The country is in the South Pacific Ocean and comprises two islands divided by the Cook Strait. New Zealand is known for its fjords, which are long, deep and narrow bodies of water sandwiched by ...

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Map of the south-west Pacific Ocean ... In 2018, the median annual income for Cook Islands Māori in New Zealand was $22,500, equivalent to 65 percent of the median income for Europeans ($34,600).

The bond between Kiribati — population 120,000 — and its near neighbor New Zealand, a country of 5 million people, might not appear the South Pacific’s most significant.

Ancient pottery maps route to South Pacific. New dating of New Guinea artifacts is first hard evidence of 3,000-year-old cultural connection between islanders and seafarers ...