Our first stop in this region is Papua New Guinea, whose total population is about 4.72 million people.  The largest city and capital is Port Moresby, which has a population of 312,300 people.  The climate of Papua New Guinea is tropical; there are northwestern monsoons (December through March), south eastern monsoons (May through October), the temperature varies slightly, and it cooler in the higher elevations.  The average temperature for January is 81.7F, and the average temperature for July is 78.1F.  The average amount of precipitation each year is 42.7.  The ethnic division were not available, but here are the religion information in order from highest percent to lowest:  34% Indigenous Beliefs,  22% Roman Catholic, 16% Lutheran, 10% other Protestant, 8% Presbyterian/Methodists, 5% Anglican, 4% Evangelical Alliance, and 1% Seventh-Day Adventist. 

  Our next stop is Australia whose total population is about 19.61 million people.  The largest city in Australia is Sydney, with a population of about 4.21 million people.  The capital of Australia is Canberra.  The climate of Australia is generally arid to semi-arid; temperate in the south and east; tropical in the north.  The average temperature in January is 68.4F.  The average temperature in July is 41.5F.  Australia receives an average of 24.8 of rain annually.  92% of the population is Caucasian, 7% is Asian, and the other 1% is Aboriginal.  26% of the population of Australia believes in Anglican, another 26% are Roman Catholic, 24% of the population is other Christian religions, 13% of the population is other, and the last 11% is major-non Christian religions.

  The final country in this issue is New Zealand, whose total population is about 3.76 million people.  The capital is Wellington, but the largest city is Auckland; which has a total population of about 364,400 people.  The climate of New Zealand is temperate, with sharp regional contrasts.  The average temperature in January is 61.9F, and the average temperature in July is 47.3F.  New Zealand receives an average of 48.4 of rain annually.  75% of the population is New Zealand European, 10% is Maori, 7% is Asian and others, 4% is Pacific Islander, and the other 4% is other European.  33% of the country believes in NOTHING, 24% of the population is Anglican, 18% is Presbyterian, 15% is Roman Catholic, 5% is Methodist, 3% is other Protestant, and 2% is Baptist!