Take a look at any New Zealand map and you’ll see it looks like two tiny islands in the middle of nowhere. Situated in the South Pacific Ocean, almost 1000 miles from Australia and about 6,200 miles from both San Francisco and Tokyo, the country of New Zealand is comprised of two main islands, simply named The North Island and The South Island, and a number of smaller islands. A New Zealand map is roughly the size of a map of Japan, with a total land area of 104,420 sq miles.
Cook Strait cuts a 12 mile gap between the two main islands, with the country’s capital, Wellington, situated on the tip of the New Zealand map. The biggest city is Auckland, which is also on the North Island. Auckland is home to the world’s largest concentration of Polynesian culture. The North Island also has a central plateau region that sees much volcanic and thermal activity. Traveling from one end of the New Zealand map to to the other will take you from beaches to ocean-view bluffs and everywhere in between!
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Christchurch New Zealand is located on the South Island, about one third of the way down the east coast. This town is very heavily influenced by British culture.