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  2. Geography of the North Island - Wikipedia

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    The North Island, also officially named Te Ika-a-Māui, [1] is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but much less populous South Island by the Cook Strait. The island's area is 113,729 square kilometres (43,911 sq mi), [2] making it the world's 14th-largest island. It has a population of 3,997,300 (June 2023 ...

  3. Cook Strait - Wikipedia

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    Ship entering a Cook Strait swell. – YouTube. Cook Strait ( Māori: Te Moana-o-Raukawa) is a strait that separates the North and South Islands of New Zealand. The strait connects the Tasman Sea on the northwest with the South Pacific Ocean on the southeast.

  4. North Island - Wikipedia

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    35.1/km 2 (90.9/sq mi) The North Island, also officially named Te Ika-a-Māui, [1] is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but less populous South Island by Cook Strait. With an area of 113,729 km 2 (43,911 sq mi), [2] it is the world's 14th-largest island, constituting 43% of New Zealand's land area.

  5. North Island Volcanic Plateau - Wikipedia

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    North Island Volcanic Plateau. /  39.04083°S 175.73444°E  / -39.04083; 175.73444. The North Island Volcanic Plateau (often called the Central Plateau and occasionally the Waimarino Plateau) is a volcanic plateau covering much of central North Island of New Zealand with volcanoes, lava plateaus, and crater lakes.

  6. New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    Detail from a 1657 map showing the western coastline of Nova Zeelandia (on this map, north is at the bottom). The first European visitor to New Zealand, Dutch explorer Abel Tasman, named the islands Staten Land, believing they were part of the Staten Landt that Jacob Le Maire had sighted off the southern end of South America.

  7. Geography of New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    New Zealand ( Māori: Aotearoa) is an island country located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, near the centre of the water hemisphere. It consists of a large number of islands, estimated around 700, mainly remnants of a larger landmass now beneath the sea. The land masses by size are the South Island (or Te Waipounamu) and the North Island ...

  8. Northland Region - Wikipedia

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    The Northland Region [4] ( Māori: Te Tai Tokerau) is the northernmost of New Zealand's 16 local government regions. New Zealanders sometimes refer to it as the Winterless North because of its mild climate all throughout the year. The main population centre is the city of Whangārei, and the largest town is Kerikeri.

  9. Tasman Sea - Wikipedia

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    Tasman Sea. /  40°S 160°E  / -40; 160. The Tasman Sea is a marginal sea of the South Pacific Ocean, situated between Australia and New Zealand. It measures about 2,000 km (1,200 mi) across and about 2,800 km (1,700 mi) from north to south. The sea was named after the Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman, who in 1642 was the first known ...

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