i was thinking Christchurch?
2, mainland NZ and the Chatham Islands.
The Polynesian Islands include: -American Samoa (USA) -Chatham Islands (NZ) -Cook Islands (NZ) -Easter Island (Chile) -French Polynesia (France) -Hawaii (USA) -Loyalty Islands (France) -Niue (NZ) -Pitcairn Islands (UK) -Samoa -Tokelau (NZ) -Tonga -Tuvalu -Wallis and Futuna (France)
The Chatham Islands (Mangere and the South-East island)
in Russell bay of islands
New Zealand lies in the Southern Temperate zone for climate; and it lies immediately west of the International Date Line for time and date. Most of NZ is GMT+12hours, except the Chatham islands are 45 min in advance of that. NZ uses daylight savings time in Summer.
The "Big Paua" is mostly found in deeper waters, but for the best and largest shells, the Chatham Islands hold that record hands down. However the statue of the "Big Paua" is in Riverton at the base of the South Island.
Around the NZ mainland, there are Yellow - eyed penguin, Blue penguin, Fiordland crested and Snares crested, and a rockhopper penguin. New Zealand proper also includes the Chatham Islands. Other more remote islands that are part of NZ territories are - Campbell Islands, Auckland Island, Bounty and Antipodes islands, and some of the Antarctic territories. In these more remote areas, there are several other species of penguin. [Did you know that the word penguin comes from Welsh?]
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stewart island
No. The part of Australia which is closest to New Zealand is the island state of Tasmania, so the closest Australian city to New Zealand would be Hobart.
Tainui
mt ruapehu, in nz