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What continent is New Zealand on?

Updated: 8/29/2023
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Rodrigo Schoen

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This is actually pretty contested. If you go by the seven “traditional” continents (North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica), New Zealand wouldn’t be on any continent.

It is, however, part of Oceania, which is a large geographic region (very similar to a continent) including Australia, New Zealand, and about 10,000 other islands in the Pacific Ocean.

The coolest answer to this question, though, is that New Zealand is on its own continent of Zealandia. Some scientists argue that what we think of as the islands of New Zealand are just the peaks of the mountains of Zealandia, and the rest of the landmass is submerged. This theory isn’t widely recognized, but it is pretty neat.

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Archibald Bernier

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emsorakbutr

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Wait New Zealand in all continent
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Emily Cope

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New Zealand is part of Oceania, I've never heard of it being its own continent
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Ham32

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New Zealand is 2 islands, not near any continent.
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Ham32

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N.Z. is further away from the continents that are not Australia, and is in no way part of Australia.
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Roger Dill

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I have an aunt that lives in New Zealand. However, she is incontinent.
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JC Sorell

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New Zealand is an island
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Joshua M

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Oceania. It’s just Oceania.
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MrAwesome1261

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Oceania
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Henry Gnerlich

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i thought it was australia or asia
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Dinho Lima

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Oceania
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katiebarry

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New Zealand is an island, but technically it would be on Oceania.
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Joshua Blum

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Heather Hicks

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Actually, new Zealand and Australia are on one big continent named Oceana, there is north America, south America, Asia, Antarctica, Africa, Europe, and Oceana. Home to those places.
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Heather Hicks

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Also, your dumb if that's your "prediction".
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Robbie Schudel

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8th continent hidden from laws of physics:
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ISABELLA RAMOS

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New Zealand (Māori: Aotearoa [aɔˈtɛaɾɔa]) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island (Te Ika-a-Māui) and the South Island (Te Waipounamu)—and more than 700 smaller islands,[12] covering a total area of 268,021 square kilometres (103,500 sq mi). New Zealand is about 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and 1,000 kilometres (600 mi) south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps, owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland.

Owing to their remoteness, the islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable lands to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and then developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer, Abel Tasman, became the first European to sight New Zealand. In 1840, representatives of the United Kingdom and Māori chiefs signed the Treaty of Waitangi, which declared British sovereignty over the islands. In 1841, New Zealand became a colony within the British Empire, and in 1907 it became a dominion; it gained full statutory independence in 1947, and the British monarch remained the head of state. Today, the majority of New Zealand's population of 5 million is of European descent; the indigenous Māori are the largest minority, followed by Asians and Pacific Islanders. Reflecting this, New Zealand's culture is mainly derived from Māori and early British settlers, with recent broadening arising from increased Immigration. The official languages are English, Māori, and New Zealand Sign Language, with English being dominant.

A developed country, New Zealand ranks highly in international comparisons, particularly in education, protection of civil liberties, government transparency, and economic freedom. It underwent major economic changes during the 1980s, which transformed it from a protectionist to a liberalised free-trade economy. The service sector dominates the national economy, followed by the industrial sector, and agriculture; international tourism is a significant source of revenue. Nationally, legislative authority is vested in an elected, unicameral Parliament, while executive political power is exercised by the Cabinet, led by the prime minister, currently Jacinda Ardern. Queen Elizabeth II is the country's monarch and is represented by a governor-general, currently Dame Patsy Reddy. In addition, New Zealand is organised into 11 regional councils and 67 territorial authorities for local government purposes. The Realm of New Zealand also includes Tokelau (a dependent territory); the Cook Islands and Niue (self-governing states in free association with New Zealand); and the Ross Dependency, which is New Zealand's territorial claim in Antarctica.

New Zealand is a member of the United Nations, Commonwealth of Nations, ANZUS, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, ASEAN Plus Six, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, the Pacific Community and the Pacific Islands Forum.

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Everly York

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Thats alot to read just say the answer!!
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Winter

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Yeah
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odmberi

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I don't people are going to read that whole thing. I think you should to the short version.
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Hi Hiyah

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Its on Oceania.
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Kemily Aponte

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Wow that’s long
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Duane Anymouse

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Clearly this answer was cut and paste from some source which was not cited. That's plagerism.
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mic WolfAardt

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while 'Aotearoa' would be accurate according to the original settlement of Maori /Polynesians, the '[aɔˈtɛaɾɔa]', presumably the Maori written name, is defunct, as Maori, when Cpt.Cook explored and chartered the Islands, never had a written language;
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mic WolfAardt

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here endeth History lesson #1, tune in next week for the sequential instalment [about 7 hours, or more, read]

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Aaron Smith

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New Zealand is not part of the continent of Australia, but of the separate, submerged continent of Zealandia. New Zealand and Australia are both part of the Oceanian sub-region known as Australasia, with New Guinea being in Melanesia.

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Garnet Zemlak

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How did you get that answer?

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vincent412

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New Zealand, an island country comprising two main islands and approximately 600 smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, is part of the continent of Oceania. New Zealand is located approximately 1500 km east of Australia. New Zealand is located in the continent of Oceania.

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Cali Cruickshank

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This is really good
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Evelyn Borer

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Matthew777

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This is actually pretty contested. If you go by the seven “traditional” continents (North Amrica, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica), New Zealand wouldn’t be on any continent.

It is, however, part of Oceania, which is a large geographic region (very similar to a continent) including Australia, New Zealand, and about 10,000 other islands in the Pacific Ocean.

The coolest answer to this question, though, is that New Zealand is on its own continent of Zealandia. Some scientists argue that what we think of as the islands of New Zealand are just the peaks of the mountains of Zealandia, and the rest of the landmass is submerged. This theory isn’t widely recognized, but it is pretty neat.

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Nash Towne

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great answer, ty! ?
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Charlotte

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You copied that
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Laxmi Balantrapu

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Oceania

New Zealand, an island country comprising two main islands and approximately 600 smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, is part of the continent of Oceania. New Zealand is located approximately 1500 km east of Australia. New Zealand is located in the continent of Oceania.

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Sammy Beahan

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good answer, tyyy
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Kenya Carter

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Rachel Hobbs

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ew Zealand (Māori: Aotearoa [aɔˈtɛaɾɔa]) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island (Te Ika-a-Māui) and the South Island (Te Waipounamu)—and more than 700 smaller islands,[12] covering a total area of 268,021 square kilometres (103,500 sq mi). New Zealand is about 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and 1,000 kilometres (600 mi) south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps, owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland.

Owing to their remoteness, the islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable lands to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and then developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer, Abel Tasman, became the first European to sight New Zealand. In 1840, representatives of the United Kingdom and Māori chiefs signed the Treaty of Waitangi, which declared British sovereignty over the islands. In 1841, New Zealand became a colony within the British Empire, and in 1907 it became a dominion; it gained full statutory independence in 1947, and the British monarch remained the head of state. Today, the majority of New Zealand's population of 5 million is of European descent; the indigenous Māori are the largest minority, followed by Asians and Pacific Islanders. Reflecting this, New Zealand's culture is mainly derived from Māori and early British settlers, with recent broadening arising from increased Immigration. The official languages are English, Māori, and New Zealand Sign Language, with English being dominant.

A developed country, New Zealand ranks highly in international comparisons, particularly in education, protection of civil liberties, government transparency, and economic freedom. It underwent major economic changes during the 1980s, which transformed it from a protectionist to a liberalised free-trade economy. The service sector dominates the national economy, followed by the industrial sector, and agriculture; international tourism is a significant source of revenue. Nationally, legislative authority is vested in an elected, unicameral Parliament, while executive political power is exercised by the Cabinet, led by the prime minister, currently Jacinda Ardern. Queen Elizabeth II is the country's monarch and is represented by a governor-general, currently Dame Patsy Reddy. In addition, New Zealand is organised into 11 regional councils and 67 territorial authorities for local government purposes. The Realm of New Zealand also includes Tokelau (a dependent territory); the Cook Islands and Niue (self-governing states in free association with New Zealand); and the Ross Dependency, which is New Zealand's territorial claim in Antarctica.

New Zealand is a member of the United Nations, Commonwealth of Nations, ANZUS, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, ASEAN Plus Six, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, the Pacific Community and the Pacific Islands Forum.

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Alexandrine Nienow

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William Sagotz

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Australia or Oceania. New Zealand is one of my favourite countries, even though it is isn't in Europe, and it is easy to speak. Australia is a continent and country, threatened by wildfires all the time.

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The Doctor

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Though New Zealand is close to the sunken continent of Mu (named by Augustus Le Plongeon in 1882), New Zealand is not actually part of a continent, but rather it is part of an underwater landmass called Oceania. Mu, (which was cited as sinking due to catastrophe in the Madrid Codex), Would have been less than 2,000 miles away from New Zealand, however, Mu was mostly submerged at the end of the last Ice Age when the Ocean levels rose approximately 300 feet, leaving only the highest areas of Mu above water (namely Hawaii, Fiji, Samoa, Easter Island, Marquesas, Ladrones, etc.).

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Dan Pattrick

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New Zealand is part of the continent Oceania,and Australasia, believe it or not they both exist at once but dependent on the situation ie;FIFA WORLD CUP,it will be classed as OCEANIA as to allow certain South East Asian countries to join. But....generally it's Australasia for all intents and purposes. I'm luckily a dual national of BRITISH&AUSTRALIAN backgrounds,having been born in England then migrating to Australia at 3 month's old!!! raised in Australia until 14(and Hong Kong for a year at 6,then back to England. So having been lucky enough to have such a "colourful" upbringing I know enough about this topic my brother. ..yo ,bless n peace out 😉✊🙏

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