Its area has for the first time been fully mapped. The extraordinary map not only allows us to ... of which only 5% is ...

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.

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.

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