New Zealand is made up of two large islands, North Island and South Island, plus several smaller ones of which Stewart Island is the largest and often referred to as the 'third island'. To the north and east lies the Pacific Ocean and between ourselves and Australia lies the Tasman Sea. North and South Islands are separated by the 32Km wide Cook Strait. The total land area is 270,535 sq Km , about the size of the Italy or the US state of Colorado.

North Island is volcanically active with a central plateau. South Island has the high snow covered mountain peaks and glaciers of the Southern Alps, a range running almost 500Km along the Island.
 

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