New Zealand,satellite image. North is at top. Natural colour satellite image showing the island nation of New Zealand. This nation is situated in the southwestern Pacific Ocean and comprises two main landmasses ? North Island (top) and South Island (bottom),as well as numerous smaller islands. It lies around 1,500 kilometres east of Australia,across the Tasman Sea,and roughly 1,000 kilometres south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia,Fiji,and Tonga. Image compiled from data acquired by the LANDSAT 5 and 7 satellites,in 2000 |