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Does New Zealand belong to the Australian continent?

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Papua New Guinea is generally classed as part of the Australian continent, because it is connected to the Australian mainland by undersea continental crust. However, New Zealand is separated from Australia by deep ocean crust. read more

Australia is actually the only country that is also a continent, but not all countries have to be a part of a continent. So, New Zealand does belong to the region of Oceania referred to as Polynesia, but it does not belong to a continent. read more

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