Foveaux Strait separates these two NZ Islands.
Stewart Island, Rakiura, lies to the south of the South Island, te Wai Pounamu, and is separated from it by Foveaux Strait.
Cook Strait separates the North and South Islands of New Zealand.Fouveaux Strait separates the South Island and Stewart Island.
New Zealand is surrounded by the Tasman Sea to the west and the Pacific Ocean to the east. The Cook Strait separates the North Island and the South Island, connecting the Tasman Sea to the west with the Pacific Ocean to the east.
The question as asked is confusing. IF the Q concerns the ocean around NZ, the answer is the Pacific Ocean for most of the way, except that it is the Tasman Sea that separates NZ from Aus.
The Tasman Sea is the name of the stretch of ocean between Australia and New Zealand.
Australia and New Zealand are separated by the Tasman Sea
In the north of Cape Reinga, at Cook Strait between the islands, again in Foveaux Strait between Bluff and Stewart Island, and again south of that island.
In the north at Cape Reinga, again at Cook Strait, again in Foveaux Strait, and finally to the south of Stewart island.
New Zealand is surrounded by The Pacific Ocean which is known to Maori as Moana Nui a Kiwa.. The Tasman Sea, an arm of the Pacific Ocean, lies to the west of New Zealand. At a pinch, you could also include the Great Southern Ocean, or the Antarctic Ocean (Its name is uncertain) which brushes past Stewart Island and certainly bathes the sub-Antarctic islands such as Campbell and Auckland.
New Zealand is an island nation in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
The Aleutian Islands.
Yes. The Tasman Sea is an arm of the Pacific Ocean which separates the nations of Australia and New Zealand.