Geography of New Zealand
- New Zealand is...
- a group of islands
- a country
- an island country
- a nation state
- a Commonwealth Realm
- Location:
- Southern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
- Pacific Ocean
- South Pacific Ocean
- Oceania
- Australasia
- Oceania
- South Pacific Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Time zone:
- Chatham Islands – Chatham Standard Time (UTC+12:45), Chatham Daylight Time (UTC+13:45)
- Rest of New Zealand – New Zealand Standard Time (UTC+12), New Zealand Daylight Time (UTC+13) September–April
- Extreme points of New Zealand
- North: Nugent Island
- South: Jacquemart Island
- East: Kahuitara Point, Pitt Island
- West: Cape Lovitt, Auckland Island
- High: Aoraki/Mount Cook 3,754 m (12,316 ft)
- Low: South Pacific Ocean 0 m
- Land boundaries: none
- Coastline: South Pacific Ocean 15,134 km (10th)
- Southern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
- Population of New Zealand: 4,286,500 (14 November 2008) – 122nd most populous country
- Area of New Zealand: 268,680 km2
- Atlas of New Zealand
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