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January 28th, 2009

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The Realm of New Zealand

New Zealand is a tiny country, right?

Actually, although the human population of New Zealand is barely four million, the territorial expanse of greater New Zealand, known as “The Realm of New Zealand” (defined below), is actually quite large, both in the area of the surface covered and its longitudinal coverage.

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New Zealand: The North Island and South Island, plus:

  • – Chatham Islands: Special territorial authority
  • – Kermadec Islands, Chatham Islands, other outlying islands: Areas outside regional authority

Realm of New Zealand: New Zealand, plus:

  • – Tokelau: State administered by New Zealand
  • – Cook Islands, Niue: States in free association with New Zealand
  • – Ross Dependency: Claimed by New Zealand, but claim “frozen” by the Antarctic Treaty

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Lexington Green
January 28, 2009
11:42 pm
103,000 square miles is not tiny. California ia 163,000, Japan is 147,000, by way of comparison.
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That ain't tiny.
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I was not aware of the stretch of its outlying dependencies. It is blessed to be so remote. Otherwise it would have a very serious defense burden, with all that dispersed territory to secure.
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