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Island
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Home to Auckland, Wellington, and Rotorua as well as Lake Taupō
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North Island
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Biggest island by area, jokingly referred to as "the Mainland"
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South Island
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Uninhabited island on the antipodal side of London, England
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Antipodes Island
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Country in free association consisting of one island with 1,600 people
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Niue
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Known to the Māori as "Rakiura", this is the third-largest island
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Stewart Island
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Island near Auckland, famous for its wines and its microclimate
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Waiheke Island
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Also known as "Aotea", this big island is known for its low amount of light pollution
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Great Barrier Island
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Outlying island group which forms the easternmost archipelago of New Zealand
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Chatham Islands
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Biggest island of the Cook Islands, a country in free association with New Zealand
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Rarotonga
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Bird sanctuary in the Hauraki Gulf home to tīeke and kiwi as well as reptiles such as tuatara
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Tiritiri Matangi Island
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Youngest of Auckland's 53 volcanoes that erupted about 600 years ago
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Rangitoto Island
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Island west of Paraparaumu or Waikanae. Namesake of an ice cream company
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Kapiti Island
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Stretched island between Waihi Beach and Mount Maunganui
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Matakana Island
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New Zealand's most active volcano, located in the Bay of Plenty near Whakatāne
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White Island
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Island in the Marlborough Sounds named after a French explorer. Separated by the mainland via French Pass, a strait with the fastest tidal flows
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D'Urville Island
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Dependent territory officially referred to as a nation. Located close to American Samoa
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Tokelau
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Predator-free island used to raise kākāpō. Its most famous resident is a parrot called Sirocco
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Codfish Island
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Island group north of Cape Reinga that was sighted by Abel Tasman on Epiphany Day, 1643
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Three Kings Islands
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Isolated island group 360 km south of any civilization named after a British lord
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Auckland Islands
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Honeymoon atoll of the Cook Islands famous for its "One Foot Island" beaches
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Aitutaki
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