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Present day New Zealand is the island tops of a large submerged continent, about the size and shape of India, and nowadays named Zealandia. It formed geologically, as a trough in the seabed between a granite landmass on one side, and a volcanic island arc on the other. Eventually this lighter material rose above the sea. This part was about 180 Mya (million years ago).
Some reconstructions (such as in Hicks & Campbell's Awesome Forces) place much of Zealandia as coming from the Ross Sea area, which in those times, had Antarctica close to Australia.
Geological Forces, among which is Plate Tectonics, is the most direct answer to the question.
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