Is New Zealand an isolated island?

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Is New Zealand an isolated island?

New Zealand, Māori Aotearoa, island country in the South Pacific Ocean, the southwesternmost part of Polynesia. New Zealand is a remote land—one of the last sizable territories suitable for habitation to be populated and settled—and lies more than 1,000 miles (1,600 km) southeast of Australia, its nearest neighbour.

Can you drown in New Zealand?

The average drowning rate went from 0.74 per 100,000 people in the five-year period from 2010 to 2015, to 0.83 per 100,000 people between 2015 and 2020. Out of all the regions, Northland had the highest fatal drowning rate – 3.04 deaths per 100,000, which is nearly five times greater than Auckland.

Is there a bridge between New Zealand islands?

Unfortunately, there is no bridge or tunnel connecting the islands, the distance is too great. However, there is an Interislander Ferry or Bluebridge Cook Strait car ferry that you can hop aboard.

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Is New Zealand close to the equator?

How far is New-Zealand from the equator and on what hemisphere is it? New-Zealand is 2,825.96 mi (4,547.94 km) south of the equator, so it is located in the southern hemisphere. From New-Zealand to the South Pole, it is 3,391.76 mi (5,458.51 km) in the north.

How many people drowned in 2020 NZ?

Despite being in lockdown for part of 2020 New Zealand’s provisional drowning toll is only just below the five year average. The provisional preventable* drowning toll for 2020 is 74 (the five year average 2015 -2019 is 81).

Why doesn’t New Zealand have a bridge?

The Cook Straits is a treacherous span of water and quirky in changing weather. Over the water it would have to manage heavy wind gusts and underwater the only way is a tunnel like the Chunnel. South Island New Zealand is thinly populated and that makes a bridge uneconomical.

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How deep is cook straight?

420 feet
Cook Strait, strait separating the North and South islands of New Zealand, extending northwest to southeast from the Tasman Sea to the south Pacific Ocean. About 14 miles (23 km) wide at its narrowest point, it averages 420 feet (128 m) in depth.