New Zealand (Māori: Aotearoa [aɔˈtɛaɾɔa]) ƙasa ce mai mulkin tsibiri a kudu maso yammacin Tekun Fasifik. Kasar ta ƙunshi manyan yankuna biyu na ƙasa - Tsibirin Arewa (Te Ika-a-Māui), da Tsibirin Kudancin (Te Waipounamu) - da ƙananan tsibirai 600. New Zealand tana da nisan kilomita 2,000 (1,200 mi) gabashin Ostiraliya a duk Tekun Tasman da kusan kilomita 1,000 (600 mi) kudu da yankunan tsibirin Pacific na New Caledonia, Fiji, da Tonga. Saboda nisan ta, tana ɗaya daga cikin ƙasashe na ƙarshe da mutane suka zauna. A cikin dogon lokacin da ta ke, New Zealand ta haɓaka keɓaɓɓen yanayin halittu na dabbobi, ƙwayoyin fungi, da ƙananan tsire-tsire.
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