69 interesting & surprising facts about New Zealand

Click the link below to know some interesting and surprising facts about New Zealand.

Picture: Blue Lake, in the Nelson Lakes National Park, has the clearest water in the world, with visibility tests showing visibility of up to 80 metres.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/jemimaskelley/things-you-did-not-know-about-new-zealand

Glow-in-the-dark roads hit the streets in the Netherlands

One stretch of road in the Netherlands may make you feel like you're cruising through a video game. A new glow-in-the-dark pavement has replaced power-sucking streetlights for a 500m (.3mi) piece of the highway. 

Please access the link below for more information:

http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/14/netherlands-glow-in-the-dark-road/

New Zealand ranked first in the world for social and environmental progress

New Zealand has come first in a global index that ranks countries by social and environmental performance rather than economic output in a drive to make social progress a priority for politicians and businesses.

The Social Progress Index (SPI), published on Thursday, rates 132 countries on more than 50 indicators, including health, sanitation, shelter, personal safety, access to information, sustainability, tolerance and inclusion and access to education.

For more info, click on the link below:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/03/new-zealand-ranked-first-social-environmental-progress