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contexts > geographicals > Oceania > Australasia > New Zealand
... > contexts > geographicals > Oceania > Australasia > Pacific islands > New Zealand
contexts > geographicals > islands > Pacific islands > New Zealand
... > social science subjects > geography > geographic features > landforms > islands > Pacific islands > New Zealand
... > social science subjects > geography > Earth science > physical geography > geomorphology > landforms > islands > Pacific islands > New Zealand
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New Zealand  

Definition

  • An island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, New Zealand is comprised of two main land areas (the North Island and the South Island), as well as numerous smaller islands: Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands, and other islands in the Realm of New Zealand, including Tokelau, the Cook Islands, Niue (self-governing), and the Ross Dependency, the country's territorial claim in Antarctica. The indigenous Maori name for New Zealand is Aotearoa, meaning “land of the long white cloud.” The estimated 4.3 million population in New Zealand is 78 percent of European or other descent, 14.6 percent Maori, 9.2 percent Asian, and 6.9 percent Pacific peoples. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Networks; New Zealand]

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