And now for something on the lighter side.
New Zealand is three-quarters the size of Germany and bigger than Great Britain, but it can be very hard to find on some maps — because it isn’t there!
From the Independent:
New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern and Rhys Darby, famous for New Zealand comedy smash Flight Of The Conchords, have teamed up in a 2.5 minute spoof video which aims to put New Zealand back on the map.
The tongue-in-cheek tourism campaign raises a serious point: that New Zealand is frequently missed off world maps.
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Darby’s investigations reveal that New Zealand is missing from maps in Getty’s stock photo library, Starbucks cafes, Ikea, in-flight magazines and at New York’s Central Park Zoo.
The video, which is available on YouTube, is hilarious.
The subreddit MapsWithoutNZ has numerous examples, including the one at the top of this diary.