Crazy Facts

 
There are 4.18 million people in New Zealand, 225 900 of which live in the Horizons region.
 
Each month, Kiwis dispose of enough rubbish to fill a rugby field 30 stories high.
 
Kiwis use over 22 million plastic bags each week. Each bag that ends up in a landfill takes 500 years to break down.
 
25 plastic bottles can be recycled to make an Eco-fleece top.
 
12 million incandescent lightbulbs are sold each year in NZ. If they were replaced with efficient compact fluorescent (CFL) bulbs, the electricity saved could power 120,000 homes.
 
NZ has more than 5000 lakes with the largest being Lake Taupo.
 
NZ ’s longest river is the 425km Waikato River. The 290km Whanganui River is the longest in our region and the third longest in the country.
 
NZ is home to 40.1 million sheep, 6.9 million of which live in our region.
 
NZ has more species of flightless birds than any other country and 25 percent of our birds are not found anywhere else in the world.
 
Our coastline is 15 000 kilometres long (the distance from Wellington to New York).