The islands of New Zealand are about 2500km from the continent of Australia.
Australia is the largest country which is closest to New Zealand. New Zealand lies between the continent of Antarctica and the continent - country (country - continent) of Australia.
No New Zealand is not part of the Australian continent. New Zealand is geographically and physically distant from Australia and is not on a continent. In geographic terms it is an isolated nation and island group.
New Zealand, along with the pacific islands and Australia, is part of the continent australasia, or australia, as some people call it.
Australia is a continent located in between New Zealand and Indonesia
New Zealand is not in a continent: it is an island country. Australia is a nation and a continent, but the continent of Australia does not incorporate New Zealand. New Zealand is part of the mostly submerged continent Zealandia, which is not commonly recognised as one of the continents of the world, precisely because it is submerged. The continent of Australia is a recognised continent. The region including Australia and New Zealand is sometimes referred to as "Oceania", but Oceania is geographically and politically not a continent.
James Cook proved that New Zealand was not part of Australia. Abel Tasman had originally believed they were part of the same continent.
New Zealand Answer: Australia occupies the entire continent. New Zealand is a separate country, not part of Australia.
Australia and New Zealand form the Australasian continent.
New Zealand is an Island Nation and not a part of any continent.
Australia
No records exist regarding when Australia was first "discovered" by its indigenous people, whilst records concerning the Polynesians and Maori of New Zealand are not necessarily based on fact. It is likely, however, that Aborigines were in Australia long before any races were on New Zealand. Regarding discovery by Europeans explorers, to our knowledge, the Australian continent was discovered by Europeans, specifically Portuguese explorers, before New Zealand.