New Zealand
Fighting Disease
The Carter Center's Mental Health Program awarded fellowships to journalists in New Zealand from 2001 to 2006. The international fellowship program was developed in New Zealand as a result of the Ministry of Health's interest in anti-stigma efforts and was established under the leadership of Raymond Nairn of the University of Auckland.
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QUICK FACTS: NEW ZEALAND
Size: 267,710 square kilometers
Population: 4,252,277
Religions: Anglican, 14.9 percent; Roman Catholic, 12.4 percent; Presbyterian, 10.9 percent; Methodist, 2.9 percent; Pentecostal, 1.7 percent; Baptist, 1.3 percent; other Christian, 9.4 percent; other, 3.3 percent; unspecified, 17.2 percent; none, 26 percent
Life expectancy: 80 years
Languages:English (official), Maori (official), Sign Language (official)
Ethnic groups: European, 69.8 percent; Maori, 7.9 percent; Asian, 5.7 percent; Pacific islander, 4.4 percent; other, 0.5 percent; mixed, 7.8 percent; unspecified, 3.8 percent
Population below poverty line: NA
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