What's paris like compared to new zealand?

Let's say that it is a bit more crowded. The urban area that has Paris at its centre has a population of 11.7 millions inhabitants, Paris itself of 2.1 millions inhabitants. France is three time the size of NZ but with a population of 65 millions people. Due to its geographic position it has different climates, it also has different topologies, from old and young moutains chains to big flat plains, hills and volcanos, it also has lots of villages, towns, cities (36,000). If you take the high speed train from north to south of France you can see the huge change in countryside, houses, cities, weather... Summer holidays are two months long, due to the fact that France at the time mandatory schooling was started was a big agriculture country and kids were needed back at the farm for harvest in summer. School year is thus very short, and to make up for it school days are very long. 7432 hours of school per year (one of the highest in the world). Not fun. That's 6 hours a day for young kids and eight hours for older ones. For more you could look up the internet.

Its like new zealand, just more french.........