rest are animals. 4.New Zealand is home to the giant weta, the heaviest insect in the world. It is heavier then a sparrow. 5.Baldwin Street, in Dunedin, is the steepest street in the world. 6.More people die in NZ each year playing lawn bowls than scuba diving. 7.More people live in Auckland than in the whole of the South Island. 8.The filming of the Lord Of The Rings, pumped around $200 million into the country's economy. The NZ government even created a Minister for Lord Of The Rings. 9.In 1996, a man broke into a radio station and took the manager hostage, demanding that they play the Muppet song "Rainbow Connection". 10.Two NZ rescue dogs were taught to drive around a track, in order to prove the intelligence of shelter animals. sorry for any BB code fails and spelling errors Dx Oh and sorry if you find this boring.