where is oceania on a map?
Pacific Ocean
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 New Zealand and Australia are both part of the wider regions known as Australasia and Oceania . The term Oceania is often used to denote the region encompassing the Australian continent , New Zealand and various islands in the Pacific Ocean that are not included in the seven @-@ continent model . 

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 Officially , New Zealand is divided into 16 regions . 

entailment
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contradiction
 Thus , the question would revolve around legal connections , and not around " Australia 's strong historical and emotional ties with the United Kingdom . " 

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 At its establishment , the Australia Station encompassed Australia and New Zealand , with its eastern boundary including Samoa and Tonga , its western edge in the Indian Ocean , south of India and its southern edge defined by the Antarctic Circle . The boundaries were modified in 1864 , 1872 and 1893 . At its largest , the Australia Station reached from the Equator to the Antarctic in its greatest north @-@ south axis , and covered 1 ⁄ 4 of the Southern Hemisphere in its extreme east @-@ west dimension , including Papua New Guinea , New Zealand , Melanesia and Polynesia . 
