The centre of the extended continental shelf of New Zealand has switched islands. GNS SCIENCE The new geographical centre of New Zealand - if you include the extended continental shelf - is about 11km northwest of Greytown in the Wairarapa. GNS SCIENCE Uplift of the Kaikoura coast described by GNS Science's Kelvin BerrymanSet in concrete, it shows an outline of New Zealand's main islands within a silhouette of the extended continental shelf boundary. It was remarkable that the centre of this vast area still fell on the five per cent of New Zealand above water. Apple said the collaboration with de Ronde and his team at GNS Science had been great and kept "art relevant".

Source: Stuff April 18, 2019 04:56 UTC