Where Is New Zealand Australia Tasman Sea New Zealand is an island country in the southwest Pacific Ocean It lies more than 1 000 miles 1 600 kilometers southeast of Australia across the Tasman Sea Its other closest neighbors are the island countries of New Caledonia Fiji and Tonga They are about 600 miles 1,000 kilometers north in the Pacific Ocean
Did you know New Zealand is called Aotearoa by the native Maori people Aotearoa means land of the long white cloud New Zealand Cook Strait Wellington Pacific Ocean fun fact Wellington is the southernmost capital in the world New Zealand covers a total of 103 363 square miles 267 710 square kilometers Its two main landmasses are the North and South Islands These islands are separated by the Cook Strait New Zealand's capital Wellington sits on the southern tip of the North Island
