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Humanities
 

Because the cultures, history and settlements are found everywhere visitors can choose any part of the zone for a base and from there access the humanities subject of interest to them.

 The Zone contains 75% of NZ's population due to its high land productivity that eventually brings to it industries for education, entertainment, shopping, culture, tourism and more:-

Numerous & diverse cultures		 Numerous & diverse cultures
 People in the Main Population Zone account for over 75% of New Zealand's people.  They include a wide range of international cultures and are generally vibrant, busy, politically astute and productive.   New immigrants and Maori tribal groupings tend to concentrate within selected  areas of large cities. 

History		 History
Over the last 200 years of European settlement whaling, rope making, gold mining and native timber production,  were replaced by modern farming and exotic forestry.   In 1840 the British signed a treaty with the Maori tribes relating to the merger of the two peoples and transfer of the lands, however, by the 20 years later many of the Maori felt cheated with the deals and violently rebelled against the rush of European settlement their the loss of land and forests.  more>

Settlements		 Settlements
Because of the intensive highly productive farms communities  are closer and larger than in other Zones. They all provide services to assist agriculture.    Some communities also service other industries such as mining, power generation, fishing and tourism etc. more>
Industries
Main export industries
 Farming (agriculture) is most productive due the rich soils, mild temperatures and consistent rainfalls of the zone.  Produce varies slightly with latitude and altitude. The main agricultural export products include: dairy, beef, sheep, fruit, vegetables, grains and timber. See also  Gold mining   Thermal power Tourism

Service Industries
These are repeated throughout the zone and include hydro electric power, transport, education, manufacturing, building etc. 
 

Markets		 Markets
More communities mean more shops to cater for shopaholics.  Locals also may trade in various commodities - including wool, fruit and farm animals.

Transport		 Transport
The first transport systems used the deep slow moving rivers with canoes and boats to link hinterland and port communities.  Land tracks, railways then modern highways tackled the steep hills and deep gorges.  

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