POPULATION

Question 1

What is the population of New Zealand?

Answer 1

4.5 million people

Question 2

What percentage of NZ’s population live in urban areas?

Answer 2

87%

Question 3

What percentage of NZ’s population live within 40km of the coast?

Answer 3

90%

Question 4

What percentage of NZ’s population live on the 12 main lowlands?

Answer 4

75%

Question 5

What is the population of Auckland?

Answer 5

1.4 million people

Question 6

What is the population of the world?

Answer 6

7 billion people

Question 7

7 possible factors that influence population distribution?

Answer 7

Education, employment, entertainment, relief, coast, climate, soils

Question 8

What stage is NZ in the demographic transition model?

Answer 8

Stage 4

Question 9

What was NZ’s population in the 1850s?

Answer 9

0.1 million people

Question 10

What was NZ’s life expectancy in 1900?

Answer 10

Males - 58, Females - 61

Question 11

What is NZ’s life expectance now?

Answer 11

Males - 83, Females - 87

Question 12

What was NZ’s sex ratio in 1851 and why? (m:f)

Answer 12

1000:776 - predominantly populated by male immigrants looking for work

Question 13

What was NZ’s sex ratio in 1945 and why? (m:f)

Answer 13

1000:1044 - significant amount of male lives lost in WW2, and travelling women become more common

Question 14

What was NZ’s sex ratio in 2013 and why? (m:f)

Answer 14

1000:1035 - an even number of males and females being born, but females have a higher life expectancy

Question 15

Possible reasons why people are living longer?

Answer 15

Better health and medical care, less disease, safer work places

Question 16

What was the ethnic make-up of NZ’s population in 1881?

Answer 16

90% European, 7% Maori, 1% Asian, 2% other

Question 17

What was the ethnic make-up of NZ’s population in 2013?

Answer 17

68% European, 14% Maori, 11% Asian, 6% Pacifica, 1% other

Question 18

What are the 4 types of migration?

Answer 18

International, domestic, inter-urban, intra-urban

Question 19

What is the difference between immigration and emigration?

Answer 19

Immigration refers to people coming into the country, while emigration is people leaving

Question 20

What is intra-urban migration?

Answer 20

Movement within a city

Question 21

What is inter-urban migration?

Answer 21

Movement from one city to another

Question 22

Stage 1 of the demographic transition model

Answer 22

High birth and death rates (fluctuating), small natural increase

Question 23

Stage 2 of the demographic transition model

Answer 23

Improved hygiene, falling death rate, constant birth rate, rapid population growth

Question 24

Stage 3 of the demographic transition model

Answer 24

Higher living standards, education and birth control, falling birth rate, population growth

Question 25

Stage 4 of the demographic transition model

Answer 25

Developed technology, more women in the workforce, low birth and death rates (fluctuating), low natural increase, slow population increase

Question 26

Stage 5 of the demographic transition model

Answer 26

Lower birth rate than death rate, population decrease

Question 27

Population pyramid stage 1

Answer 27

Short life expectancy, high birth and death rates

Question 28

Population pyramid stage 2

Answer 28

Slightly longer life expectancy, high birth rate, falling death rate

Question 29

Population pyramid stage 3

Answer 29

Long life expectancy, falling birth rate, low death rate

Question 30

Population pyramid stage 4

Answer 30

Longer life expectancy, very low birth rate, low death rate

Question 31

Population pyramid stage 5

Answer 31

Longer life expectancy, very very low birth rate, lower death rate

Question 32

What is sustainability?

Answer 32

The capacity of the environment to support the human population in the longer terms

Question 33

NZ's birth rate?

Answer 33

13.3/1000 each year

Question 34

NZ's death rate?

Answer 34

6.9/1000 each year

Question 35

Natural increase rate?

Answer 35

6.4/1000 each year

Question 36

Sustainability and jobs

Answer 36

Less jobs due to migration (internal and external), in regions and smaller communities. NZ first campaigned for regional development in 2017 election EG: Northland, West and East Coasts

Question 37

Sustainability and house prices

Answer 37

Demand is greater than supply; people are concentrated in the larger urban areas (GIVE EXAMPLES); lowest rate of home ownership in 60 years; people living off super annuation

Question 38

Sustainability and transport costs

Answer 38

Higher in areas further away from the main cities

Question 39

Sustainability and access to healthcare

Answer 39

Harder along the East/West Coasts and the central North Island; due to the country's long thin shape

Question 40

Sustainability and access to schools

Answer 40

Many smaller, lower decile, schools are being shut because children would prefer going to a higher decile school

Question 41

Sustainability and traffic congestion

Answer 41

Costs time and money; roading and other infrastructure cannot cope; climate change - co2 from vehicle emissions

Question 42

Sustainability and urban expansion

Answer 42

Building on fertile farmland EG. Pukekohe; higher transport costs for food if it is grown further away; AKL council has protected some of the best soils

Question 43

Sustainability categories to write about

Answer 43

Social, economic, environmental etc.

Question 44

How many AKL homeless people?

Answer 44

40,000 living in cars, streets, garages etc.

Question 45

What is labour government going to do to help the homeless?

Answer 45

Build 100,000 affordable house, 50,000 of which are in Auckland

Question 46

What is going to happen to the minimum wage?

Answer 46

Going to be increased to $16.50 by April 2018

Question 47

Average AKL house price?

Answer 47

$1,044,000

Question 48

NZ unemployment rate

Answer 48

4.9%

Question 49

What has labour done to try and help the housing crisis?

Answer 49

Banned overseas spectators from buying existing residential properties