Cook Strait
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Cook Strait 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. It is 22 kilometre
Pelorus Jack
View from Cape Koamaru of the Brothers Islands with Wellington west coast on the horizon
Wellington's coast, seen from Cook Strait
Cook Strait ferries in Wellington Harbour
New Zealand
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New Zealand is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It comprises two main landmasses—the North Island and the South Island —and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island
Cook Strait
…Moana-o-Raukawa (Māori) Satellite image of Cook Strait taken by the Sentinel-2 mission Cook Strait Cook Strait separates the North and South islands of New Zealand. Cook Strait Cook Strait (Oceania) Coordinates Basin countries New Zealand Min. width 22 km (14 mi; 12 nmi) Average depth 128 m (420 ft) Max. temperature…
The Waitangi sheet from the Treaty of Waitangi
A meeting of European and Māori residents of Hawke's Bay Province. Engraving, 1863.
Residents of Dunedin celebrate the news of the Armistice of 11 November 1918.
The snow-capped Southern Alps dominate the South Island, while the North Island's Northland Peninsula stretches towards the subtropics.