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List of islands of New Zealand

New Zealand consists of more than six hundred islands, mainly remnants of a larger land mass now beneath the sea.^[1] New Zealand is the sixth-largest island country, and the third-largest located entirely in the Southern Hemisphere. The following is a list of islands of New Zealand.

The two largest islands – where most of the population lives – have names in both English and in the Māori language. They are the North IslandorTe Ika-a-Māui and the South IslandorTe Waipounamu.^[2] Various Māori iwi sometimes use other names, with some preferring to call the South Island Te Waka o Aoraki.^[3] The two islands are separated by the Cook Strait. In general practice, the term mainland refers to the North Island and South Island.^[4][5] However, the South Island alone is sometimes called "the mainland" – especially by its residents, as a nickname – because it is the larger of the two main islands.^{[6][Note 1]}

To the south of the South Island, Stewart Island / Rakiura is the largest of the smaller islands, and Waiheke Island in the urban Auckland Region has the largest population of the smaller islands.

Listed by size[edit]

The following table lists the largest islands of New Zealand proper by area.^{[Note 2]} River delta islands such as Rakaia Island (25.7 km² (9.9 sq mi)),^[8] Fereday Island, Rangitata Island, and Inch Clutha (approximately 15 km² (5.8 sq mi), 30 square kilometres (12 square miles), and 35 km² (14 sq mi) respectively) are omitted, as are temporary islands in braided river channels and tidal islands such as Rabbit Island, Nelson (17 km² (6.6 sq mi)). The country's largest island within a lake, Pomona Island, has an area of just 2.6 km² (1.0 sq mi).^[9]

Listed by highest point[edit]

The following table lists the islands of New Zealand by their highest elevation. These islands are all in harbours or the open sea. The country's tallest island within a lake, Pomona Island, rises to 511 metres (1,677 ft) above sea level, which is about 333 metres (1,093 ft) above Lake Manapouri's normal lake level.

In harbours and the open sea[edit]

In rivers and lakes[edit]

Outlying[edit]

New Zealand administers the following islands outside the main archipelago. Only the Chatham Islands have a permanent population although others also did in the past. Others host visitors for science, conservation, meteorological observation and tourism.

• Chatham Islands
  • Chatham Island
  • Forty-Fours
  • Little Mangere Island
  • Mangere Island
  • Pitt Island
  • The Sisters
  • Rabbit Island
  • Rangatira Island
  • Star Keys
• Kermadec Islands
  • Cheeseman Island
  • Curtis Island
  • L'Esperance Rock
  • Macauley Island
  • Nugent Island
  • Raoul Island
• Solander Islands
  • Solander Island
  • Little Solander Island
  • Pierced Rock
• Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands
  • Manawatāwhi / Great Island
  • Oromaki / North East Island
  • Farmer Rocks
  • Moekawa / South West Island
  • Princes Islands
  • Ōhau / West Island

The New Zealand Subantarctic Islands are designated as a World Heritage Site.

• Antipodes Islands
  • Antipodes Island
  • Bollons Island
• Auckland Islands
  • Adams Island
  • Auckland Island
  • Disappointment Island
  • Enderby Island
  • Ewing Island
  • Rose Island
• Bounty Islands
• Campbell Island group
  • Campbell Island
  • Dent Island
  • Folly Island (or Folly Islands)
  • Jacquemart Island
• The Snares
  • Broughton Island
  • North East Island
  • Western Chain

Realm of New Zealand[edit]

The following islands are part of the Realm of New Zealand, but not of the country itself:

• Cook Islands
  • Aitutaki
  • Atiu
  • Mangaia
  • Manihiki
  • Manuae
  • Mauke
  • Mitiaro
  • Nassau
  • Palmerston Island
  • Penrhyn Island/Tongareva
  • Pukapuka
  • Rakahanga
  • Rarotonga
  • Suwarrow
  • Takutea
• Niue
• Tokelau
  • Atafu
  • Nukunonu
  • Fakaofo

Territorial claims[edit]

New Zealand also claims the Ross DependencyinAntarctica, including:

• the Balleny Islands
  • Buckle Island
  • Sabrina Island
  • Sturge Island
  • Young Island
• Scott Island
• Roosevelt Island
• Coulman Island
• the Ross Archipelago
  • Ross Island
  • Beaufort Island
  • White Island
  • Black Island
  • the Dellbridge Islands
    • Inaccessible Island
    • Tent Island
    • Big Razorback
    • Little Razorback

See also[edit]

• List of islands
• Geography of New Zealand
• Extreme points of New Zealand

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