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| | MapZones.com : New Zealand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | New Zealand (in Maori, Aotearoa, "Land of the Long White Cloud"), independent island nation in the South Pacific Ocean, a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, situated about 1,600 km (1,000 mi) south-east of Australia. |
 | | Overseas territories governed by New Zealand are the Ross Dependency, in Antarctica, and Tokelau in the Pacific Ocean, to the north of Samoa. |
 | | The Cook Islands and Niue, also in the Pacific, are self-governing territories in free association with New Zealand. |
| www.mapzones.com /world/pacific/new_zealand/index.php (151 words) |
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