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Joseph Aloysius Lavery was a New Zealand rugby footballer who was part of the professional 1907 - 1908 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain . Wellington is the capital city and second most populous urban area of New Zealand , with residents . It is at the south - western tip of the North Island , between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range . Wellington is the major population ___MASK87___ of the southern North Island and is the administrative ___MASK87___ of the Wellington Region , which also includes the Kapiti Coast and Wairarapa . As the nation ' s capital city , the New Zealand Government and Parliament , Supreme Court and most of the civil service are based in the city . The Tasman Sea ( Mori : " Te Tai - o - Rehua ") is a marginal sea of the South Pacific Ocean , situated between Australia and New Zealand . It measures about across and about from north to south . The sea was named after the Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman , who was the first recorded European to encounter New Zealand and Tasmania . The British explorer ___MASK60___ James Cook later extensively navigated the Tasman Sea in the 1770s as part of his first voyage of exploration . New Zealand is an island nation in the southwestern Pacific Ocean . The country geographically comprises two main landmasses  that of the North Island , or Te Ika - a - Mui , and the South Island , or Te Waipounamu  and numerous smaller islands . New Zealand is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and roughly south of the Pacific island areas of New Caledonia , Fiji , and Tonga . Because of its remoteness , it was one of the last lands to be settled by humans . During its long period of isolation , New Zealand developed a distinct biodiversity of animal , fungal and plant life . The country ' s varied topography and its sharp mountain peaks , such as the Southern Alps , owe much to the tectonic uplift of land and volcanic eruptions . New Zealand ' s capital city is Wellington , while its most populous city is Auckland .