An overview of New Zealand (or Aotearoa, the Maori name for New Zealand ? meaning land of the long white cloud) is situated in the South Pacific Ocean 2,000 kilometres South-East of Australia.

• 新西兰在毛利语中有“白云之乡“的美称，她位于南太平洋与同在南半球的澳大利亚相隔2000公里。