New Zealand has an adult literacy rate of 99 percent, and over half of the population aged 15 to 29 hold a tertiary qualification. There are five types of government-owned tertiary institutions: universities, colleges of education, polytechnics, specialist colleges, and wānanga, in addition to private trag establishments. In the adult population 14.2 percent have a bachelor's degree or higher, 30.4 percent have some form of secondary qualification as their highest qualification and 22.4 percent have no formal qualification
New Zealand is a nation in the southwestern Pacific Ocean comprising of 2 primary islands, both set apart by volcanoes and glaciation. Capital Wellington, on the North Island, is home to Te Papa Tongarewa, the far reaching national historical center. Wellington's emotional Mt. Victoria, alongside the South Island's Fiordland and Southern Lakes, remained in for legendary Middle Earth in Peter Jackson's "Master of the Rings" movies.
New Zealand is a country of stunning and diverse natural beauty: jagged mountains, rolling pasture land, steep fiords, pristine trout-filled lakes, raging rivers, scenic beaches, and active volcanic zones.