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A true-colour image of the South Island, after a powerful winter storm swept across New Zealand on 12 June 2006 Lake Ōhau Aoraki / Mount Cook is the tallest mountain in New Zealand. The South Island, with an area of 150,437 km 2 (58,084 sq mi), [1] is the largest landmass of New Zealand; it contains about one-quarter of the New Zealand ...
Module:Location map/data/New Zealand South Island is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of South Island. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
16 April 1897: The storm of 1897 was a severe storm that struck the lower to central North Island of New Zealand on 16 April 1897. It caused the ship Zuleika to run aground near Cape Palliser, with the loss of 12 lives, and severe flooding.
This is a list of cities and towns in the South Island of New Zealand: A. Akaroa ... List of cities and towns in the South Island. Add languages ...
Ashburton (Māori: Hakatere) is a large town in the Canterbury Region, on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. The town is the seat of the Ashburton District. It is 85 kilometres (53 mi) south west of Christchurch and is sometimes regarded as a satellite town of Christchurch. [3] The town has a population of 21,700. [2]
New Zealand's main trading partners, as at June 2018, are China (NZ$27.8b), Australia ($26.2b), the European Union ($22.9b), the United States ($17.6b), and Japan ($8.4b). [273] On 7 April 2008, New Zealand and China signed the New Zealand–China Free Trade Agreement, the first such agreement China has signed with a developed country. [274]
New Zealand claims the ninth largest exclusive economic zone in the world, covering 4,083,744 km 2 (1,576,742 sq mi), more than 15 times its land area. [7] The South Island is the largest land mass of New Zealand, and is the 12th-largest island in the world. The island is divided along its length by the Southern Alps.
Halkett is a rural statistical area north of West Melton and south of the Waimakariri River. It covers 86.01 km 2 (33.21 sq mi). It had an estimated population of 1,750 as of June 2024, [2] with a population density of 20 people per km 2. Newtons Road is a rural statistical area south of West Melton, and north of Burnham Military Camp and ...