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Kōrero: Natural environment

Aotearoa

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New Zealand’s isolated position

Takoto ai ngā moutere o Aotearoa ki te tonga-mā-uru o Te Moananui-a-Kiwa. E 1600 km te tawhiti o Ahitereiria mai i Te Tai Hauāuru. He rite anō te tawhiti ki ngā moutere tata o Te Moananui-a-Kiwa. E 10,000 km te tawhiti o Amerika mai i Te Tai Rāwhiti. Takoto ai tēnei whenua roa, tēnei whenua whāiti i ngā ahopae e 35° ki te e 47° i te tonga. He mahana ki te raki o Te Ika a Māui, he makariri ki te pū o te tonga.

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Carl Walrond, Natural environment – Geography and geology, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/map/2377/aotearoa (accessed 10 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 3 March 2009.