New Zealand it operates the Scott Base research facility. New Zealand nationality law treats all parts of the realm equally, so most people born in New Zealand, the Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau and the Ross Dependency are New Zealand citizens. New Zealand is located near the centre of the water hemisphere and is made up of two main islands and a number of smaller islands. The two main islands (the North Island, or "Te Ika-a-Māui", and the South Island, or "Te Waipounamu") are separated by Cook Strait, wide at its narrowest point. Besides the North and South Islands, the five largest inhabited
HMS New Zealand (1904) became the 2nd Division, Home Fleet, and "New Zealand" became a Home Fleet unit in that division. To release her name for use by the new battlecruiser HMS "New Zealand", which had been presented to the Royal Navy by the government of New Zealand, it became necessary to rename "New Zealand" in 1911. At first the name "Caledonia", the Roman name for northern Great Britain, was favoured, but this met opposition in New Zealand. Eventually, the name "Zealandia", a personification of New Zealand, was agreed upon, and "New Zealand" was renamed "Zealandia" on 1 December 1911. Under a fleet reorganisation