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New Caledonia and the islands surrounding it comprise some 18,576 km 2 (7,172 sq mi or 6.48%) and the remainder is made up of various territories of Australia including the Lord Howe Island Group (New South Wales) at 56 km 2 (22 sq mi or 0.02%), Norfolk Island at 35 km 2 (14 sq mi or 0.01%), as well as the Cato, Elizabeth, and Middleton reefs ...
Frederick Coyett, the governor of Taiwan for the Dutch East India Company, was stationed in Fort Zeelandia with 1,733 people: 905 soldiers and officers, 547 slaves, 218 women and children, and 63 married men, [15] while his subordinate, Valentyn, was in charge of Fort Provintia and its garrison of 140 soldiers. [3]
The western half of Zealandia then along with Australia formed the Australian Plate (40 Ma). In response to this, a new plate boundary was created within Zealandia between the Australian Plate and Pacific Plate. This led to the formation of a subduction arc with active volcanism forming islands north and west of present New Zealand. [27]
The world was shook earlier this year when researchers revealed Zealandia - a sunken continent long lost beneath the ocean. Scientists reveal secrets from the ‘lost continent’ of Zealandia ...
In the 1870s and 1880s, several thousand Chinese men, mostly from Guangdong, migrated to New Zealand to work on the South Island goldfields. Although the first Chinese migrants had been invited by the Otago Provincial government they quickly became the target of hostility from white settlers and laws were enacted specifically to discourage them ...
Most of the islands lie near the southeast edge of the largely submerged continent centred on New Zealand called Zealandia, which was riven from Australia 60–85 million years ago, and from Antarctica 85–130 million years ago.
Because of its far-flung outlying islands and long coastline, the country has extensive marine resources. Its exclusive economic zone is one of the largest in the world, covering more than 15 times its land area. [96] Aoraki / Mount Cook is the highest point in New Zealand, at 3,724 metres. The South Island is the largest landmass of New Zealand.
29 January: William Hobson arrives in the Bay of Islands and reads out the proclamation of sovereignty. 6 February: Hōne Heke is the first to sign the Treaty of Waitangi at Bay of Islands. 21 May: Hobson proclaims British sovereignty over New Zealand. The North Island by treaty and the South Island by discovery.