About NZ - Location

New Zeland Location

New Zealand is in the Southern Hemisphere, lying between 34 and 46 degrees of latitude south in the Pacific Ocean. This puts us at about the same distance from the equator as Spain or California. Our nearest large neighbour is Australia which is 1500Km (930 miles) to the west.

2200Km / 1350miles to the south, across the Southern Ocean, lies the frozen desert continent of Antarctica.

We lie just west of the International Date Line and were among the first into the new millennium. Our time in 12-13 hours ahead of Western Europe and 18-21 ahead of continental USA.

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