In 2017, a previously unknown contingent of the shores of New Zealand was discovered - making ... The reason is that 95 per cent of its area is submerged beneath the southwest Pacific Ocean ...

For geologists, a continent is a large area of thick continental crust ... open sea and dredged from the seafloor north of New Zealand to map the extent of various geological formations.

A new project is getting underway to map large parts of New Zealand’s coastline in remarkable detail to help communities ...

Areas planned to be mapped this summer included coastlines in Gisborne, Bay of Plenty, Taranaki, Manawatū-Whanganui, Hawke's Bay, Wellington, Oamaru, Timaru, Dunedin, Southland, and Westland.